May 20, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Supreme Court Reminds Cities There Is No Pandemic Exception to the ConstitutionFour justices on the Texas Supreme Court just fired a shot across the bow of government officials continuing draconian COVID-19 restrictions…
By Rob Henneke and Chance Weldon
4 minute read
May 20, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Quick Verdicts From Special Judges Under Chapter 151 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code: A Tool to Combat COVID-19 Related Backlogs in Texas Trial CourtsBacklogs in Texas district courts were growing before the coronavirus became a household term. The 2019 Annual Statistical Report for the Texas…
By Thomas R. Phillips and Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle
5 minute read
May 15, 2020 | The American Lawyer
As Salary Cuts Move to Higher-Profit Firms, What Happens Next?Hugh A. Simons examines where firms might go now that many have taken shorter-term measures to cut compensation. Will layoffs or firm closures follow? What groups are at risk?
By Hugh A. Simons
4 minute read
May 15, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
As Time Goes By, the Fundamental Things Matter in Employment LawI received an email from a lawyer friend in Houston: She was flipping through her college books and found Daniel Defoe's novel, "Journal of the…
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
May 14, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
I Do This BecauseBy day, Grant K. Schmidt is an associate at Winston & Strawn's Dallas office, but at night and on weekends, he moonlights as a podcaster.
By Kenneth Artz
13 minute read
May 13, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
I Never Agreed to ThatWith the adoption of the Texas Arbitration Act, the last half-century has been marked by a steady increase in courts' willingness to, and even preference for, enforcing arbitration provisions.
By Craig Duewall and Alan W. Hersh
9 minute read
May 12, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Is It Time to Dust Off Your Shut-In Royalty Payment Clause in This Brave New World?To successfully avoid a claim of breach, producers will need to carefully consider and implement the terms of their shut-in royalty provisions. Missteps could be costly.
By Michael P. Lennon Jr. and Christopher C. Watts
9 minute read
May 12, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Pandemic History and the Generation of LawIn a famous 1975 lecture before the Collège de France, the philosopher and social theorist Michel Foucault proposed that the plague of the mid-1300s…
By Randy D. Gordon
6 minute read
May 12, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Lawsuit Filed Monday Alleges Texas Mail-in Voting Rules Place Undue Burden on Right to Vote, Disenfranchises TexansA lawsuit filed Monday by five Texas voters with medical conditions --- the NAACP-Texas, Voto Latino and the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans ---…
By Brett Cain
6 minute read
May 11, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Judicial Independence Is Good for Emergencies and Normal Times TooHow should judges judge during a pandemic? The same way they should judge during normal times: By assessing the evidence and independently determining the law. At least four justices on the Texas Supreme Court agree.
By Anthony Sanders
5 minute read
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