Kenneth Artz

March 10, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

On March 2 the Mexican Federal Senate approved a bill that will modify Mexico's Electricity Industry Law, effectively reversing rights granted to private investors in that sector, say Roberto Aguirre-Luzi, Isabel Fernandez de la Cuesta, Lauren Friedman and Fernando Rodriguez-Cortina, attorneys with King & Spalding.

By Roberto Aguirre-Luzi, Isabel Fernandez de la Cuesta, Lauren Friedman and Fernando Rodriguez-Cortina

3 minute read

March 09, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

The best thing attorneys can do for their clients who suffered losses in the February winter storm—whether those clients are individuals or businesses—is to listen and determine whether the facts at hand give rise to meritorious claims or defenses, says Joshua M. Sandler, a partner at Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann.

By Kenneth Artz

5 minute read

March 09, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Deregulation could have a unique impact on what recourse rural Texas communities will have for damages sustained during the power outage, says Justin Sisemore, the founder and lead litigator at Sisemore Law Firm in Fort Worth, Texas.

By Kenneth Artz

4 minute read

March 09, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Zoom simplifies work, saving both time and money for attorneys, judges and clients, says Susan Myres, a board-certified family law attorney at Myres & Associates PLLC.

By Susan Myres

5 minute read

March 05, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

The Winston & Strawn Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group was formed to integrate our traditional oil and gas group with our renewables and infrastructure group to provide for a larger group that is sharing clients, says Mike Blankenship, a partner at Winston & Strawn's Houston office.

By Kenneth Artz

5 minute read

March 05, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Justice Amy Barrett discussed a number of exceptions to the general principle espoused by FOIA in her first opinion for the U.S. Supreme Court this week in United States Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club.

By Elisa Reiter

6 minute read

March 05, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

A deep understanding of both your audience and the medium you are using to communicate your message is the difference between your marketing content being seen as meaningful and not being seen at all, says Aron Solomon, the senior digital strategist for NextLevel.com and an adjunct professor of business management at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.

By Aron Solomon

5 minute read

March 04, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

As the pandemic eases and hiring heats up, employers should do five things to protect their trade secrets, says John C.C. Sanders, a trial lawyer and founding partner of the Dallas office of Winston & Strawn.

By John C.C. Sanders

2 minute read

March 03, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

It seems likely that trade secret litigation will continue to grow in popularity for the foreseeable future, however, what is much less clear is whether increasing trade secret litigation will correspond to a drop in patent litigation, says Aimee Fagan, a trial partner at Sidley Austin.

By Aimee Fagan

3 minute read

March 03, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Plaintiff attorneys need to focus on the potential for bad faith litigation against insurance providers, involving claims that those carriers have not upheld their end of the contract following the devastating winter storm that struck Texas last month, says John Kelly, a practicing attorney and insurance law expert at Kelly Law Team in Phoenix, Arizona.

By Kenneth Artz and Mark Moore

4 minute read