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February 04, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Techniques to Detect E-Discovery Misconduct

Too often attorneys treat electronic document productions as they treat paper productions. They lock a team of first-year associates in a conference room until they turn every single Bates-numbered page from one to 1 million. More technologically advanced attorneys employ electronic document viewers to display the images of the electronic documents and perform keyword searches.
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November 21, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Bono Artwork "Opens" Lanier's New York Office

When Houston plaintiffs lawyer W. Mark Lanier bought a 15-foot piece of art at a charity auction held at Christie's in New York in 2003, he says he didn't have a clue where he would display it. But Lanier found the perfect location for the paint, pencil and charcoal drawing created by U2 frontman Bono and the singer's two daughters &#151 Lanier had it installed in the elevator lobby of his firm's brand-new New York City office.
3 minute read
May 22, 2006 | Law.com

Davis v. State

The jury was free to find the defendant lacked the culpable mental state required for guilt, as long as it did not attribute that lack to intoxication.
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May 01, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

State Bar of Texas Board Elects New Chairman

Beginning in June, Robert A. "Bob" Black, an attorney whose practice focuses on mediation, will take over as chairman of the State Bar of Texas board of directors, and a lawyer who advises the state's Office of the Attorney General on ethics matters will become the Bar's general counsel
5 minute read
August 17, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Inadmissible

"Same-Day Online Access," "The Play's the Thing" and "Help Wanted"
5 minute read
May 28, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Discipline

One lawyer was disbarred, two resigned from the Bar, one was placed on probation, and two received public reprimands.
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May 30, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Commentary: The 10 Attorney Types in Joint Defense Groups

While other types of litigation can give rise to joint defense groups, they are particularly prevalent in patent litigation, write Robert P. Latham and John M. Jackson. Joint defense groups form in most patent infringement suits due to the cost of patent litigation, the fact that there are usually multiple defendants, and the common interests those defendants have in the litigation even if they are competitors in the marketplace.
5 minute read
April 07, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Dubai Diary, Part II

What if Iraq's oil wealth could be used to foster economic development, instead of purchasing weapons and lining the pockets of Saddam's regime? The resulting prosperity of the Iraqi people could start the ripple effect of peace and stability throughout the region.
5 minute read
June 20, 2005 | Law.com

City of Keller v. Wilson

"As both the inclusive and exclusive standards for the scope of legal-sufficiency review have a long history in Texas, as both have been used in other contexts to review matter-of-law motions, as the federal courts have decided the differences between the two are more semantic than real, and as both properly applied must arrive at the same result, we see no compelling reason to choose among them."
5 minute read
January 18, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold Opens Houston Office

San Francisco-based Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold &#151 with a new office in Houston &#151 now has three Texas offices.
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