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July 26, 2004 |

Customer Privacy Protection Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act contains numerous privacy protections to safeguard the security and confidentiality of Americans� nonpublic personal information when they deal with financial institutions.
5 minute read
July 13, 2001 |

Defendants Score in First Test of Texas Health Care Liability Act

A San Angelo, Texas, jury handed down the first verdict in a managed-care medical-malpractice suit brought under Texas' 1997 Health Care Liability Act as the federal debate over a patients' rights bill continues in Washington, D.C. As governor of Texas, President Bush allowed the Act to become law, but he has threatened to veto a patients' rights bill approved by the U.S. Senate on June 29.
8 minute read
May 26, 2003 |

Blawgs Are More Than Just Fluff

I Recently moderated a seminar that covered, among other topics, legal Web logs. At its close, a lawyer from the audience approached me, and said, "I can see the amusement value in these things, but I can't see how they are of any use in a law practice."
6 minute read
July 02, 2007 |

Commission Amends Allegations Against Judge

A judge publicly reprimanded by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in 2002 faces new allegations in proceedings that the commission initiated last year and amended recently. Allegations in the amended notice in Inquiry Concerning the Honorable Richard W.B. "Rick" Davis involve a long-running dispute between Davis and the Brazos County District Attorney's Office.
8 minute read
January 21, 2004 |

Dispute between Air Force hero, studio and cable channel goes to trial

Scott O'Grady survived being shot down from his fighter jet while patroling a Bosnian no-fly zone in 1995. Locke Liddell & Sapp partners believe he has a compelling and heroic story to tell. They expect that heroism to help them win a federal case that's going to trial this week over the movie "Behind Enemy Lines."
7 minute read
August 02, 2010 |

Presiding Judge Sharon Keller Asks Supremes to Vacate Public Warning

In a petition for writ of mandamus filed July 29, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller asks the state Supreme Court to vacate the public warning the State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued to her on July 16. Keller (pictured) also asks the Supreme Court to dismiss all charges against her.
3 minute read
October 27, 2009 |

Ready, Set, Delay: Most Large Texas Firms Push Back Start Dates

First-year associates usually begin their full-time careers at Texas' largest firms as fall begins, but that's not the case this year. Most baby lawyers at BigTex firms are starting their careers later than usual. Some firms have delayed the start dates for first-year associates by just a few weeks, while other firms have delayed start dates by several months or even a year. And at least four of Texas' largest firms have not yet decided the starting salaries for their latest crop of first-year associates.
6 minute read
September 13, 1999 |

Texas Firms Slow First-Year Hiring Pace

For the hopeful Class of 1999, 1998 was an aberration - most first-year associates in Texas won't be receiving a raise over the typical $90,100 starting salary. A survey of Texas' 25 largest firms also reveals that the number of associates in the 1999 first-year class, while larger than last year's, does not represent as significant a jump as the 1998 class did. James Maloney, whose firm co-led the salary charge last year, says, "I think you're going to see slow growth, not explosive growth."
5 minute read
April 11, 2005 |

Taking Tax Talk to Task

With April 15 just days away, lawyers who don't specialize in tax law may be focused more on their own 1040s than on larger tax issues. But that needs to change, because a new set of regulations is going to impact all attorneys and the advice they give their clients.
7 minute read
October 05, 2009 |

Depositions Set in Sex Harassment Suit Against Gordon & Rees, Managing Partner

Depositions are scheduled this month in a sex discrimination and sexual harassment suit against Gordon & Rees and a managing partner at the firm. The suit was filed by former Dallas firm administrator Alissa Brackin, who alleges Matthew Murphey, while the partner-in-charge in that office, "intentionally and/or knowingly physically touched Brackin in an offensive and provocative manner" and that the conduct was "known, tolerated and ratified" by firm management. The defendants deny the allegations.
6 minute read

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