Publications



05/16/2013 Nuggets in the Ashes: A Few Guideposts Unearthed from CLS Bank v. Alice Corporation
05/15/2013 $39 Million Jury Verdict in False Claims Act Suit against Tuomey Healthcare
05/15/2013 Diversity Highlights (2012)
05/15/2013 Dodd-Frank Update: CFTC ISO/RTO Exemptive Order
05/13/2013 Latin American Law & Business Report Guest Article: Re-Opening the Genie’s Bottle - What’s in Store for Latin American Energy in 2013: Focus on Brazil
05/13/2013 Law360 Guest Article: The Who, What And Why Of Public-Private Partnerships
05/10/2013 Americas Practice Group Overview
05/10/2013 Dallas Business Journal Guest Article: Cyber Attacks Pose Serious Threat. Be Prepared.
05/10/2013 Dodd-Frank Update: CFTC Inter-Affiliate Swap Clearing Exemption
05/06/2013 Criterios normativos aprobados durante el primer trimestre de 2013
05/06/2013 The Texas Supreme Court Task Force on International Law Practice: Making Texas More Competitive in International Law
05/06/2013 Top Ten Tips for Purchasing and Negotiating Representations and Warranty Insurance
05/02/2013 Managing IP Guest Article: Don't Be Left Standing at the Courtroom Door
05/02/2013 OSHA Wants to Know: Are You Keeping Your Temporary Workers Safe?
05/01/2013 Pre-Hire Issues: A First Date From the Perspective of an Employer
04/30/2013 Comment devenir avocat aux Etats-Unis
04/30/2013 Les avocats aux Etats-Unis
04/29/2013 Lessons Learned from Otis Elevator When Contesting OSHA Citations: Avoid Hypotheticals When Asserting the Infeasibility Defense
04/25/2013 California Man Convicted of Hacking into Former Employer’s Computer Network
04/24/2013 U.S. Supreme Court Validates Offers of Judgment as a Defense to FLSA Collective Actions but Leaves More Uncertainty in its Wake
04/23/2013 SEC and DOJ Resolve Parallel FCPA Investigations through Dual Non-Prosecution Agreements
04/19/2013 OIG Releases Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol
04/18/2013 Bloggers Beware: FTC Issues New Guidelines for Social Media Advertising Disclosures
04/18/2013 First Circuit Narrows Public Disclosure Defense in False Claims Act
04/17/2013 California Computer Hacking Case Highlights Important Circuit Split on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
04/12/2013 Deal Think: Environmental Due Diligence: How Much Diligence is Due?
04/11/2013 31st Annual Review of Developments in Business Financing - Developments and Trends in Oil and Gas Financings 2013
04/11/2013 Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Chancery Court Should Have Given Preclusive Effect to California Judgment Dismissing Complaint for Failing to Plead Demand Futility
04/11/2013 European Data Protection Directive and Safe Harbor
04/11/2013 Weathering the Storm: Seventh Circuit Expands Application of Federal Standard for Successor Liability to FLSA
04/09/2013 Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Dicta Guest Article: Understanding Cyber Risks
04/09/2013 Immigration Law Update for Employers: New I-9 Form and I-94 Entry Procedures
04/09/2013 Transfers in 2012 and Future Years
04/08/2013 Nueva Ley de Amparo / The New Amparo Law
04/07/2013 SEC Clarifies the Application of Regulation FD to Social Media Disclosures
04/05/2013 29th Annual Litigation Update Institute Course Book Guest Article: Energy Law Update
04/05/2013 SEC Clarifies the Application of Regulation FD to Social Media Disclosures
04/04/2013 Subject Matter Support in Design Continuation Applications: In re Owens Decision Provides New Guidance
04/03/2013 Intellectual Property Today Guest Article: U.S. Supreme Court Says ''Enough, Already'' -- Nike's Broad Covenant Not To Sue Mooted Its Competitor's Cancellation Counterclaim
04/03/2013 Update on Dodd-Frank Requirements for Swap Guarantees
04/03/2013 What Happens on Facebook, Stays on Facebook (When It Is Subject to a Discovery Request)
04/02/2013 HR Magazine Guest Article: Is Your Unpaid Internship Program Lawful?
04/02/2013 Law360 Guest Article: New Facebook Notification: 'You've Been Served'
04/02/2013 U.S. Solicits Public Comments on Negotiating Objectives for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
04/01/2013 Comcast Corp. v. Behrend: Supreme Court Rejects Expert Damages Model as Insufficient for Class Certification in Antitrust Class Action
04/01/2013 New Facebook Notification: “You’ve Been Served” – Federal Court Permits Service of Process via Facebook
03/27/2013 Banking Law Journal Guest Article: A Look at Proposed FFIEC Guidance: "Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance"
03/27/2013 Seventh Circuit Clarifies How to Treble Damages under the FCA
03/26/2013 Bloomberg BNA Banking Report Guest Article: Treatment Of Hybrid Accounts Under Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC
03/22/2013 Federal Circuit Appeals From the PTAB: A New Game or Just the Same Old Practice?
03/20/2013 Corporate Governance and the Role of the Board in 2013
03/20/2013 Mexico Energy Opportunities: The Next Six Years
03/19/2013 Oil Field Health and Safety Issues: Common Problems and Innovative Solutions
03/14/2013 ACOEL Blog Post: Less Lessee Liability - A Critique of EPA’s New Superfund BFPP Guidance
03/14/2013 Cyber Attacks are the Number One Threat to National Security
03/14/2013 U.S. Actions Demonstrate that National Security Concerns Are a Risk, But Not a Certain Roadblock, to Chinese Investments: Good Advice, Careful Planning and Smart Execution Are Critical
03/12/2013 Public Companies Increasingly Disclosing Cybersecurity Risks
03/12/2013 State Supreme Court Decision Offers First Amendment Guidance for Attorney-Bloggers
03/07/2013 Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update
03/07/2013 The 2012 Amendments to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure: An Overview of the Changes and What They Mean for Appellate Practitioners
03/07/2013 Weathering the Storm: Fifth Circuit Permits Artificial Impairment of Unsecured Trade Creditors to Cram Down Plan Acceptance on Secured Lender
03/06/2013 Determining the Scope of “Additional Insured” Coverage: Fifth Circuit Issues New Decision in Deepwater Horizon Coverage Litigation
03/06/2013 Electric Light & Power Guest Article: Shale is Permanently Changing U.S. Electricity Markets
03/04/2013 Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds: Supreme Court Rejects Proof of Materiality at the Class Certification Stage
03/04/2013 Jury Awards $28 Million in False Claims Act Suit against Nursing Home
03/01/2013 Bracket Busted: Just How Legal Is Your Office NCAA Tournament Pool?
