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"Excess Other Insurance Clauses And Contractual Indemnity Agreements Shifting An Entire Loss To A Particular Insurer," 215 T.MARSHALL L.REV. Vol.30 No.1 (Fall 2004); 5 ST.B.TEX.INS.L.J. 11 Vol.5, No.3 (Dec. 2004) | Litigation, Insurance | 07.15.08 |
"Debtor's Prison in Texas," The Houston Lawyer, 22 (Sept./Oct. 2006); 21 St.B.Tex. Texas Paralegal Journal (Spring 2006) | Transactions, Litigation | 09.22.06 |
Texas Jury Survey 2005-2006 | Labor and Employment | 11.15.05 |
Texas Jury Survey | | 05.19.05 |
Jury Verdict Survey 1999 - 2001 | | 01.21.05 |
Post-Judgment Discovery (Ethics) | Litigation | 12.16.04 |
"Forum Selection Clauses Prevail," 55 The Houston Lawyer Vol.42. No. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2005) | Appellate, Litigation | 12.08.04 |
The New Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft Regulation | Aviation | 12.01.04 |
What Is Happening at the Courthouse? Texas Jury Survey - 2004 | Labor and Employment | 11.15.04 |
A Litigator's Advice on Litigation Avoidance | Transactions, Litigation | 11.12.04 |
Special Issues In Asset Acquisitions | Transactions, Corporate & Securities | 11.11.04 |
Choosing the Texas Business Entity | Corporate & Securities | 11.10.04 |
Early Termination and Liquidation Provisions as Risk Tools in Master Energy Agreements | Transactions, Energy | 11.02.04 |
Regulating The Workplace: The Importance Of Employee Manuals | Corporate & Securities, Labor and Employment | 10.29.04 |
Soured M&A Deals: What Happens When Bad Facts Surface Between Signing and Closing | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 10.25.04 |
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Provisions of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 | Tax | 10.25.04 |
E-Mail Discovery and Privilege | Litigation | 10.07.04 |
Litigation With Financial Institutions | | 09.09.04 |
"Extrinsic Facts and the Eight Corners Rule Under Texas Law [The World is Not as Flat as Some Would Have You Believe]," 463 S.TEX.L.REV. Vol.40 No.2 (Winter 2004) | Litigation, Insurance | 08.23.04 |
Electronic Data: Retention Policies, Spoliation, and Use in Litigation | Litigation | 08.04.04 |
SLAPP-Happy: Media Defendants Beware, Anti-SLAPP Statutes Might Not Be Something to Smile About | Media | 08.01.04 |
"A Cookbook for Special Appearances in Texas," 6 Texas Reporter Vol.4, Iss.066, Sept.15-30, 2004; 46 The Houston Lawyer Vol.42 No.2 (Sept./Oct. 2004) | Litigation | 07.22.04 |
5th Circuit's Kimbell Decision Confirms Continued Viability Of Transfer Tax Valuation Benefits of FLPs | Wealth Planning and Transfer, Tax | 07.02.04 |
"Police 'Knock and Talk' Tactics Hit Home," 55 The Houston Lawyer Vol.42 No.1 (July/Aug. 2004) | Litigation | 05.07.04 |
"Fifth Circuit Says Nobody Has Constitutional Rights To Be Free From Malicious Prosecution," 5 The Houston Lawyer Vol.41 No.6 (May/June 2004) | Litigation | 04.07.04 |
Affairs of State - Defining the "Governmental Unit" | Bankruptcy | 04.03.04 |
"Insurance Coverage with 'Gaping Holes' May Transmute One Form of Insurance Into Another," 16 Vol.41 No.5 The Houston Lawyer (March/April 2004) | Litigation, Insurance | 03.04.04 |
Legal Issues Relating to Special Events - And Contract Provisions to Address Those Issues | | 03.03.04 |
Protect Yourself: Respect the Entity You Have Formed | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 03.03.04 |
Doing Business With the Government and Big Business - Certification Options | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 03.03.04 |
Choosing the Texas Business Entity | Transactions, Corporate & Securities | 03.02.04 |
Analysis of the Technical and Economic Issues Raised in the Consideration of International Telecommunications Satellite Systems Separate from INTELSAT | Telecommunications | 03.01.04 |
Case Study - Setting Up a United States Company | Energy, International, Immigration | 02.27.04 |
Case Study - Setting Up a United States Company PowerPoint | Energy, Immigration, International | 02.27.04 |
