ALFA International Publications

International and Corporate Philanthropy *This portion of the materials on International and Corporate Philanthropy was originally published in The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 94, No. 3 May/June 2020.  A modified version is reprinted below with the permission of the Florida Bar. Introduction Cross-border charitable giving has generally become known as "international philanthropy" and when involvin…

Microaggressions Defined Microaggression occurs when someone says or does something that feels offensive or hostile to some aspect of our identity without even realizing it. A microaggression can take the form of an insensitive statement, question, or assumption and can target many aspects of who we are, such as our race, gender, sexuality, parental status, socioeconomic background, mental health,…

The Case Study of Company ABC’s Ransomware Event Background on Company ABC Company ABC is an oil and gas company with operations in several states within the United States. Company ABC has approximately two hundred employees.  Company ABC owns and operates numerous oil and gas interests and has several affiliated businesses.  Company ABC employs the following security controls: …

Welcome to Smokey Joe’s, Where Everyone Sings the Blues[1] You damn right, I've got the bluesFrom my head down to my shoesYou damn right, I've got the bluesFrom my head down to my shoesI can't win, 'cause I don't have a thing to lose~Buddy Guy In the only decent watering hole in Cate’s Olympic Village 2024, there is a place to go when you are experiencing the Agony of Defeat.  Welcome to Smo…

Summary Workers with pre-existing medical conditions are more likely to sustain work-related injuries. It is often difficult to disentangle the effects of these pre-existing conditions from the medical costs associated with a workplace incident. The “attributable costs” of pre-existing conditions must be separated from the attributable costs of the work-related injury to accurately determine the t…

Underrepresentation and a Push for Change The American Bar Association categories diversity in the following ways: Gender, Race or ethnicity, Sexual orientation or identification, Disabilities, Religion, Age, National origin, Military service. Although there are many notable exceptions, people falling into these groups, and particularly women and racial minorities, are often under-represented at l…

Remote and Hybrid Work Until recently, remote work and work from home employment was uncommon enough that the vast majority of those working in the field of workers’ compensation law never came across the legal questions that arise from this type of work arrangement.  After COVID-19 relegated many office employees to work-from-home scenarios, these legal questions began to multiply in spades, far …

What is the Proposed Rule/What Can We Expect? In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed implementing a rule that will ban most non-compete clauses for employment contracts nationwide (the “Proposed Rule”). Subject to limited exceptions, the Proposed Rule would not only ban prospective non-competes, but also retroactively nullify all non-compete agreements presently in place. M…

“Perhaps it is time to level set the mindset. Even though some confuse growth mindset with terms such as grit and effort that is not the case. Effort is involved, but it isn’t just about effort. Far more than effort, your mindset is about your access to support and your repertoire of strategies to help you solve problems. Effort is your means to an end, not the end. The end is that learning is imp…

What is succession planning? Succession planning is an ongoing process in which an organization identifies and develops talented employees to take on future leadership roles within the organization. A law firm’s failure to prepare and implement a succession plan for firm leadership, partners, and other senior attorneys may lead to disastrous results, including client and revenue loss.[i] Why do …