03/01/2013 Gone, But Social Media Not Forgotten: Social Media Estate Planning Update
03/01/2013 Gone, But Social Media Not Forgotten: Social Media Estate Planning Update
03/01/2013 Texas Bill Would Make Service via Facebook the Law
02/28/2013 ABA Business Law Section Newsletter Guest Article: Master the Art of Email
02/28/2013 Supreme Court Limits Government’s Ability to Seek Civil Penalties on Stale Claims
2/27/2013 100 Words or Fewer: California’s Privacy Policy Regulation
02/26/2013 Selected Domestic Developments
02/25/2013 Ghostbuster: Automatically “Disappearing” Messages Are Still Discoverable
02/25/2013 Insurance Coverage for Cyber Attacks
02/22/2013 Dallas Business Journal Guest Article: Health Care Reform: The 12 Step Guide
02/21/2013 Credit Agreement Guarantees and Similar Agreements May Require Amendments to Remain Dodd-Frank Compliant
02/19/2013 New Texas State Court Rules Become Effective March 1, 2013
02/19/2013 President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
02/18/2013 NLRB Roundup: A Year in Review, and a Look Ahead
02/14/2013 A Look at Proposed FFIEC Guidance: “Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance”
02/14/2013 Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review Guest Article: Chrysler’s Restructuring and the Value of Debt
02/14/2013 Gripes on Yelp Prompt Controversial Rulings
02/14/2013 Oil & Gas Monitor Guest Article: The Top Six Issues and Opportunities Facing the Oil and Gas Industry in 2013
02/13/2013 The Infrastructure and Real Estate Trust in Mexico (FIBRA)
02/13/2013 Weathering the Storm: Delaware Bankruptcy Court Declines to Designate Votes of Parties to a Post-Petition Restructuring Support Agreement
02/12/2013 Brazil Announces 11th Oil and Gas Bid Round
02/08/2013 Terry W. Conner, managing partner, Texas Bar Journal Guest Article: Evolution of Law Firm Retirement Policies
02/06/2013 H-1Bs for the 2014 Fiscal Year: Time is of the Essence
02/06/2013 U.S. Supreme Court Says “Enough, Already” - Nike’s Broad Covenant Not to Sue Mooted Its Competitor’s Cancellation Counterclaim
01/31/2013 "Billions" Paid to Landowners in Natural-Gas Royalties
01/31/2013 PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 16 Outlines Requirements for Communications between Audit Committees and Auditors
01/30/2013 Employer Penalties Regarding Healthcare Coverage Apply in 2014
01/30/2013 Securities Litigation Year in Review 2012
01/30/2013 The IP Beacon, January 2013
01/29/2013 New Protocol Amending the Income Tax Treaty between the United States and Spain
01/28/2013 Standing Challenges On The Rise
01/25/2013 HHS Provides Amendments to HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations to Conform Regulations to HITECH, GINA and Add Some Additional Changes
01/25/2013 New EPA Guidance on Tenant Liability under Superfund
01/24/2013 Case Study: Valuable IP Lessons from Our $8.1 Million Mixed Chicks Trademark and Trade Dress Victory
01/24/2013 Impact of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012
01/24/2013 Review of 2012 IP Legal Issues for Game Developers
01/24/2013 Social Media Law Reporter Guest Article: Top Five Issues to Watch in 2013
01/24/2013 Think Real Estate, January 2013
01/24/2013 Weathering the Storm: No Safe Harbor for You Because Distributing the Proceeds of a Sale of Securities Isn't "In Connection With" a Securities Contract According to Grede v. FCStone
01/22/2013 Texas Lawyer Guest Article: Consider the Benefits of Contested Review Proceedings
01/18/2013 Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: Annual Jurisdictional Thresholds Revisions
01/18/2013 Insta-Regret: Instagram Backpedals on Plans to Use Members’ Photos in Ads – for Now
01/15/2013 Understanding Regulation U
01/09/2013 Structuring the Complex Commercial Real Estate Lease - Government Incentives, Real Estate Tax Exemptions, Condominium Conversions, Financial Reporting Considerations, Intervening Leases, Tax Considerations and Unintended Consequences
01/09/2013 The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Congress Finally Acts - Good News/Bad News for Estate Planning
01/07/2013 2013 INTA Annual Meeting - Your Guide to "Big D"
01/03/2013 CEOs, Your FB Posts Matter
01/03/2013 Daily Journal Guest Article: Managing Your IP Litigation Risk
01/02/2013 Media Law Resource Center Guest Article: Summary Judgment for Texas Broadcaster Affirmed
01/01/2013 2012 Year in Review: Antitrust and Business Litigation
12/31/2012 Federal Update
12/21/2012 American Law and Jurisprudence on Fracing - 2012
12/20/2012 California Judge “Likes” Facebook Settlement; Privacy Advocates, Not So Much
12/20/2012 California Judge “Likes” Facebook Settlement; Privacy Advocates, Not So Much
12/20/2012 One Patent (and Court) to Rule Them All: An Unexpected European Decision?
