5/28/2019
Meet Our Martinson & Beason Summer Interns
We are happy to be working with two interns this summer, Cole Whitehurst and Jailen Young.
Category: Alabama
5/24/2019
Mo Show Live with Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger
The next episode of the Mo Show Live will air Wednesday, May 29th at 3:00 PM Central Time and will feature Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger. Morris and Judge Barger will be discussing the role of the Probate Court, how it serves the citizens, and Judge Barger’s vision for the Court in Madison County.
The Madison County Probate Court serves the county’s 360,000 citizens through a variety of functions. For example, these include adoptions, elections, probating estates, eminent domain, land redemption, marriage licenses, legitimations, mental commitments, and guardianships/conservatorships.
4/29/2019
Mo Show Live with UAH Basketball Seniors Elijah Garrison and Tanner Finley
The next episode of the Mo Show Live will air Wednesday, May 1st at 3:00 PM Central Time and will feature UAH basketball seniors Elijah Garrison and Tanner Finley. Morris, Elijah and Tanner will be discussing the lessons learned from playing sports, their experience playing NCAA Division II basketball, and their plans for the future.
4/17/2019
Client Spotlight: Raising Men Lawn Care, Inc.
Raising Men Lawn Care Service was started with the idea of making a difference in neighbors’ lives one lawn at a time. It is a volunteer organization that provides free lawn care and other outdoor services such as snow shoveling and raking leaves for community members in need like the elderly, disabled, veterans, and single parents. Along the way, Raising Men seeks to build its youth volunteers into community-minded adults. Through the program, kids get a chance to give back to their community and build skills and relationships along the way.
4/15/2019
Mo Show Live with Attorney and NFL Agent Derek Simpson
The next episode of the Mo Show Live will air Wednesday, April 17th at 3:00 PM Central Time and will feature Attorney and NFL Agent Derek Simpson. Morris and Derek will be discussing what it’s like being an NFL agent, how being a trial lawyer helps him as an Agent, his career path, and the story of his client, Malcolm Butler, cornerback for the Tennessee Titans.
4/9/2019
Alabama’s Data Breach Notification Laws
Act No. 2018-396 was signed into law by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey over a year ago, on March 28th, taking effect on June 1st of 2018. The state of Alabama came late to the party, as the 50th and final state to enact data security laws. To make up for lost time, perhaps, Alabama’s data breach notification laws are now among the toughest across the nation, including the following obligations:
- All covered entities as well as third-party agents are required to “implement and maintain reasonable security measures to protect sensitive personally identifying information against a breach of security.”
- If a security breach is believed to have occurred or has occurred, compromising sensitive personally identifying information, the covered entity or third-party agent must immediately conduct a “good faith” investigation.
- Third-party entities must notify a covered entity, and, in turn, the covered entity is obligated to inform every single Alabama resident who could be affected when a security breach occurs.
- The Alabama Attorney General must be notified by covered entities as must credit reporting agencies whenever a security breach involves more than a thousand residents of the state of Alabama.