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Raising Money From Angels And Crowdsourcing
After friends and family, the other classes of investors at the early stage are called angel investors. These investors typically are wealthy individuals who are willing to invest in early start-up...
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Birmingham Magazine’s Top Attorneys
Several attorneys from Red Mountain Law Group (RMLG) were honored in the March 2012 issue of Birmingham Magazine. The magazine selected eight RMLG lawyers as being among the city’s top attorneys....
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Intellectual Property And The First Amendment: The University of Alabama and...
Licensing the logos, mascots, colors and other intellectual property of universities and colleges is big business and one that the institutions take very seriously. Nothing reveals this fact more...
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Vote Yes for Amendment 9 – Repealing and Replacing Outdated Corporate Legal Laws
Because a statewide citizen vote about Alabama’s corporate law is a once in a career event for corporate lawyers, the business lawyers of RMLG believe it is important to educate the public about...
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Obama’s Second Term: What Does It Mean for Employers and the Workplace?
The 2012 presidential election is now over (despite Florida still counting votes) and Obama has won a second term. Now, that the election is over, what can employers expect in the next four years with...
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Congress Avoids Fiscal Cliff And Passes First Major Tax Increase in Almost...
Early Tuesday morning, the U.S. Senate passed a bill aimed at averting spending cuts and tax increases that comprised the dreaded “fiscal cliff.” House Republicans were extremely critical of the bill...
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Expanded FMLA Rules Take Effect March 8, 2013
On February 6, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final regulations implementing two expansions in the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) under the National Defense Authorization Act of...
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USCIS Releases a New Form I-9
On March 8, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) released a new version of the Form I-9 (find it here). According to the USCIS Web site, the “Handbook for Employers Guidance...
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How Do You Craft a Successful Social Media Policy?
The Birmingham Business Journal asked its social media followers and local experts, including RMLG’s DeWayne Pope, about their best practices for creating a social media policy. DeWayne’s tip? “While...
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What does Alabama’s new gun bill mean for employers?
On May 20, 2013, the Alabama House voted 73-28 to approve SB 286, the Omnibus Gun Bill, that will affect employers’ ability to limit employees from carrying firearms onto business property. The bill...
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