Negotiating Through a Soured Acquisition | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 02.27.04 |
House Bill 1743 - Senate Bill 826 | Regulatory & Legislative, Health Care | 02.20.04 |
Director and Officer Responsibilities Revisited | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 02.19.04 |
Water Availability Modeling - Recent Developments and Legal Considerations | Regulatory & Legislative, Environmental | 02.17.04 |
"Settlement Strategies and Remedies Code Chapter 42: Who Pays Attorney's Fees and Costs?," 106 Texas Bar Journal Vol.67 No.2 (2004) | Litigation, Insurance | 02.03.04 |
Another Good Reason To Pay Income Taxes On Time | Tax, Litigation | 02.01.04 |
Prisoners' Rights to Attend Their Civil Trials | Litigation | 02.01.04 |
Health Savings Accounts - New Planning Opportunities For Employer Health Plans | Health Care, Tax | 01.06.04 |
House Bill 1743 - Senate Bill 826 | Regulatory & Legislative, Health Care | 11.19.03 |
Texas Jury Survey 2003-2004 | Labor and Employment | 11.15.03 |
Asset Deals - The Acquisition of a Division | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 11.07.03 |
Energy Agreements and Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy, Energy | 11.06.03 |
Mineral Estates May Be Obtained Through Adverse Possession | Energy, Litigation | 11.04.03 |
New Texas Law Penalizes Failure to Render Business Personal Property | Tax | 10.30.03 |
"Nix Improper Profiling In Drug Cases, Says The Fifth Circuit," 53 The Houston Lawyer Vol.41 No.4 (Jan./Feb.2004) | Immigration, Litigation | 10.25.03 |
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Continued Vitality of Physician and Physician/Hospital Joint Ventures | Health Care, Transactions | 10.20.03 |
Everything You Say Can and May be Used Against You: Tips for Sharing Privileged and Competitively Sensitive Information During the Due Diligence Process | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 10.18.03 |
The Sarbanes Oxley Act and Its Extraterritorial Reach | Corporate & Securities | 10.03.03 |
Selected Texas Water Quality and TPDES Permit Issues | Environmental | 10.02.03 |
"The Law of Rural Homesteads," 46 The Houston Lawyer Vol.41.No.3 (Nov./Dec. 2003) | Real Estate, Litigation, Tax | 09.30.03 |
Legislative Update 2003 -Texas Zoning and Land Use Planning - PowerPoint Presentation | Land Use & Municipal Law | 09.19.03 |
Legislative Update 2003 - Texas Zoning and Land Use Planning | Land Use & Municipal Law | 09.19.03 |
Planned Development Districts Specific Use Permits and Site Plan Approval | Land Use & Municipal Law | 09.18.03 |
Planned Development Districts Specific Use Permits and Site Plan Approval - PowerPoint Presentation | Land Use & Municipal Law | 09.18.03 |
Split Dollar Life Insurance Plan Alert | Tax, Corporate & Securities, Insurance | 09.15.03 |
"A Defense by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet. Commercial Impracticability," 56 The Houston Lawyer Vol.41. No.6 (May/June 2006) | Transactions, Litigation | 08.27.03 |
Drilling in the City: The Increasing Conflicts Between Surface and Mineral Owners | Energy | 08.22.03 |
Early Termination and Liquidation Provisions in Energy Trading and Marketing Agreements | Energy | 08.22.03 |
Sarbanes Oxley Overview | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 08.14.03 |
2002 ISDA Update | | 08.14.03 |
"Apportionment, Allocation, Reimbursement And The Stowers Doctrine - A Rational Conclusion For Frank's Casing Crew" - Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of Texas, No. 02-0730 (August 2003) | Insurance, Litigation | 08.11.03 |
"The Liability Insurer's Dilemma. Should a Good Faith But Mistaken Belief There Is No Coverage Absolve An Insurer of 'Stowers' Liability?," 2 ST.B.TEX.INS.L.J. Vol.4 No.3 (Oct.2003) | Insurance, Litigation | 08.06.03 |
"Divorce Allocation of Retirement Benefits - Shanks v. Treadway, and Reiss v. Reiss," 48 The Houston Lawyer Vol.41 No.2 (Sept./Oct. 2003) | Litigation, Appellate | 08.05.03 |
