Litigating non-competes in Alabama has always been a detail-oriented and high-stakes affair, and this case further proves how even basic mistakes can completely invalidate an otherwise-enforceable non-compete agreement.
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Small businesses will now be required to disclose all “beneficial owners” to a newly-created law enforcement agency or face daily penalties or possible imprisonment. The new reporting scheme is largely unprecedented. The reporting requirements themselves are not extensive, but the constancy of updating disclosures will likely chill business formation.
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Regional cooperation in the Birmingham metro area is increasingly one of the most controversial topics in the city.
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Universities, as we now know them, will cease to exist in 15 years. The education bubble will burst. Count it. Put it down in the record books. Circle back with me in a decade and change and call me wrong. I dare you. Not only is everything that we now know about universities about to go lop-sided, but my profession is going to be the blind executioner delivering the ax-blow. Again, try me on this. I double-dog dare you.
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Hey, we can still be friends!
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Tripp Watson was announced as one of Birmingham's Top 40 Under 40 by the Birmingham Business Journal today.
Read MoreBirmingham's City Council has effectively voted to outlaw UberX, a popular app-based ridesharing program that was planning to move to the city. Once again, Birmingham has sent a message to millennials: Your kind is not welcome here.
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