Kristie Rearick

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September 30, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Legal Innovators Finalists: David Greetham, Level Legal

Texas Lawyer will honor attorneys and legal professionals at an awards ceremony later this fall.

By ALM Staff

1 minute read

September 30, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Legal Innovators Finalists: James Carter, JW Carter Law

Texas Lawyer will honor attorneys and legal professionals at an awards ceremony later this fall.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

September 30, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Driving Excellence Beyond the Lawyers: How an Inclusive Approach for Business Professionals Benefits Law Firms

Firms that foster and support an environment inclusive of the entire firm community—lawyers and business professionals alike—have a unique potential to fuel this synergy, allowing the firm (and the individuals within it) to see each professional's value across the entire employee spectrum.

By Ryan Galvin and Brian Seaman

7 minute read

September 30, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

In-House Impact Award Winner: Amanda Arriaga

Texas Lawyer will honor attorneys and legal professionals at an awards ceremony later this fall.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

September 30, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recreational Helmets: Design Defects—Bicycle, Football and Motorcycling

No one has ever attempted any sort of retrospective study of the relationship between helmet design and the frequency or nature of injury. Lacking any reasonably sound statistical method to correlate injury to helmet design, counsel is relegated to a case-by-case review.

By Larry E. Coben

10 minute read

September 30, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ethical Considerations in Representing an Organizational Client and Its Constituents

Remind all constituents that you are counsel for the corporation, clarify any additional persons you may be representing or advising after considering the potential for conflicts of interest.

By Mark Hinderks

4 minute read

September 27, 2024 | The Recorder

Why Is California's State Bar Pinching Pennies at the Public's Expense?

Protecting the public—not thrift—is the bar's primary regulatory purpose, and its focus on cutting corners has arguably diluted the bar exam from the nation's hardest to something that weakens public protection.

By David A. Carrillo and Stephen M. Duvernay

6 minute read

September 27, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fifth Circuit Sides With Fourth Circuit and Rules That Discharge Exceptions Apply to Corporate Subchapter V Debtors

In the case of Avion Funding v. GFS Industries (In re GFS Industries), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that corporate debtors that elect to proceed under Subchapter V of Chapter 11 are, pursuant to Section 1192 of the Bankruptcy Code, subject to the discharge exceptions set forth in Section 523 of the Bankruptcy Code.

By Lawrence J. Kotler and Elisa Hyder

7 minute read