Dec 22, 2023 Implementing Policy Transparently and in Real Time By Tim Dodson The HBS Club of Atlanta, sponsored by MMM, was privileged to host Raphael Bostic, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,...
Dec 18, 2023 First Party Bad Faith Claim Fails as a Matter of Law Where Insurer Denies Claim Based on Independent Expert’s Report By Nathan Miles Ryan Burke Seslee Smith To avoid a bad faith claim, an insurer investigating a first party claim in Georgia should retain an independent expert to evaluate the...
Dec 14, 2023 The Plane Has Landed By Scott Allen There has been an ongoing debate about whether the U.S. economy is headed for a soft landing or a hard landing. Recent news regarding...
Dec 07, 2023 Employee Retention Credit Audits Heating Up By Barclay Taylor William Stone III After months of talk, the IRS now appears to be taking action on Employee Retention Credit (ERC) audits. The IRS is about to send the...
Dec 06, 2023 Essential Guide to the Corporate Transparency Act By Lili Martin-Mashburn Time is ticking! The Corporate Transparency Act is set to reshape corporate norms on January 1, less than a month away. Over 32 million...
Nov 30, 2023 Benefits of Brownfield Redevelopment By Brian Remler While some developers are dragged reluctantly into redeveloping brownfields, others actively pursue these environmentally impacted...
Nov 28, 2023 Tax Return Information, Consent, and AI By Barclay Taylor Protecting tax return information is a critical component to averting identity theft and other financial crimes. Congress enacted civil...
Nov 21, 2023 ERC Claims Can Still be Submitted During the Moratorium By Barclay Taylor The Employee Retention Credit ("ERC") was a critical lifeline for many businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. After the IRS's September...
Nov 17, 2023 Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amended to Include Health Data Protections By Jordan Ockleberry The Connecticut Governor recently amended the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), the state's comprehensive consumer privacy law, to...
Nov 17, 2023 Insurers Cannot Unilaterally Reserve the Right to Recoup Defense Costs in a Reservation of Rights Letter, Eleventh Circuit Holds By Ryan Burke Nathan Miles Seslee Smith Liability insurers defending under a reservation of rights (ROR) often include in their RORs that the insurer may recoup defense costs...
Nov 15, 2023 Post SVB, Where Have All the Deposits Gone? By Jennifer Feld In the months following the SVB collapse, deposits appear to have disbursed widely. In search of stability, a lot of startups moved...
Nov 15, 2023 Year-End Privacy Check: Essential Issues at a Glance By Michael Young With the end of the year in sight, now is the time to review some essential privacy issues. Please note the following: States continue to...
Nov 15, 2023 Hope for a soft landing? By Scott Allen I thought this short article was spot on regarding the deal environment. Based on inflation data out today, it looks like the Fed will...
Nov 14, 2023 Negotiating ERP Software Agreements By Tim Dodson I am pleased to announce that I will be speaking in an upcoming Strafford live video webinar, "Negotiating Enterprise Resource Planning...
Nov 13, 2023 Georgia District Court Sets Low Bar For Pleading a TVPRA Claim By Ryan Burke Nathan Miles Seslee Smith A plaintiff need only allege that a hotel (a) rented a room to traffickers and (b) knew or had reason to know the plaintiff was being...
Nov 09, 2023 Georgia Court Of Appeals Reverses Denial Of Class Certification By Bob Alpert Jeff Douglass Doug Hance The Georgia Court of Appeals recently reversed a trial court’s denial of class certification in Doe v. Vest Monroe, LLC, 368 Ga. App. 572...