12/18/2012 Condonación de adeudos fiscales contenida en la Ley de Ingresos para 2013
12/18/2012 ISDA Protocol Compliance Deadlines Delayed
12/12/2012 Relying on Employer-Favorable Case Law Outcomes to Help Defend Against Employment Class and Collective Actions
12/07/2012 Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update
12/05/2012 Federal Judge Orders Disclosure of Emails with In-House Counsel in FCA Case
12/04/2012 Collateral Protection Post-Lehman & MF Global
12/03/2012 Amendments to the Mexican Federal Labor Law
11/30/2012 DealThink: As Always – State Taxes Lurk as a Trap
11/30/2012 ISDA Protocol Compliance Deadlines Loom
11/29/2012 Don’t Delete That Post! The Duty to Preserve Social Media Evidence
11/28/2012 Cuarta Resolución de modificaciones a la Resolución Miscelánea Fiscal para 2012
11/28/2012 Weathering the Storm: Vitro’s Concurso Plan Is Theoretically Enforceable in the United States . . . But Not This Time . . . Under These Circumstances
11/27/2012 Understanding Hydraulic Fracturing: Issues, Challenges and Regulatory Regime
11/26/2012 Actualización a los criterios normativos del SAT
11/20/2012 DOJ and SEC Release Long-Awaited FCPA Resource Guide
11/19/2012 #Transparency: Twitter Modifies its DMCA Procedure to Point Out Copyright Complaints
11/16/2012 Two Courts UnLike Social Media Discovery Requests
11/15/2012 What to Do When You Receive a FINRA Letter
11/14/2012 Step Right Up and Adjust Your Patent Term: Court Finds Improper PTO Calculations
11/12/2012 Modificación al Decreto por el que se otorgan facilidades administrativas en materia de comercio exterior
11/08/2012 Lifting the Veil and Finding the Pot of Gold: Piercing the Corporate Veil and Substantive Consolidation in the United States
11/07/2012 Investment Funds Not Liable for Portfolio Company’s Multiemployer Pension Plan Withdrawal Liability
11/05/2012 Guest Article in Law360: How To Maximize Insurance Coverage After A 'Superstorm'
11/02/2012 OPPA!: Regulating Privacy Policies for Mobile Apps in California
10/31/2012 Hurricane Sandy: Maximizing Insurance Coverage after a “Superstorm”
10/26/2012 EDGAR Submissions of Draft Registration Statements and New JOBS Act FAQs
10/25/2012 Direct Examination: The Art of Communication
10/25/2012 Restaurant Hospitality Guest Article: What the 20 Percent Tip Credit Rule Means
10/22/2012 Cancelación de programas IMMEX
10/19/2012 Acuerdo de Regulación Sanitaria de la Secretaría de Salud
10/19/2012 American Oil & Gas Reporter Guest Article: Drivers Permanently Altering Way U.S. Market Functions In Post-Shale Play Era
10/18/2012 A DealThink Case Study: Specialized Areas in M&A
10/17/2012 Play it Again, Sam: Renewal of E-Verify and the EB-5 Regional Center Program
10/15/2012 Facebook Sued over Newly Launched “Want” Button
10/12/2012 The IP Beacon, October 2012
10/11/2012 NYSE and NASDAQ Issue Proposed Rules on Compensation Committee Independence Standards
10/10/2012 OSHA in an Election year: Enforcement, Enforcement, Enforcement
10/05/2012 Hot Topics in Social Media
10/4/2012 Embedded Liability? Site Owners May Not be Liable for User Links to Infringing Content
10/03/2012 Eastern District of Texas Issues New Model Order Regarding E-Discovery in Patent Cases
10/03/2012 Tips on Commonly Overlooked Privilege Issues
10/2/2012 Hot Dog! NLRB Issues Employer-Friendly Ruling in First Facebook Firing Decision
10/02/2012 Mexican Movable Guarantees Sole Registry
10/01/2012 Got Punctuation?: Recent trademark cases hinge on exclamation points and question marks
09/26/2012 Don’t Tag Me, Bro: Get Permission Before Posting Pictures
09/24/2012 Appeal of Interlocutory Remand Orders in Putative Class Action Cases
09/24/2012 Guest Article in Law360: Courts Atwitter With Juror Social Media Use
09/24/2012 SEC Issues Rules on Disclosing Use of Conflict Minerals
09/20/2012 Media Law Resource Center Guest Article: ABA Makes Anti-SLAPP Legislation Official Bar Policy
09/20/2012 Media Law Resource Center Guest Article: Texas Appeals Court Applies Reporter’s Privilege in the Defamation Context
09/19/2012 Clean Up on Aisle 7: Costco’s Electronic Posting Policy Chills Protected Activity
09/18/2012 Commercial End Users Must Start Compliance with Dodd-Frank
9/18/2012 Courts Atwitter With Jurors’ Social Media Use
09/18/2012 Orange County Business Journal Guest Article: An Overview of the New JOBS Act
09/17/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Fraley V. Facebook: Impact On Class Action Litigation
09/13/2012 Bankruptcy Appeals
09/13/2012 Not So Fast: Recovering Plaintiff Attorneys’ Fees in Non-Monetary Class Action Settlements Just Got Harder
09/13/2012 Pharmaceutical Online Guest Column: New And Improved Third-Party Submissions
09/13/2012 SEC Requires New Disclosures by Resource Extraction Issuers
09/07/2012 People Got to be Free (to Advertise): Proposed Rules to Permit Advertising in Rule 506 Offerings
09/06/2012 Lessons in Privacy Policy Drafting from LinkedIn Data Breach
09/05/2012 Mandamus: The Hurdles to Relief
09/05/2012 Updated: What Does “Hedge or Mitigate Commercial Risk” Mean? How Will Energy Producers and Consumers Prove They Are “Commercial End Users” Under the Dodd-Frank Act?
09/01/2012 Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update
08/30/2012 New Opportunities for Mexican Maquila Investment
08/29/2012 Navigating Uncharted Waters? Indemnities and Releases in Offshore Drilling Contracts Post-Macondo Litigation
08/29/2012 You Never Miss the Water 'Til the Well Runs Dry: The Competing Uses for Water in a Shale Play
8/28/2012 A Tale of Two Lawsuits: Haynes and Boone Succeeds Before Texas High Court in Invasion of Privacy Case Involving Facebook Posts Attached to Court Pleading
08/27/2012 @London2012, The First Social Media #Olympic Games
08/17/2012 DealThink: Doing the Two-Step (Or the One-Step): A Look at One-Step and Two-Step Mergers
08/16/2012 A Roadmap To New Markets Tax Credit
08/15/2012 Fifth Circuit Holds SEC Claims Against Bartek Untimely
08/14/2012 Rosado v. China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd.: Second Circuit Holds Stock Price Recovery after Alleged Fraud Does Not Bar Securities Suit
08/14/2012 Selected Business Visa Options for Spanish Nationals
08/14/2012 Weathering the Storm: They Said What They Meant: 5th Circuit Declines Invitation to Add Requirements to Safe Harbor for Forward Contracts
08/10/2012 Oil & Gas Financial Journal Guest Article: Too Much at Stake to Shut Down Fracing
08/03/2012 CLS Bank and Bancorp: Back to Back Federal Circuit Decisions Offer Different Conclusions on Patentability
08/02/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Case Study: Hubbard V. BankAtlantic
08/01/2012 Cops Can Read Your Text Messages Without a Warrant
8/1/2012 DRI Guest Article: Non-Asbestos Causes of Mesothelioma
08/01/2012 Getting the Deal Through - Project Finance 2013
08/01/2012 Man versus Machine: Predictive Coding Making Its Mark in Electronic Discovery
08/01/2012 Model Consent to Assignment for Project Finance Transactions
08/01/2012 MySpace, Just the Latest Social Media Company to Settle with FTC Over Allegedly Misleading Privacy Policy
07/27/2012 Hubbard v. BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc.: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Event Study as Insufficient to Isolate Effects of Alleged Fraud on Company’s Stock Price
07/26/2012 TCEQ Announces Opportunity for Regulated Entities to Register to Review their Compliance History Ratings Prior to Release to the Public
07/25/2012 An Update on the Manifestly Contrary to Public Policy Exception
07/25/2012 Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code: Overview of Procedures for Cross Border Insolvencies
07/25/2012 DealThink: Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Basics
07/25/2012 In re Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.: A Perspective From Mexican Law
07/25/2012 Sauce for the Goose? Dual Standard Emerging in Cross Border Insolvencies: Domicile not Enough to Recognize Foreign Proceeding
07/25/2012 The Mexican Insolvency Act
07/24/2012 The Litigation Newsletter of Haynes and Boone, LLP
07/20/2012 Texas Appellate Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Employer on Intrusion Upon Seclusion Tort Based on Employer’s Reaction to Facebook Comment
07/17/2012 Weathering the Storm: Sunbeam Sheds New Light On The Rights Of Trademark Licensees
07/13/2012 New EEOC Enforcement Guidance Regarding Employer Use Of Arrest And Conviction Records
07/11/2012 Arbitration-Related Litigation in Texas
07/10/2012 Guess What? You Don’t Own Your Tweets
07/10/2012 New Law Starts Clock Ticking for FDA to Issue Social Media Policy
07/10/2012 Pharmaceutical Online Guest Column: Patent Reform: What Does it Mean for a Pharmaceutical Enterprise?