Non-Tax Factors in Choice of Entity | Corporate & Securities, Tax | 07.24.03 |
A Practical Guide To Raising Capital | Technology, Corporate & Securities, Internet / E-commerce | 06.25.03 |
Summary and Analysis of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 | Tax, Regulatory & Legislative | 06.19.03 |
Sarbanes-Oxley and the Regulation of Lawyers | Transactions | 06.12.03 |
Boilerplate Terms, Rules of Interpretation, and Developments in Drafting Contracts | Transactions | 06.12.03 |
Early Termination and Liquidation Provisions in Energy Trading and Marketing Agreements | Energy | 06.05.03 |
Bankruptcy Overview - Selected Topics | Bankruptcy | 06.02.03 |
Texas Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Statute | Energy | 06.02.03 |
What To Expect From Your Patent Attorney - And What NOT To Expect! | Intellectual Property | 06.01.03 |
Attorney Duties After Sarbanes-Oxley: Does it Matter Where the Issuer is Incorporated? | Corporate & Securities | 05.29.03 |
2002-2003 Employment Law Update | Labor and Employment | 05.20.03 |
Aircraft Taxes: Texas State and Local Tax Enforcement on the Rise | Tax | 05.01.03 |
Competition in the Telecommunications Local Service Market - 7 Years Later | Telecommunications, Regulatory & Legislative | 04.25.03 |
"When to Welcome Greeks Bearing Gifts, Aristotle and the Rules of Evidence," 1009 TEX.TECH. L.REV. Vol.34 No. 4 (2003) | Litigation | 04.01.03 |
Marshaling and Subrogation: Dealing with Unavoidable Tax Liens and Claims | Bankruptcy | 04.01.03 |
Business Bankruptcy for the (Blessedly) Uninitiated | Bankruptcy | 03.27.03 |
Them's Fightin' Words - The Feud Between the Non-Mineral and Surface Owners | Energy | 02.20.03 |
Basics of International Arbitration | Litigation, International | 02.13.03 |
Legal Consequences of Technology Adoption and Changes In Practice | | 02.09.03 |
The General Practitioner's Guide to Franchising | Intellectual Property | 02.06.03 |
"Everything About It Is Appealing," 18 Highlights Vol.44, No.1 (May/June 2000) | Litigation | 02.06.03 |
"Old Insurance Coverage Gets New Life From Recent Federal Legislation," 174 Insurance Litigation Reporter Vol.18 No.4 (April 1996) | Insurance, Litigation | 02.06.03 |
Sexual Harassment: Trends & Developments | Labor and Employment | 01.22.03 |
Employer Beware-Negligent Hiring | Labor and Employment | 01.22.03 |
What the U.S. Supreme Court Has Done For/To You Lately | Labor and Employment | 01.22.03 |
The Aftermath of Enron: What To Do With the Company's 401K | Labor and Employment | 12.10.02 |
ADA: Disability Dilemmas | Labor and Employment, Health Care | 12.10.02 |
Privacy in the Workplace in the Electronic Age | Internet / E-commerce, Labor and Employment | 12.10.02 |
Keeping Your Company Out of the Courthouse | Labor and Employment | 12.10.02 |
You've Been Sued for Workers' Comp Retaliation-Now What | Labor and Employment | 12.10.02 |
Fair Labor Standards Act: The Time Bomb of Overtime | Labor and Employment | 12.10.02 |
Lifting The Veil of Sarbanes-Oxley, Revelations Through December 1, 2002 | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 12.05.02 |
Director and Officer Responsibilities During Corporate Turmoil | Transactions, Corporate & Securities | 11.22.02 |
Panel III: From the Frying Pan Into the Fire: Litigating the Business Crisis - Clients In Crisis In the Multiparty Context: The Common Interest Privilege ... | Litigation | 10.25.02 |
Interrelationship Between the Attorney Work Product and the Party Communications Exemptions | Litigation | 10.01.02 |
Fifth Circuit Shows Deference to First Amendment Concerns in Trademark Infringement Case | Litigation, Intellectual Property | 09.10.02 |
You Did What? - Potential Pitfalls for The Franchisor | Transactions, Financial Services, Antitrust | 09.04.02 |
Turner V. KTRK: Plaintiff Can Sue For Broadcast "As Whole" | Media, Litigation | 09.01.02 |
Fifth Circuit Finds Right of Publicity Not Preempted by Copyright Act | Litigation, Media | 08.28.02 |
