Kenneth Artz

July 07, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas and our law enforcement partners are ready to take on those who attempt to illegally profit from the coronavirus pandemic.

By Stephen J. Cox

4 minute read

July 07, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

On July 3, the Supreme Court of Texas canceled the July 2020 bar examination, kept a September in-person bar examination, ordered the creation of an…

By Michael Ariens

5 minute read

July 07, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Since its ratification in 1876, the Texas Constitution outlines the structure and functions of the Lone Star state government. For over 144 tumultuous…

By Brett Cain

6 minute read

July 06, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Until a basic threshold is cleared, we should resist the urge to rush headlong into autonomous vehicle trucks.

By Quentin Brogdon

7 minute read

July 06, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

"We are seeing reform in the legal community. In the larger urban areas, district attorneys are campaigning and being elected on criminal justice reform platforms," says Messina Madson, a criminal defense lawyer in Dallas.

By Kenneth Artz

9 minute read

July 06, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

The intriguing question is not whether the problems will be solved—they undoubtedly will, as they always have—but to what extent the solutions become the new status quo.

By Samantha Darnell, Kim Daily and Ron Zdrojeski

9 minute read

July 06, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Damages paid through workers' compensation and wrongful death in Texas should not be reserved for spouses and descendants, but made available to parents, siblings and immediate family.

By Brett Cain

7 minute read

July 06, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

Now is a good time for companies that received support from the government to consider what comes next to minimize the chances that they will find themselves jumping out of the frying pan of dire financial straits and into the False Claims Act fire.

By Brandt Leibe, Grant Nichols and Oliver Thoma

9 minute read

July 01, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

For the good of our most vulnerable children, it's time for Texas to fully discard the old system and step boldly into a future where Texans, not a distant bureaucracy, take care of their own.

By Andrew Brown

5 minute read

June 30, 2020 | Texas Lawyer

"The line between ecclesiastical and corporate functions was once again before the Supreme Court of Texas in The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth v. The Episcopal Church, when it was again asked to determine ownership of church property after a schism. Can the civil courts hear the dispute, or is this within the exclusive purview of the ecclesiastical hierarchy?" writes Dykema Gossett's David B. West.

By David B. West

9 minute read