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January 11, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Supreme Court Revisits Immigration Detention

Today's Supreme Court oral arguments present cases that are fundamentally about the reasonable outer limits for immigration detention. The Supreme Court has an opportunity to help ensure that the United States has a fundamental fairness in immigration cases that far too few nations have.

By Aron Solomon

6 minute read

January 10, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Juvenile Sex Offender Registration: Applying the 'Learned Treatise' Exception to the Hearsay Rule

What's 'fair' for a juvenile offender who is over the age of 14 and who may be required to register as a sexual offender? The juvenile court wields great power in such cases, and a juvenile offender may carry the onus of being a predator long into adulthood, when warranted.

By Elisa M. Reiter and Daniel Pollack

7 minute read

January 06, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Takeaways: For a Successful Marketing Year, Consistency Is Better Than 'Bursts of Speed'

It's not bursts of speed that win the day in legal marketing, it's consistency.

By Kenneth Artz

4 minute read

January 05, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Collaborative Compliance: Tax and Employment – Old Issues, New Lens

"When an employee works from home, or from anywhere other than the employer's facility or dedicated office space, especially when the remote work takes place in a state that is different from where the employer's facility or office is located, a myriad of tax and employment issues arise... "

By Timothy R. Wagner and Jennifer L. Anderson

9 minute read

January 05, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

State Courts are Refining the Concept of 'Psychological Parent'

In an era where it takes a village to raise a child, should Congress and State legislators take further action to assure that psychological parents also have legal rights?

By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack

15 minute read

January 04, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Why a Texas District Court Ruled That Religious Employers Are Exempt From Title VII's Prohibition of Sex Discrimination Against LGBTQ Employees

Braidwood asserted that its constitutional right of free association, which includes the right to not associate, compels an exemption from Title VII.

By Robert W. Small

15 minute read

January 04, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The Five Most Important Marketing Steps You Can Take to Start 2022

"The key to becoming a thought leader in the law is to pick your places and pick your battles. It's much better to become an expert in one of your areas of practice and speak extensively about certain key issues than it is to be a general legal expert."

By Jill Marie Wilson

6 minute read

December 28, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Real Estate Outlook: Boom Unlikely to Bust in 2022

"The big picture for 2022 is that Austin will continue its meteoric rise. Job growth from employers expanding or moving to Austin, such as Oracle, Facebook, Apple, Tesla and Samsung, is driving housing and other commercial real estate development."

By Steve Martens, Brad Lowry, Ginger Webber, Lewis Kasner and Andrew Baumgardner

12 minute read

December 28, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Patent Litigation 2021: A Year in Review

"... Judge Albright overwhelmingly received the most new patent cases of any U.S. judge, presiding over nearly a quarter of all patent cases filed during the year."

By Aimee Fagan

6 minute read

December 23, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Presents Courtesy of the Texas Supreme Court

"There are lots of interesting cases that our court will hear in the New Year. A nice reminder that our common law heritage develops the law through trials and tribulations, pushed forth by the guidance of good, solid, well trained lawyers."

By Micheal P. Maslanka

9 minute read