December 10, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Adopts Resolution on Nonlawyers Practicing LawTexas Lawyer spoke recently with attorney Elizabeth Green Lindsey, the current president of the AAML, about the resolution that opposes allowing nonlawyers to perform lawyers' functions without ensuring that they have adequate education and training.
By Kenneth Artz
6 minute read
December 09, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Suffering Work, a New Road to the Meaning of EmploymentCalifornia again leads the way in challenging norms. Its efforts to redefine the meaning of "employee" and "employment" has resulted…
By Bill Finegan
13 minute read
December 08, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Fraught With Fright: Legal Perspectives of TraumaAttorneys need to know the various signs, symptoms and treatment modalities associated with trauma to properly represent their clients.
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack
11 minute read
November 18, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Are Our Employment Laws Capable of Keeping Up With the Demands of an Increasingly Multiracial and Multiethnic America?Graduating from law school in 1981, conventional wisdom was that the future of employment would be intertwined like a pretzel with an increasingly diverse population. The future is now, Michael P. Maslanka writes.
By Michael P. Maslanka
7 minute read
November 18, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Reunification Therapy: The Legal AnglesThe purpose of this article is not to take sides. Rather, it is to investigate what may lead to the need for reunification therapy, Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack write.
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack
6 minute read
November 17, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Hess Can't Recover More Than $300M in Damages From Schlumberger in Case With Far-Reaching Consequences for Oil & Gas IndustryA closely watched oil and gas case, Hess v. Schlumberger, ended in a loss for the plaintiff when U.S. District Judge Sim Lake ruled that Hess is not…
By Kenneth Artz
5 minute read
November 16, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Should Democrats Pack the Supreme Court if Biden Wins?FDR's experience should be a cautionary tale for Joe Biden if he becomes president and the Democrats gain control of the Senate.
By Quentin Brogdon
5 minute read
November 16, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Pillsbury's New Hydrogen Practice Attorneys on the Viability of Clean EnergyTexas Lawyer had to the opportunity to speak recently to Pillsbury energy attorneys Elina Teplinsky, Sheila Harvey, Rob James and Mona Dajani about Pillsbury's new hydrogen practice.
By Kenneth Artz
9 minute read
November 16, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
The Best and Worst of 2020It has been a horrible year to say the least. Fortunately, however, 2020 also gave us more lighthearted, strange and, even occasionally, uplifting moments, at least in the legal world.
By John G. Browning
5 minute read
November 13, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
What to Expect in Texas Family Law in 2021Texas family lawyers will need to continue to be both resilient and creative in dealing with what comes next as we head out into the unknown territory of 2021.
By Susan Myres
6 minute read
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