Texas Court Upholds Sanctions Against Public Official Libel Plaintiff Who Sued a Law Firm for Its Prepublication Review | Litigation, Media | 08.25.02 |
Drafting Effective Noncompetition Covenants: The Incredible Darkness of Light V. Centel Cellular | Transactions, Antitrust | 08.19.02 |
Writer Remains in Jail in Houston for Refusal to Turn Over Resource Materials to Federal Grand Jury | Litigation | 08.14.02 |
Employment Law in the Supreme Court: 2001 Term | Labor and Employment | 08.14.02 |
Texas Court of Appeals Finds No Libel by Implication When Actual Statements Made Are True | Media, Litigation | 08.06.02 |
Texas Appellate Court Upholds the Ability of a Source for a News Story to Use the Texas Interlocutory Appeals Statute | Media, Litigation | 08.06.02 |
Batten Down the Hatches - Being Prepared for Stormy Seas: Choice of Entity Strategies | Corporate & Securities | 08.01.02 |
Batten Down the Hatches - Being Prepared for Stormy Seas: Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine in the Corporate Context... | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 08.01.02 |
Panel I: Batten Down the Hatches - Being Prepared for Stormy Seas: Corporate Governance: (Including Codes of Conduct * Fiduciary Duties and to Whom They are Owed * Ways to Lim... | Labor and Employment | 08.01.02 |
Partnership Business Combinations Successor Liability and Other Issues | Labor and Employment, Corporate & Securities | 07.19.02 |
Premises Liability and the Independent Contractor's Employee | Litigation | 07.15.02 |
The Problem with Unpublished Opinions | Litigation, Media | 06.10.02 |
Dealing with the Insolvent Estate Or, How to Get Blood Out of a Turnip | Tax | 06.05.02 |
Professionalism in Summary Judgments: Finality and Appealability | Litigation | 05.19.02 |
"The Proud and the Profane: Courts Condemn Cursing Contemptors," 810 Texas Bar Journal Vol.65 No.9 (2002) | Litigation | 05.19.02 |
Professionalism in Post Judgment Practice | Litigation | 05.19.02 |
Avoiding Liability When You Make the Technology Leap | Technology | 05.19.02 |
Bad Faith in Medical Malpractice Actions | Medical Malpractice | 05.19.02 |
Ready, Set, Negotiate... | Transactions, Corporate & Securities | 05.19.02 |
Arbitration 2002: Developments in the Law | Litigation | 05.19.02 |
Choice of Entity | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 05.19.02 |
OCS Lease Conveyancing Issues - an Update | Energy | 04.23.02 |
Start to Finish: Procedural Issues and Practical Outcomes in Class Actions | Litigation | 04.12.02 |
Vanessa Leggett Serves Maximum Jail Time, First Amendment-Based Reporter's Privilege Under Siege | Media, Litigation | 04.01.02 |
Partnerships, LLCs and Other Business Entity Agreements: Drafting Considerations | Corporate & Securities | 03.28.02 |
How to Use the ISDA Master Agreement | Energy | 03.22.02 |
Technology and Intellectual Property Law for the General Practitioner | Intellectual Property, Technology | 03.15.02 |
Mandatory Arbitration of Consumer Disputes Against Telecommunications Companies | Telecommunications | 03.08.02 |
A Local Telephone Service Primer: Regulating the Path to Competition | Telecommunications | 03.06.02 |
State Bar Newsletter Update - March 2002 | Tax | 03.01.02 |
Asset Acquisitions: A Roadmap to Getting What Your Client Wants | Litigation, Corporate & Securities | 02.22.02 |
Employer's Benefits and Alernatives To Worker's Compensation | Labor and Employment | 01.05.02 |
"Sticks and Stones: Insulting the Court and Contempt," 8 The Texas Docket, July 2002 | Litigation | 12.05.01 |
"The 'Banjo Rule' On Testimony," 7 The Appellate Lawyer Vol.IX, No.1 (Summer 2002); 9 Highlights Vol.45, No.6 (March/April 2002) | Litigation | 11.21.01 |
"Texas Statute Trumps the 'Good Samaritan' Rule," 46 The Houston Lawyer Vol40 No.1 (July/Aug. 2002) | Labor and Employment, Corporate & Securities | 11.13.01 |
"Has the Fog Cleared On Attorney Work Product and the Attorney-Client Privilege? Texas' Complete Transition into Full Protection of Attorney Work in the Corporate Context," 197 ST.MARY'S L.REV. Vol.32 No.2 (2001) | Transactions, Litigation, Corporate & Securities | 11.13.01 |
