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December 13, 2004 |

Billing Rates Climb in 2004

Law firms showed healthy increases in billing rates this year, with the vast majority of those surveyed boosting both associate and partner fees.
6 minute read
May 22, 2006 |

London Calling: AIM IPO Means Texas Company Won't Clash With SEC Over SOX

When Houston's Frontera Resources Corp. went public in 2005, it raised close to $90 million in an initial public offering on the Alternative Investment Market in London instead of on the NASDAQ exchange in New York. One reason Frontera chose the London exchange was the ability to avoid the cost of complying with U.S. SEC rules as well as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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July 19, 2004 |

Life After Lotto

More than seven years have now passed since 23 staffers in the Dallas County Public Defender's Office won $45 million in the Texas lottery. Has it changed the lives, jobs, relationships, happiness of the winners? Is life after lotto worth living, or do everyday emotions pale by comparison to the euphoria of the big score?
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January 04, 2002 |

Shut Down

The company is considering closing the doors, winding down the business. Many times when an employer finds itself on the verge of closing its doors, the labor and employment considerations are underestimated by general counsel. Employment considerations may prove to be thorny. General counsel may wish to consider carefully the following potential pitfalls.
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August 03, 2005 |

Oops: Mistakes happen. Handle them right

Your mind is racing and you have a haunting feeling that you missed an important deadline. You try to ignore it, to no avail. OK, you blew it. Now what?
7 minute read
March 03, 2003 |

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May 03, 2002 |

Immigration Lawyers Shouldn`t Stick Their Heads in the Sand

Immigration lawyers would do well to pay heed to the conscious avoidance doctrine of liability in view of the recently issued report on Immigration Benefit Fraud published by the U.S. General Accounting Office in response to inquiries from the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, Committee on the Judiciary. yhrAccording to the GAO, immigration benefit fraud is a significant problem that threatens the integrity of the legal immigration system. Immigration and Naturalization
7 minute read
October 17, 2005 |

Officials Challenge Open-Meetings Law

Some municipal officials are asking U.S. District Judge Rob Junell, a former member of the Texas House, to declare the Texas open-meetings law, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, "overbroad and unconstitutionally vague," and therefore unenforceable.
7 minute read
June 23, 2000 |

It's Not Your Father's Immigration Practice

Can you name the hottest practice areas right now? You'd probably say corporate, intellectual property or high tech. But what about immigration law? If that last one wasn't on your list, it should be, say some big-firm practitioners.
8 minute read
August 06, 2001 |

Erosion of Reporter Privilege in Texas Case Troubles Legal Observers

The incarceration of a writer in Houston because she won't give federal prosecutors notes from her research of a 1997 murder is raising heated debate in legal circles. One observer says the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has been narrowing the concept of reporter's privilege over time. Another worries whether Vanessa Leggett's case indicates law enforcement is trying to use journalists' research as "a shortcut."
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