07/09/2012 Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Joint Defense and Common Interest Privileges Under Texas Evidentiary Rules
07/05/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Facing CFIUS: Better Safe Than Sorry
07/01/2012 Eminent Domain Trends in the Texas Supreme Court
07/01/2012 IP Domain: Do I Own the IP Rights?
06/29/2012 Sue Murphy and Sakina Rasheed in Dallas Bar Association Headnotes: Beware of Hidden Liens
06/28/2012 C. Kyle Musgrove and Richard A. Ripley in CPI Antitrust Chronicle: Reverse Payment Settlements: Presumptively Bad or Usually Acceptable
06/28/2012 SEC Directs National Exchanges to Adopt Listing Standards for Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers and Updates Compensation Consultant Disclosure Requirements
06/20/2012 Kids These Days: Federal Court Dislikes Service Via Facebook
06/20/2012 NLRB’S General Counsel Releases New Social Media Report Containing Much Needed Guidance on Lawful Social Media Policies
06/20/2012 Think Real Estate, June 2012
06/20/2012 Weathering the Storm: Vitro’s Concurso Plan is Manifestly Contrary to Public Policy . . . at Least for Now
06/19/2012 The Risk Of False Claims Act Liability Is Rising
06/18/2012 American Bar Association Newsletter Guest Story: Anti-SLAPP Laws: Taking the Punch from Defamation Suits
06/18/2012 FTC to Amend Franchise Rule’s Monetary Thresholds
06/15/2012 Supreme Court to Again Address Class Certification in Securities Fraud Suits
06/14/2012 Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update
06/14/2012 The Big Reveal: ICANN Announces New gTLDs and Their Applicants
06/13/2012 Distressed Natural Gas: Non-Operator Rights and Risk Mitigation Strategies When Your Operator Files Bankruptcy
06/13/2012 SEC Announces Examination Strategy for Newly-Registered Investment Advisers
06/12/2012 The Fallout From Cherryland - Will The Non-Recourse Carve-Out Guaranty Ever Be The Same Again?
06/11/2012 You Can’t Take It With You When You’re Gone…Or Can You? Social Media Estate Planning
06/01/2012 Fifth Circuit Update
06/01/2012 Go Figure v. Curves International Exhibits The Difficulty of Imposing Antitrust Scrutiny to the Franchise Dynamic
06/01/2012 Sex Offenders Battle States over Access to Social Networking Sites
06/01/2012 Taking Stock
05/31/2012 Information Sharing: Still Risky After All These Years
05/31/2012 Supreme Court in RadLAX Rules that Cramdown Plans Providing for Sales of Secured Creditors’ Collateral Must Allow for Credit Bid Rights
05/30/2012 ABA Guest Article: Construction Anti-Indemnification Law Changes Indemnity and Additional Insurance Landscape
05/29/2012 Law360 Guest Article: The Art Of Acquiring Distressed Natural Gas Assets
05/29/2012 Managing Risk in Distressed Natural Gas Acquisitions: The Pros and Cons of Acquiring Assets through Bankruptcy
05/25/2012 Sprint’s Effort to Block the Proposed Merger Between AT&T and T-Mobile as a Merger-to-Monopsony: A New Addition to an Often-Overlooked Area of Antitrust Law
05/24/2012 Information Sharing: Still Risky After All These Years
05/23/2012 Fifth Circuit: Class Arbitration Proceedings Available Only with the Parties’ Consent
05/21/2012 DealThink: Under Siege 2 - Shoring up Your Defenses
05/18/2012 NLRB Halts Implementation of New Election Rules: Vote on NLRB Election Rules Lacked Quorum, Judge Rules
05/17/2012 Energy Market Impacts from the New Natural Gas Paradigm
05/17/2012 Weathering the Storm: TOUSA Lives: Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Bankruptcy Court Fraudulent Transfer Decision in TOUSA Case
05/16/2012 Acquiring Distressed Natural Gas Assets Outside of Bankruptcy: Good Deals Today May Be Fraudulent Transfers Tomorrow
05/16/2012 In re Penthouse Executive Club: Can you Strip Away the Confidentiality of Litigation-Related Communications by Posting Them on Facebook?
05/18/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Property Owners Lose When 'Occupiers' Win
05/15/2012 Public Employees: Anything You “Like” Can and Will Be Used Against You
05/15/2012 Recent U.S. Court Decisions Regarding Section viii "Carve-Outs"
05/14/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Sackett: Implications For Pre-Enforcement Review
05/11/2012 A Picture is Now Worth 800 Million Users
05/10/2012 Petroleum-Engineering Firm Could Be Liable for Reserve Estimates
05/09/2012 Unfashionable Firings: Judge Orders Clothing Store to Rehire Employees Who Lost Their Jobs Based on Facebook Posts.
05/07/2012 The JOBS Act: The New “Crowdfunding” Exemption
05/04/2012 CGL Policies Triggered by Allegations of Physical Damage to Adjacent Property
05/04/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Property Owners Lose When 'Occupiers' Win
05/02/2012 A Question of Character - Best Practice in Managing Mascots
05/01/2012 Development Opportunities in the Cloud
04/30/2012 The IP Beacon, April 2012
04/27/2012 Think Globally, Act Locally (in Your Workplace): Changes to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard
04/26/2012 More Than Words of Disparagement: Does an Anti-Union Post Have to be Extreme to Go too Far?
