Kenneth Artz

September 16, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

With the proper planning, training, assessment tools and periodic evaluation, effective D&I programs can inspire meaningful change toward diverse and inclusive workplaces for all.

By Dawn S. Holiday

5 minute read

September 16, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

"How should employers and HR teams prepare for the coming year, keeping in mind the biggest lessons learned? I see four main areas of consideration."

By Carrie Hoffman

5 minute read

September 16, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

This is a significant expansion of liability from the current standard, under which employers with fewer than 15 employees are not covered. Thus, small businesses and even families employing domestic help are encompassed within these laws.

By Margaret Hope Allen and Tiffanie N. Limbrick

5 minute read

September 15, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

'We've heard from numerous attorneys that they are actually getting more work done and enjoy handling the work in a home office setting. The ability to work from home and to have a better work-life balance is incredibly significant."

By Kenneth Artz

6 minute read

September 15, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

"... in a competitive labor market, a willingness to view global mobility as an ongoing benefit for foreign national employees, rather than a means-to-an end for the business, may create an opportunity to establish a key strategic advantage in the recruitment and retention of high-skilled foreign nationals."

By Kristen Burke and Jamie Marr

6 minute read

September 13, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

'More than half of the attorneys who responded to my survey reported that their biggest pet peeve was a failure to proofread. Failure to proofread was also the second most common mistake attorneys saw in the legal writing of summer associates and junior attorneys.'

By Tori W. Rose

11 minute read

September 13, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

There are a variety of way of enhancing and attacking the testimony of a mental health professional, including: impeachment with prior inconsistent statements, bias, interest in the outcome, signs of coercion, coached testimony, prior misconduct for which there was no prosecution, defects in capacity, lack of interview of records or collateral witnesses, and contradictions in testimony.

By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack

6 minute read

September 10, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

The issue in the state of Texas is very similar to that in the Canadian province of Quebec, where McGill is located. In both situations, you have state governments sending the colleges and universities directives aimed at a return to pre-pandemic teaching and learning, which would be great were it not for the fact that we remain in a pandemic.

By Aron Solomon

4 minute read

September 10, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

For it to function properly, an independent judiciary and justice system must resist being a politicized one.

By Daniel Pollack and Elisa Reiter

5 minute read

September 09, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

The Houston Ship Channel is the busiest waterway in the nation servicing eight public and nearly 200 private terminals while supporting more than 3 million U.S. jobs.

By Keith B. Letourneau

6 minute read