Guest Column: Renewables and energy efficiency can help avoid what happened in Texas
What happened in Texas in February was a tragedy, with millions left without power amid freezing temperatures for days. A recent opinion piece by...
What businesses need to know about second-draw PPP loans
In late December 2020, Congress passed the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Venues Act (Economic Aid Act), the much anticipated sequel...
What Employers Should Know About Workers’ Compensation Claims Involving COVID-19 and Willful Misconduct
Employers are faced with unique challenges as they continue to conduct business during the COVID-19 pandemic. As employees continue to work or return to...
Why Alabama’s “Rocket City” is the right choice for U.S. Space Command HQ
The U.S. Air Force’s decision on where to locate the headquarters of the U.S. Space Command has generated controversy, but it shouldn’t have. The...
Financial Services Industry Regulation in The Biden Era
As the Biden administration takes shape, many are foreseeing changes to the regulation and conduct of the financial services industry in keeping with themes...
Leading in a Time of Great Change
Adaptability has meant everything in 2020. We face an unprecedented global and national crisis, which has caused leaders to rethink policies, processes and operations...
Employee Leave and Accommodations as COVID Cases Spike
It has been over six months since the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) went into effect and created two new types of leave...
Letter to the Editor
This year, we celebrate the Power of Rural Hospitals on Thursday, November 19. Alabama’s 53 rural hospitals always deserve to be celebrated, but now...
High-speed Broadband Internet Emerges as Critical Quality of Life Issue in Alabama
After wrestling with a public health emergency over the past months, Alabama consumers and businesses have learned that good, high quality and fast broadband...
COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Brings Unique Supply Chain Management Challenges
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In a recent Wall Street Journal article, “COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Will Challenge Cargo Airlines,” Doug Cameron, the WSJ’s deputy bureau chief...