04/25/2012 Fraud Alert: Trademark Scams
04/25/2012 Source Code Found Too Late in Software Copyright Infringement Case
04/25/2012 WILL JOB POSTINGS START TO LOOK LIKE THIS? Wanted – Qualified Individual, Must be Willing to Disclose Facebook Password in Exchange for Employment
04/23/2012 Social Media Background Checks
04/20/2012 Oil and Gas Operations, Including Hydraulic Fracturing, Subject to New Air Quality Regulation - EPA Issues Final Rules Under the New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Programs
04/20/2012 Update: NLRB Suspends Implementation of Notice Posting Rule Pending Legal Challenges
04/19/2012 Applications in the Cloud
04/19/2012 Cloud Computing Service Agreements
04/19/2012 Equity Investments in Cloud Based Companies
04/19/2012 Intellectual Property Protection for the Cloud
04/19/2012 M&A in the Cloud
04/19/2012 Strategic Partnerships in the Cloud
04/17/2012 The Sun is Setting: Is it Time To Sell The Company?
04/16/2012 “Why Cooperate with the SEC?” Recent Settlements Shed Light
04/16/2012 The JOBS Act: Significant Changes for Raising Private Capital
04/16/2012 When Bad Things Happen to Good Projects
04/13/2012 Reasons for Reversal in the Texas Court of Appeals
04/12/2012 Bloomberg BNA Features Haynes and Boone 2011 Securities Litigation Highlights Report
04/10/2012 Design Patent Judicial Decisions: A Year in Review
04/10/2012 Fourth Circuit Revives Rosetta Stone’s Trademark Infringement and Dilution Claims in Google Adwords Appeal
04/09/2012 Proposal for Resolution to Challenges Posed by DNA Sequence Patents on the Development of Multiplex Genetic Tests
04/06/2012 Breaking the Chains of Prometheus: Practical Claim Drafting
04/05/2012 An Overview of the New JOBS Act
04/05/2012 Appeals Court Overturns $44 Million Judgment Against Tuomey Hospital in Important Stark Law Case
04/05/2012 Subpoenaing ISPs For User Identities May Now Be More Difficult–At Least in Florida
04/03/2012 Fate of Health Reform is Uncertain after Supreme Court Oral Arguments
04/02/2012 EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Electric Generating Units
04/02/2012 Potential Pitfalls of Online Relationships Between Supervisors and their Employees
04/01/2012 Of Mice and Men – The US Supreme Court refuses to consider reinstatement of Texas Jury’s $1.8 Billion Patent Verdict
04/01/2012 United States Supreme Court Update
03/30/2012 Court Strikes Down EPA Disapproval of Texas Air Quality Standard Permit for Pollution Control Projects
03/30/2012 SOCIAL MEDIA – THE PRE-INTERVIEW INTERVIEW YOU WEREN’T INVITED TO
03/29/2012 Brazil: New Riches in the New World
03/28/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Drilling Into Ambiguities In Oil And Gas Laws
03/28/2012 Think Real Estate, March 2012
03/28/2012 Yahoo! v. Facebook: Clicking Through the Blogosphere Bias
03/27/2012 30th Annual Review of Developments in Business Financing -- Focus on the Oil and Gas Energy Patch
03/27/2012 Fraud Allegations Sour Apple’s Promises That Its App Store Is Secure
03/27/2012 Supreme Court Holds That a Failure to File Section 16(a) Disclosures Does Not Toll the Statute of Limitations on Recovery of Short Swing Profits
03/23/2012 Connections and Tangential Relationships: the Fifth Circuit Rules on Issue of First Impression and Adopts Standard for SLUSA Preclusion
03/22/2012 Supreme Court Rules on Pre-Enforcement Review Under the Clean Water Act - Sacketts Sack EPA
03/22/2012 The Antitrust Implications of Health Care Reform
03/22/2012 The New Runaway Jurors: Social Media Addicts
03/20/2012 Bloomberg Law Reports Guest Article: Thoughts on the Validity of DOE Loan Guarantees
03/20/2012 March Madness: Is Your Public Company an Acquisition Target?
03/15/2012 American Health Lawyers Association's Connections Magazine: Successor Liability in Healthcare Transactions
03/12/2012 BNA Daily Environment Report Guest Article: Superfund's Transactional Defenses and the No Affiliation Prerequisite
03/12/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Ground(water)-Breaking Decision
03/08/2012 Haynes and Boone Webinar: Private Capital Quarterly Energy - An Analysis of Fracking Developments
03/08/2012 The Houston Lawyer Guest Article: What Texas Employers Need to Know About Mexican Labor and Employment Law
03/07/2012 Update: Court Upholds NLRB Adoption of Notice Posting Rule But Limits Sanctions
03/01/2012 Drafting Real Estate Contracts to Address Environmental Concerns
03/01/2012 OSHA in an Election Year: Enforcement, Enforcement, Enforcement
03/01/2012 Telling History by Telling Stories
03/01/2012 Vivienne Schiffer: Preserving History through Fact, Fiction, and Film
02/29/2012 Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update
02/27/2012 Ground(water) Breaking Decision
02/27/2012 H-1Bs for the 2013 Fiscal Year: "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
02/27/2012 Health Lawyers Weekly Guest Article: Physician Off-Label Marketing
02/27/2012 State-Level Upstream Gas Litigation
02/24/2012 What Does "Hedge or Mitigate Commercial Risk" Mean? How Will Energy Producers and Consumers Prove They are "Commercial End Users" Under the Dodd-Frank Act?
02/23/2012 Sales and Use Tax, Hard Times, and the Sticky Wicket of Nexus
02/22/2012 Texas Lawyer Guest Article: A Guide to Navigating Mexican Insolvency for U.S. Creditors
02/20/2012 CMS Proposes Rules on Reporting and Returning Overpayments: Providers May Have Duty to Make Reasonable Inquiry With Deliberate Speed
02/16/2012 All A-Twitter: When Someone Else Owns the Twitter Username for Your New Brand
02/16/2012 Effective Ways to Use Gift Tax Exemption
02/16/2012 Recent NLRB Social Media Report Raises New Questions
02/15/2012 Deal Primary: Electing the Right Transaction Structure
02/15/2012 Oil and Gas Investor Guest Article: On Shaky Grounds - EPA's Tentative Findings In Wyoming
02/14/2012 Biosimilars: Draft Guidance Documents Issued by FDA
02/14/2012 Employee/Consultant IP Assignment: Abbott v. Epocal
02/14/2012 HIPAA Privacy and Security Audits Begin: Enforcement Measures May Follow
02/13/2012 Fifth Circuit Affirms Courts’ Discretion on Fee Methods in Common Fund Class Settlements
02/13/2012 Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence Guest Article: The Arctic is White Hot
02/11/2012 Make your Social Media Policy Stick
02/09/2012 Fiduciary Duties and Minority Shareholder Oppression from the Defense Perspective: Differing Approaches in Texas, Delaware, and Nevada
02/08/2012 Court Decisions Could Remove Ambiguity About Unauthorized Employee Computer Access
02/08/2012 Law360 Guest Column: Can Secured Creditors Credit Bid In Ch. 11 Plans?
