Kenneth Artz

November 21, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

I think about the initial travails of Judy Benjamin when teaching Professional Responsibility (PR) and in speaking with relatively new lawyers (and even more senior ones). "Wait, you're telling me that my oath stops me from conduct that I consider perfectly reasonable and my business and no one else's!?!"

By Michael P. Maslanka

8 minute read

November 19, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

In the summer of 2019, Eric Dion Warren obtained a loaner car from a BMW dealer in Wolfforth, Texas. He allegedly then drove the vehicle to a bank, robbed it, and returned to the dealership and offered to buy the car with a down payment of $3,000--all stolen.

By John G. Browning

6 minute read

November 18, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Lyft works hard to position itself as a safer version of Uber in the eyes of the public, but the two companies do not appear to have a materially different approach to screening drivers and safeguarding passengers.

By Quentin Brogdon

7 minute read

November 18, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Few areas of family law are as bristling with risk and the potential for appeal as a petition to terminate parental rights. When the child involved has special needs, the child may be particularly imperiled if proper parental supervision is missing.

By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack

9 minute read

November 17, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

In a bank you might only deposit your assets, however, a bank will use your resources to provide loans. On the Nimbus platform, you might do the same and you will be as secure as in a bank since borrowers will have to lock collateral of at least 120% of their borrowed amount to obtain digital assets from the pool.

By Kenneth Artz

9 minute read

November 17, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

'I don't think the judge's actions were that damaging to the prosecution's case. Juries have a way of factoring out all of this personality stuff, and they probably have their own views about the judge.'

By Kenneth Artz

6 minute read

November 17, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

The Eastern and Western districts have successfully moved their dockets forward, have resumed nearly a typical trial schedule, and are serving as examples of the strength of our civil jury system.

By Danielle Williams and Tom Melsheimer

5 minute read

November 16, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

The COVID-19 pandemic has rewritten the rules of parenting and relationships. The question of administering vaccines is yet another polarizing decision that parents must make as a result of the pandemic.

By Lindsey Obenhaus

4 minute read

November 15, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

In bankruptcy, two underlying primary reasons for forum selection are (i) differing case law at the Circuit Court level, and (ii) certainty and predictability of outcome for the particular type of reorganization plan needed by the chapter 11 debtor.

By Kenneth Artz

13 minute read

November 15, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

As many companies urgently investigate alternative sourcing for their finished goods or components, the process—if approached strategically (versus reactively)—may present an opportunity to improve the client's competitive posture by strengthening its IP portfolio.

By Kelly J. Kubasta

6 minute read