Mark Bauer and Mary Alice Salmon
Herb Kelleher, the co-founder and longtime chief executive of Southwest Airlines who died in January at the age of 87, almost certainly didn’t set out to change the legal landscape in Texas. It was the untapped potential in the Texas skies he was after.
Mark A. Shoffner
With perhaps too much fanfare, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009. This law substantially relaxed the deadline…
Ryan Hargrave
How the Rule Change Has Played Out in Patent Cases
Steven N. Williams and William Zac Duffy
When facing a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets, defense counsel should not ignore the opportunity for using patents and patent-related materials…
Before the point-to-point airline carrier took off, intra-state travel between the major cities in Texas was limited to highways or burdensome multi-city stops on a plane.
Michael P. Maslanka
Shakespeare never blinks in the face of human nature. Ever. Exhibit A: King Lear. Betrayal as standard, sociopathy as constant, cruelty as norm. In…
Angela Morris
Once the 2008 Great Recession starting hitting law schools where it counts—student enrollment—they had to utilize new methods to attract top students. Money did it.
Mary Alice Salmon
Judge Charles Stephens, 61, said he started making pens—including ballpoints and fountain pens—about 30 years ago as a hobby. “I jokingly tell people it helps my sanity,” he said.
John G. Browning
Over the course of 29 years in the courtroom, I’m frequently tempted to tell clients that I’ve seen it all. But just as the urge comes over me,…
The top lawyer at the Dallas-based Fortune 500 food and beverage company talks with Texas Lawyer about everything from whom he uses for outside counsel to what he's been reading lately.