02/08/2012 PR News "PR Insiders" Guest Column: How to Make Your Social Media Policy Stick
02/06/2012 Social Media Policies in the Workplace – Finding the Perfect Fit
02/03/2012 NLRB Roundup Part 3: New Election Rules, Class Action Waivers and (Maybe?) Recess Appointments
02/03/2012 Securities Litigation Year in Review 2011
02/01/2012 Can Secured Creditors Credit Bid in Chapter 11 Plans? Supreme Court to Decide
01/31/2012 The Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor: Say No to a U.S.-China Trade War
01/30/2012 Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: Annual Jurisdictional Thresholds Revisions
01/30/2012 Latin American Law & Business Report Guest Article: Mexico's New Public-Private Partnership Act
01/26/2012 Bloomberg Law Reports Guest Article: Buyer Beware - Social Media Due Diligence in M&A
01/26/2012 PhysBizTech Guest Article: The state Medicaid RAC audits begin...now!
01/26/2012 Project Finance International Guest Article: DOE Loan Guarantees Under Attack
01/25/2012 Texas Lawyer Special Report: Limitations Considerations
01/24/2012 Franchising.com Guest Article: On The Lookout - OSHA Inspectors Are Targeting More Small Businesses
01/20/2012 Bloomberg Law Reports Guest Article: Computer & Internet Crimes - Where Will it End?
01/19/2012 Law360 Guest Article: Domain Name Collateral And Trademark Tangles
01/19/2012 Voluntary Disclosure Plan for Offshore Assets - Take #3
01/18/2012 Let's Go Shopping
01/13/2012 Texas Bar Journal Guest Article: 2011 Year in Review - Antitrust and Business Litigation
01/13/2012 Texas Bar Journal Guest Article: 2011 Year in Review - Texas Supreme Court
01/12/2012 New U.S. Reporting Rules Applicable to Certain Corporate Transactions
01/12/2012 Third-Party Challenges to an Issued Patent Before the USPTO: The America Invents Act
01/11/2012 New gTLD Application Window Opens January 12: What Do Brand Owners Need to Know to Protect Their Brands?
01/09/2012 Lipstick on a Pig - A Claim’s Preamble Does Not Confer Patentability on an Otherwise Unpatentable Process
01/09/2012 Patenting Anything Under the Sun vs. Bilski
01/09/2012 Qimonda's Impact on Patent Licenses When a Licensor Goes Bankrupt in a Foreign Land
01/09/2012 The IP Beacon, January 2012
01/05/2012 The Advocate Guest Article: Shaking Up Established Case Law And Regulation - The Impacts Of Hydraulic Fracturing
01/03/2012 Physician Payment Sunshine Act Reports Delayed by CMS; Proposed Rule Includes Physician Owned Distributorships
01/01/2012 One Good IDEA Reaches Thousands of Students Across Houston
12/29/2011 Houston Business Journal Guest Article: 'Claptrap' over Keystone mere political noise
12/28/2011 Update: NLRB Delays Notice Posting Rule’s Effective Date
12/21/2011 DOJ Report Emphasizes Continued Growth of False Claims Act Cases
12/20/2011 Some Perspective and Recent Developments Regarding Superfund’s Transactional Defenses
12/19/2011 ’Tis the Season for LP/LLC Year-End Planning
12/16/2011 PR News "PR Insiders" Column: Social Media Policy a Must-Have in 2012
12/16/2011 San Antonio Express-News Guest Column: Incentives needed to bring power generation to Texas
12/15/2011 Tax Planning for a Happy Holiday Season
12/14/2011 Social Media Marketing Magazine Guest Article: Tips for Addressing Brand Misuse While Mitigating PR Backlash
12/12/2011 NLRB Roundup Part 2: Board’s Aggressive Agenda Unabated: Required Notice, Rulemaking, Social Media, and the Boeing Case
12/08/2011 Orange County Business Journal Guest Article: Not All Arbitration Clauses Are Created Equal - Are you getting what you bargained for?
12/07/2011 EPA to Regulate Fracing Substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act
12/06/2011 The American Oil & Gas Reporter Guest Article: Changing Times Bring Conflict With Surface Owners
12/05/2011 CFTC Position Limit Rules Challenged in Lawsuit by ISDA and SIFMA
12/05/2011 NLRB Clarifies Stance on Social Media, Applies Existing Labor Law
12/05/2011 See No Facebook Speak No Facebook (or Twitter): Interesting Social Media Restrictions in Europe
12/05/2011 Spirits: The Original Social Media and Its Limits
12/05/2011 Staying Afloat in the Social Media Wave: An Employment Primer
12/05/2011 Students and Social Media: The Supreme Court Could Decide Whether Schools May Punish Off-Campus Online Speech
12/01/2011 On Making History
12/01/2011 Program Insights - Disclosure of Leniency Documents: Implications of the ECJ’s Pfleiderer Decision in the U.S.
12/01/2011 Tax Benefits and Allocation Issues in Rollovers to Roth IRAs
11/30/2011 Labor and Employment Issues in Bankruptcy, Chapter 12 of Collier Guide to Chapter 11: Key Topics and Selected Industries
11/30/2011 Texas Supreme Court Update
11/29/2011 Employee Benefit Plan Review Guest Article: Noncompete Agreements in the Employment Context
11/29/2011 State Medicaid RAC Audits to Begin in 2012
11/21/2011 Dallas Morning News Guest Column: David McCombs - An inventive state like Texas deserves its own patent office
11/17/2011 Protection From The Elements: For Your Deal and Your Board
11/16/2011 Update on CFTC Rulemaking: CFTC Issues Final Rules on Position Limits for Commodity Futures and Swaps
11/15/2011 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Publishes Enforcement Notice
11/15/2011 Law360 Guest Article: Executory Contracts With Multiple Personalities
11/15/2011 Rumor Has It: Speculation on Changes to Federal Gift Tax Exemptions
11/15/2011 SEC and CFTC Jointly Adopt Form PF
11/15/2011 The Mysteries of Powers of Attorney in Mexico
11/10/2011 PR News "PR Insiders" Column: Blocking Employee Use of Social Media? It's Time to Rethink Why
11/09/2011 D.C. Circuit Dismisses Sallie Mae FCA Suit Based on First-to-File Rule
11/08/2011 Weathering the Storm: Qimonda, Patent Licenses and § 365(n)
11/07/2011 H-1Bs for the 2012 Fiscal Year: Tick-Tock, Time is Running Out
11/04/2011 Law360 Guest Article: Case Study - In Re Tribune Co.
