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Helping Employers Open for Business: Alabama Law Seeks to Protect Businesses from COVID Exposure Claims
Helping Employers Open for Business: Alabama Law Seeks to Protect Businesses from COVID Exposure Claims
Alabama Passes Law Providing Businesses with Civil Immunity from COVID
Galloway’s Managing Director Jason P. Waguespack to Speak at Marine Insurance Nordics
Galloway’s Managing Director Jason P. Waguespack to Speak at Marine Insurance Nordics
Director Jason Waguespack will participate in a panel discussion at Marine Insurance Nordics on May 6, 2021. The panel discussion topic is Geopolitics and Sanctions- Keeping the Right Side of the Law. The session will review the latest sanctions rules, including…
Galloway Director Joe Hassinger Has Successfully Completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation
Galloway Director Joe Hassinger Has Successfully Completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation
Galloway Director Joe Hassinger has successfully completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation PON Global program. As Harvard explains, PON Global, offered by the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School, is designed to provide cutting-edge negotiation skills, teach overcoming…
Louisiana Supreme Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of Local Live Music Venue
Louisiana Supreme Court Affirms Ruling in Favor of Local Live Music Venue
In a security and premises liability case that garnered significant media attention, the Louisiana Supreme Court has recently denied plaintiff Kimi Seymour’s writ of certiorari, choosing to uphold the trial court’s dismissal of Seymour’s case against our client, a local live music…
Remote Work – A Flash in the Pan or Here to Stay? Tips for Minimizing Workers’ Compensation Liability from Remote Workers
Remote Work – A Flash in the Pan or Here to Stay? Tips for Minimizing Workers’ Compensation Liability from Remote Workers
Even with the aspiration that widespread vaccination distribution may allow for more in-person activities, some of the changes in workplace operations that were placed at the forefront by the pandemic are likely to continue including the prevalence of remote work.…
COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Is Coming to an End – Handling the Process
COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Is Coming to an End – Handling the Process
COVID-19 has torn across the world, creating a health crisis and leaving a devastating economic wake. Governors across the United States have issued varied emergency proclamations, many of which remain in effect. Due to the economic crisis, Federal and State…
Galloway Ranks Among Best Places to Work for LGBTQ People
Galloway Ranks Among Best Places to Work for LGBTQ People
Galloway has received a near-perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s 19th edition of the Corporate Equality Index and has ranked among the best places to work for LGBTQ people. The Human Rights Campaign, the U.S.’s biggest LGBTQ advocacy organization,…
Director Joe Hassinger to Participate in Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation (PON) Global Program
Director Joe Hassinger to Participate in Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation (PON) Global Program
Director Joe Hassinger will participate in Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation (PON) Global program in February. PON Global’s intensive format is designed to provide attendees with cutting-edge negotiation skills, teach them to overcome emotional and rational biases, and help them…
Galloway Featured in Insurance Journal’s Most Noteworthy Topics of 2020
Galloway Featured in Insurance Journal’s Most Noteworthy Topics of 2020
Galloway was featured in Insurance Journal’s Most Noteworthy Topics of 2020 for our defense work in a civil case that ended up uncovering a crime ring to defraud insurance companies, commercial carriers, and trucking companies. James Prather and Bowman Fetzer…
What’s Trending in Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Law? Tips to Avoid Bad Faith Suits
What’s Trending in Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Law? Tips to Avoid Bad Faith Suits
Are bad faith suits making a comeback? Mississippi law has long recognized an employee’s right to pursue a claim against the employee’s employer or employer’s workers’ compensation insurer for bad-faith refusal to pay benefits under the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Act.…
Galloway Wins Federal Employment Case for Transportation Client in Georgia
Galloway Wins Federal Employment Case for Transportation Client in Georgia
Director Tujuana McGee and her team in Atlanta, Georgia, have secured summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, on behalf of their client, a national transportation carrier. Tujuana delivered precise and strategic representation…
‘Twas the Night Before the Bar Exam: Advice from Galloway Attorneys
‘Twas the Night Before the Bar Exam: Advice from Galloway Attorneys
‘Twas the night before the bar exam, and no directors were stirring, but for candidates, the nerves were still occurring. With their desks long cleared of outlines, flashcards, and study materials, practicing attorneys still have vivid memories of taking the…
Galloway Houston Secures Defense Victory in Southern District of Texas
Galloway Houston Secures Defense Victory in Southern District of Texas
Director Adraon D. Greene and Associate Nadia Savo secured a summary judgment on behalf of a national retail client in a trip and fall case in the Southern District of Texas. The experienced team at Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith delivered another…
Nicole Fluet Recognized by Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Nicole Fluet Recognized by Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith attorney Nicole Fluet was recognized as the 2025 recipient of the Joseph P. Metzger Outstanding Achievement Award by the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. She was honored at the association’s annual Florida Liability Claims Conference in Orlando,…
Florida Rule Changes Took Effect: Everything Changes…Or Did It?
Florida Rule Changes Took Effect: Everything Changes…Or Did It?
In July 2024, our Florida team of attorneys alerted clients on significant changes to the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure promulgated by the Florida Supreme Court that took effect on January 1, 2025. Galloway’s four Florida offices – Pensacola, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, and Jacksonville – coordinated…
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