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January 28, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Practice Management: Strategies to Enhance a Firm's Cash Flow

Certified management consultant Joel A. Rose discusses six areas to consider when trying to improve a firm's finances: cash flow; a business plan; budgets for revenues, expenses and client advances; partner compensation; a recommended new business and billing committee; and partners' capital and borrowing.
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October 15, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

VerdictSearch: Man Paralyzed in Air Jack Explosion Gets $23 Million Settlement

A man who was paralyzed in an explosion at an industrial plant in 2007 has won a $23 million settlement from three defendants. The case was filed in a Cherokee County district court. The plaintiff claimed the air jack that exploded had been rushed into production without adequate testing, and the defendants blamed the defendant for misuse of the product.
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October 09, 2006 | Law.com

Simon v. State

The trial court's improper comments on the weight of evidence were reasonably calculated, when considered from the jury's standpoint, to benefit the state.
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October 31, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Law Firm Perks

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May 15, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

How to Confront Backstabbing at the Office

Questions and answers about how to deal with a double-crosser at work.
5 minute read
October 11, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

"Patent Pirates" Only Exist in Neverland

Calling companies whose intellectual property rights have been infringed and the lawyers that represent them "patent pirates" makes a nice alliterative headline. But name-calling doesn't help resolve the real problems that exist in patent litigation today.
7 minute read
February 09, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

What Existing Case Law Indicates for Carbon Sequestration

The Texas Supreme Court's August 2008 decision in Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy Trust builds on a long line of Texas case law favorable to would-be developers of carbon sequestration projects. This case law, along with an existing (yet evolving) regulatory framework, places Texas on sound legal footing for development of commercial geologic carbon sequestration relative to other states.
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April 30, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Senate Appropriations Bill Would Fund Supreme Court Security

When negotiators in the Texas House and Senate begin trying to work out the differences between the two chambers' versions of H.B. 1, the 2008-2009 appropriations bill, one item they'll look at deals with security for the state's Supreme Court justices.
5 minute read
November 15, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Miller v. Keyser

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December 19, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Murr Sentenced to Six Months in Prison, Five Years' Probation

Houston solo Marc Murr faces six months in a federal prison and five years on probation for joining former Texas Attorney General Dan Morales in an attempt to get $520 million in legal fees fraudulently awarded to Murr in the state's case against Big Tobacco.
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