11/03/2011 Law360 Guest Column: Direct And Consequential Damages in Contract Disputes
11/03/2011 PropertyCasualty360 Guest Article: Disastrous 2011 a Reminder to Obtain Sufficient Coverage
11/03/2011 Weathering the Storm: Can Executory Contracts Have Multiple Personalities? The Fifth Circuit Finds an Asset Purchase Agreement Amended an ERISA Plan
11/02/2011 IP License Transfer in Mergers and Acquisitions
11/01/2011 Extreme Appellate Savings: Four Tips for Making Every Dollar Count on Appeal
11/01/2011 Review: David & Lee Roy: A Vietnam Story
10/31/2011 Despite Minor Modifications in Final Rules, ACOs Still Face Large Start-Up Costs and Uncertain Savings
10/27/2011 ControlGlobal.com Guest Article: The Danger With Time Bombs - Can Your Software Vendor Lock Up Your Software so That You Have to Buy an Upgrade? Maybe Not
10/24/2011 No Holds Barred: The Proxy Contest
10/20/2011 Intervening Rights and Invalidity-Argument Estoppel in Litigation After Patent Reexamination
10/20/2011 Supplementing a Bid Protest Record in a Post-Axiom World
10/18/2011 Recent Litigation Related to Oil and Gas Drilling
10/17/2011 Update on CFTC Dodd-Frank Rulemaking: CFTC Outlines Rulemaking and Implementation Timelines and Announces Delays in Large Trader Reporting Requirements
10/14/2011 BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal Guest Article: Patenting Anything Under the Sun vs. Bilski
10/14/2011 NLRB Roundup Part 1: Obama Board Continues Apace Reversing Bush Board Decisions, Expanding Labor Laws
10/13/2011 Selection of Counsel: Do Insurers or Insureds Choose?
10/05/2011 TRAIN May Stay New EPA Regulation of Power Plant Emissions
10/04/2011 BNA Medical Devices Law & Industry Report Guest Article: CMS and OIG Respond to Senate Inquiry on Physician-Owned Distributorships
10/04/2011 Orange County Business Journal Guest Article: Special Issues in Using Stock as Consideration in Acquisitions
10/04/2011 Proposed Legislation Alters Amount of Federal Contractor Pay Reimbursed by Government
10/01/2011 Slip Slidin' Away: Easements, Avulsion, Access, and the Ever Changing Law of Beachfront Property
09/30/2011 Un litige commercial aux Etats-Unis, 2ème partie: quelques questions de droit
09/28/2011 Global Risk Management: Elements of an Effective, Defensible FCPA Compliance Program to Prevent Bribery and Corruption
09/28/2011 Update on CFTC Rulemaking Regarding Agricultural Swaps and Commodity Options
09/27/2011 Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law: A Routine Foreclosure May Be A Preferential Transfer
09/23/2011 The New Workplace Violence Cops: "Whatcha Gonna Do When OSHA Comes For You?
09/21/2011 CMS and OIG Respond to Senate Inquiry on Physician-Owned Distributorships
09/21/2011 PR News "PR Insiders" Column: Watch Your Language - When Cease-and-Desist Letters Go Viral
09/20/2011 Weathering the Storm: Living Will Requirement under Dodd-Frank
09/16/2011 Practice Tips Under the Patent Reform Rules
09/15/2011 For Love or Money (Financial Buyers vs. Strategic Buyers)
09/14/2011 Social Media and Employment Law
09/13/2011 Insurance Journal Guest Article: How Can Insurance Agents Help the Texas Fire Victims?
09/09/2011 SEC Abandons Fight on Shareholder Proxy Access Rule
09/09/2011 Texas Lawyer Guest Article: Keep E-Discovery Costs From Torpedoing a Litigation Budget
09/08/2011 Law360 Guest Column: Interpreting In Re United Operating
09/07/2011 .XXX Domain Registry Begins Accepting Opt-Out Applications
09/07/2011 NLRB Social Media Status Update: Is the Board Sending Employers a Friend Request?
09/06/2011 FDIC and FinCEN Hit Ocean Bank with $10.9 Million Penalty: Bank Fined Seven Percent of Book Value for Ineffective Compliance Program
09/04/2011 Houston Chronicle Guest Column: Drilling revolution presents problems for landowners
09/04/2011 The Inside Track: Section 363 Sales and the Advantages (and Disadvantages) of being the Stalking Horse in the US
09/01/2011 Adjustments to Qualified Client Standard
09/01/2011 Dude, Where's My Disclosure? Don't Get Punk'd by FTC Regulation of Employee Social Media Use
09/01/2011 Fifth Circuit Civil Appellate Update
09/01/2011 Hurricane Irene: Maximizing Insurance Coverage
09/01/2011 New Requirements Under Texas Eminent Domain Laws
09/01/2011 Standing at the Crossroads of ERISA and the Railway Labor Act: Choosing the Right Track and Avoiding Collateral Damage
08/31/2011 Un litige commercial aux Etats-Unis, 1ère partie: la procédure
08/30/2011 Florida Fines Medicaid HMO for Failing to Report Suspected Fraud by Providers
08/26/2011 Haynes and Boone UDRP Wins
08/25/2011 Arbitration-Related Litigation in Texas
08/25/2011 Law360 Guest Column: Case Study - In Re Village At Camp Bowie
08/24/2011 Orange County Business Journal Guest Article: Digital Litigation: Preparing for Success
08/24/2011 The French blocking statute, the Hague Evidence Convention, and the case law: lessons for French parties responding to American discovery
08/23/2011 Fracking Legal Landscape Updated in Haynes and Boone White Paper
08/22/2011 Aqua Dots Products Liability Litigation: Company’s Voluntary Reimbursement Plan Defeats Class Certification
08/18/2011 Lodging Hospitality Guest Column: Insuring Against Risks with Sustainable Hotels
08/18/2011 When a Stranger Knocks
08/17/2011 Hart's E&P Guest Article: Texas Adopts Fracing Disclosure Rules -- Stall Off Feds?
08/16/2011 .XXX Marks the Spot? Trademark Owners Can Block the Use of Their Marks in .XXX Domains
08/16/2011 Contemplating Pliva v. Mensing
08/16/2011 It's Not Easy Being Green: The Ins and Outs of Environmental Touts
08/16/2011 Proceed With Caution: Does that Employment Agreement Have a Proper IP Assignment?
