Total Credits: .50 CLE
Another year has come and gone, and with it, the courts have tackled a host of old and new issues relevant to the industries of banking and finance. As we make our way through 2024, it is important to take stock of both previous and pending court decisions so that we can be better prepared to approach the disputes that will follow. This seminar and materials provide a summary of key decisions from the past year that could affect financial services companies. Section I discusses decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court. Section II discusses other federal cases, primarily those decided by the Eleventh Circuit. Finally, Section III is dedicated to decisions from the Alabama Supreme Court. The backgrounds, analyses, and impacts of these key cases will also be discussed in the presentation.
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Mr. Childs received his B.A. from The University of Alabama, magna cum laude, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He is co-head of Waller Lansden's Trial and Appellate Practice Section and frequently represents financial institutions. He was a law clerk to Senior Judge Seybourn H. Lynne of the Northern District of Alabama. Mr. Childs is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, Alabama State Bar, Tennessee Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He also served on the Business Entities Committee of the Alabama Law Institute, and was a member of the Alabama Consumer Information Privacy Study Committee. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America and Alabama Super Lawyers.
Cason Kirby is a commercial litigation partner in Holland & Knight's Birmingham office. His practice includes a broad range of commercial disputes, with particular experience in business competition issues. Mr. Kirby regularly represents clients in the financial services and insurance sectors in restrictive covenant enforcement, trade secrets disputes, and unfair competition and business tort claims. Mr. Kirby also has extensive experience counseling corporate officers, directors and shareholders on fiduciary duty and shareholder rights issues, including litigating minority shareholder oppression and breach of fiduciary duty claims. He has also defended a large law firm in multiple fraud and legal malpractice claims. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Kirby served in a leadership role on an Alabama Law Institute drafting committee for Alabama's first-in-the-nation non-disparagement obligation statute, which was signed into law in 2021.