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April 12, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Inadmissible

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October 10, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Carpe Diem: High-Energy Grande Communications GC Makes Every Day Count

With his rapid-fire speech and barely contained energy, Andy Sarwal, the recently named senior vice president and general counsel for San Marcos-based Grande Communications, leaves the impression that he�s a man who likes to be up and doing things, accomplishing goals.
8 minute read
May 24, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Inadmissable

Inadmissible � On May 17, Jenkens & Gilchrist gave the government a list of about 1,400 names of former clients who received tax-shelter advice from June 1998 through June 2003. � D. Gilbert "Gil" Friedlander, longtime GC of Electronic Data Systems Corp., will leave to become a partner in Weil, Gotshal & Manges. � It's win some and lose some for Houston plaintiffs lawyer John M. O'Quinn. � Dennis Archer, the first person of color to serve as president of the ABA, spoke at the DBA�s Law Day luncheon.
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September 29, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Structural Barriers to Achievement Compromise Firms' Futures

Diversity without inclusion is meaningless, and diversity without inclusion and without accountability is tragedy for any profession but especially for the law.
6 minute read
October 08, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Ex-Employee Sued By Litigation Services Company

Litigation services company Barnes & Roberts has sued former employee Jonathan Andron and wants to bar him from working for or consulting with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld on anything competitive with the services offered by B&R, whose target market is patent litigation.
4 minute read
November 29, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

The New Good Samaritans

Emergency medical care is one of the many areas in which House Bill 4, the massive tort reform bill the Texas Legislature passed in 2003, raised the hurdle medical-malpractice plaintiffs in Texas must clear. Probably in no other area is H.B. 4's new statutory language as ambiguous and clumsy. Fortunately, attorneys can resolve most of the ambiguities by carefully studying the relevant legislative history, but appellate courts will need to resolve other ambiguities in coming years.
9 minute read
September 17, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Discipline

A Harris County lawyer has been suspended, a Bexar County lawyer has been placed on probation, and another Harris County lawyer has received a public reprimand, the State Bar of Texas reported recently.
8 minute read
May 26, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Aldrich v. State

An appellant is required to object unless the right to avoid this type of event is a right that is either waivable-only or an absolute, systemic requirement. A court's mistaken assumption that what usually happens in a case had happened in this case is not an event that may be complained of for the first time on appeal.
6 minute read
January 04, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

The Mindful Lawyer: Meditation and Its Many Benefits

Mindfulness can apply as easily to a business, as an entity, as it does to individuals. Potential benefits include: reduced costs associated with absenteeism caused by illness, injury and stress; improved cognitive function in employees; and reduced turnover.
8 minute read
November 07, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

DeLay Indictment Opens Wounds for Companies

When a Travis County grand jury issued an indictment naming Tom DeLay and two political associates, four corporations that thought they had moved on from a sticky situation find themselves back in the media spotlight and bit players in a political-legal fight.
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