"The Truth About Attorney-Client Privileges," 20 Highlights Vol. 46, Issue 3 (Septmeber/October 2002) | Corporate & Securities, Litigation | 11.13.01 |
Patents, Trade Secrets and the Success of a Small Chemical Business | Intellectual Property | 10.19.01 |
Preparing your Music Client for Web Distribution | Intellectual Property | 10.02.01 |
Explosive Growth Forecasted For ASPs: Are You Ready? | Internet / E-commerce, Technology | 09.25.01 |
Corporate IP Audits | Intellectual Property, Corporate & Securities | 04.11.01 |
Arithmetic 101 for Prospective Franchisees | Intellectual Property | 04.11.01 |
Ethical Issue Which Arise in the Context of Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy | 03.16.01 |
M&A Update | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 02.16.01 |
Texas Taxation of Electronic Commerce | Tax | 12.08.00 |
Stock Options and Equity Compensation | Tax | 11.14.00 |
Shareholders' Agreements, Buy/Sell Agreements, and Voting Trusts | Transactions, Corporate & Securities | 09.14.00 |
Retail Water Supply and the Regulation of Water Utilities | Environmental | 09.08.00 |
Reassignment as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Americans with Disabilities Act | Labor and Employment | 08.24.00 |
"Let's All Move to Alabama!," 62 Texas Lawyer Vol.16, No.1 (March 13, 2000) | Litigation | 07.01.00 |
Privacy in the Electronic Workplace | Technology | 05.09.00 |
Recent Copyright Infringement Decision Highlights Need For Independent Contractor Agreements | Technology | 05.09.00 |
Digital Sampling: The Song Remains the Same | Technology | 05.09.00 |
"Federal Income Tax and Personal Injury Judgments and Settlements," 26 Texas Lawyer, "In House Texas," Sec.3, Vol.13, No.25 (Sept. 1, 1997) | Litigation, Tax | 03.13.00 |
Choice of State of Incorporation: Texas Versus Delaware - Is It Now Time to Rethink Traditional Notions? | Transactions, Corporate & Securities | 02.18.00 |
What Happens When You Are the Target of an Investigation? | Health Care | 11.01.99 |
"Beware the Hidden Lawyer," 14 The Texas Docket (Oct.1999); 32 Texas Lawyer Vol.15, No.34 (Nov.8, 1999) | Litigation | 10.01.99 |
"Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Is Still Alive in Texas (It Has Only Been Seriously Wounded)," 5 Highlights (July/Aug.1999) | Litigation | 07.01.99 |
1999 Texas Legislative Update | Tax | 06.15.99 |
High Tech Boxing Match: A Discussion of Copyright Theory Underlying the Heated Battle Between the RIAA and MP3ers | Technology, Intellectual Property | 03.06.99 |
Time to Revisit the Oil & Gas Lease Royalty Clause | Energy | 02.04.99 |
Houston Court of Appeals Overturns Libel Judgment Obtained by Mayoral Candidate | Media | 02.04.99 |
"Objection: Leading Question!," 1123 Texas Bar Journal Vol.61 No.11 (1998) | Litigation | 12.01.98 |
"The Truth About Affidavits," 7 St.B.Tex. Appellate Advocate Vol.XI, No.3 (May 1998); 5 The Texas Docket (January 1998) | Litigation | 01.01.98 |
"Evolution of the Special Appearance in Texas," 32 Texas Bar Journal Vol 61, No.1 (1998) | Litigation | 01.01.98 |
Recent Developments in State Insurance Regulations | Insurance, Health Care | 10.01.97 |
"Texas Law on Special Relationships," 10 The Houston Lawyer Vol.35, No.2 (Sept/Oct. 1997) | Litigation | 09.01.97 |
Antitrust Enforcement Efforts Against Hospital and Physician Networks (Willis Corroon July 1997) | Antitrust, Health Care | 07.08.97 |
Sports and the Media | Entertainment & Sports, Media | 04.25.97 |
1997 Medicare Update: Developments for Home Health and DME Providers | Health Care | 01.27.97 |
Federal Legislation: Selected Statutes Affecting Physicians in a Managed Care Environment | Health Care | 01.11.97 |
Advanced Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Course 1996 | Energy | 09.01.96 |
How to Avoid Litigation in Negotiated Acquisitions | Corporate & Securities, Transactions | 03.01.96 |