08/16/2011 The IP Beacon, August 2011
08/16/2011 The Status Quo Wins: Clear and Convincing Proof is Still Required to Invalidate Patent Claims
08/15/2011 Emerging from the Marsh: The Texas Supreme Court Clarifies and Solidifies the Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements in the Employment Context
08/11/2011 Law360 Guest Column: Social Media, Speech And The Schoolhouse
08/11/2011 New EPA Oil and Gas Air Quality Standards
08/11/2011 Weathering the Storm: Bankruptcy Court Permits Minimal Artificial Impairment and Applies Investment Band Approach to Determine the Cram-Down Rate Under Till
08/09/2011 Weathering the Storm: A Routine Foreclosure May Be A Preferential Transfer
08/04/2011 BNA Health Law Reporter Guest Article: Stringent New Health Privacy Legislation Enacted in Texas Will Present Difficult Implementation Challenges and Increased Enforcement Activity
08/02/2011 OSHA Warns Employers of More Aggressive Enforcement
08/01/2011 On Making History
07/28/2011 There Is Hope After All: Fifth Circuit Holds that Employers May Still Prevail on FLSA Retaliation Claims
07/27/2011 Proportionate Responsibility, Joint and Several Liability, and the Jury Charge
07/27/2011 Update: Out-of-State Retailers Beware; Soon You May be Doing Business in Texas (whether you like it or not!)
07/26/2011 Conformity is a Virtue: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Proposes Changes to the Duty of Disclosure to Match the Therasense Standard
07/26/2011 North American Windpower Guest Article: Market Headwinds Persist For U.S. Wind Capital
07/25/2011 Weathering the Storm: Second Circuit Affirms an Expansive Interpretation of Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code
07/21/2011 Armor Holdings, Inc., Settles Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Claims with SEC, DOJ
07/21/2011 Law360 Guest Column: Streamlining HSR Act Reporting
07/21/2011 SEC Adopts Exemptions from Investment Adviser Registration
07/19/2011 Law360 Guest Column: I Would Walk 500 Miles...But Would I Get Paid For It?
07/19/2011 North American Free Trade & Investment Report: Changes in Mexican Antitrust Law
07/19/2011 Orange County Business Journal Guest Column: Promising Case Law Trends for Patent Law
07/19/2011 Tax-Exempt Hospitals Face New Reporting Requirement of Community Health Needs Assessment
07/15/2011 What is a Special Committee of the Board of Directors and When Does Our Company Need One?
07/14/2011 SEC Adopts Final Rules Implementing Amendments to the Advisers Act
07/13/2011 Legal Tips for the Private Equity Professional
07/12/2011 Texas Enacts New Mandates and Increased Penalties Regarding Electronic Health Records
07/12/2011 Texas Supreme Court Limits Use of Unrecoverable Medical Bills
07/11/2011 Agencies Release Interim Final Regulations and Additional Guidance on Health Plan Claims and Appeals Requirements under Health Reform
07/11/2011 Company Settles with State Attorney General Over Failure to Disclose Data Breach
07/11/2011 Important Changes to HSR Act Reporting Requirements
07/11/2011 In “App Store” Trademark Battle, Judge Sides with Amazon.com in Denying Apple’s Request for a Preliminary Injunction
07/07/2011 Restaurant Trade Groups Challenge Department of Labor’s New “Tip Credit” Rule
07/07/2011 SEC Adopts Definition of Family Office
07/06/2011 Texas Legislation Further Limits Ban on Corporate Practice of Medicine
07/06/2011 The U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Application of the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Trust Context
07/05/2011 Mexico’s Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Law
07/05/2011 The Supreme Court Holds Unconstitutional a Key Provision of the Bankruptcy Code
06/30/2011 Supreme Court Issues Two Significant Personal Jurisdiction Decisions
06/29/2011 I Would Walk 500 Miles…But Would I Get Paid for it? Fifth Circuit Delivers Important Travel Time Decision
06/28/2011 Dodd-Frank Revisited
06/28/2011 Patent Reform 2011: It Could Happen to You
06/28/2011 The Crackdown on Foreign Account Holders Continues: The 2011 Voluntary Disclosure Initiative and the Updated Filing Requirements for Foreign Financial Accounts
06/27/2011 New Texas Construction Anti-Indemnification Law ─ HB 2093
06/27/2011 Texas Employees Receive New Gun Rights
06/27/2011 U.S. Senate Conducts Further Inquiry into Relationships Between Medical Device Manufacturers and Physicians
06/24/2011 Texas Signs Fracking Disclosure Bill Into Law
06/23/2011 Beware of the Claw: Implementing Mandatory Clawback Provisions in Executive Employment Agreements Under the Dodd-Frank Act
06/23/2011 SEC Extends Investment Adviser Registration Deadline and Adopts Final Rules
06/21/2011 A Tale of Two Class Actions: U.S Supreme Court Ruling Allows State Litigation to Proceed Despite Federal Injunction
06/21/2011 American Electric Power v. Connecticut: Greenhouse Gas Regulation Derails Common Law Claims
06/21/2011 U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Massive Nationwide Employment Discrimination Class Action Against Wal-Mart
06/20/2011 SEC Proposes Adjustments to Qualified Client Standard
06/17/2011 Recent Developments in Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law
06/16/2011 .XXX Marks the Spot? Trademark Owners Can Block the Use of Their Marks in .XXX Domains
06/15/2011 Attracting New Managers: Hedge funds find hospitable home in Texas
06/15/2011 Top Ten Initial Considerations in a Going Private Transaction
06/14/2011 Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders: Supreme Court Declines To Expand Circle of Potential Defendants In Securities Actions
06/13/2011 The Status Quo Wins: Clear and Convincing Proof is Still Required to Invalidate Patent Claims
06/10/2011 Senators Criticize OIG for Lack of Guidance on Physician Joint Ventures: Request Study on Physician Owned Distributorships
06/08/2011 Increased Gift Exemption - New Opportunities?
06/07/2011 SEC Implements Whistleblower Bounty Program and Protections: Implications for Companies
06/07/2011 Supreme Court Rejects Fifth Circuit Requirement that Securities Fraud Plaintiffs Must Prove “Loss Causation” at Class Certification Stage
06/02/2011 A Beginner's Guide to Selling Out: Selected Strategies to Maximize Return on Distressed Collateral
06/02/2011 IRS Focusing on Unrelated Business Taxable Income
06/01/2011 Avoiding the Hague: How to Serve A Foreign Corporation Through Its American Subsidiary
06/01/2011 Fighting the Regulatory Enforcement Storm By Offensively Taking Control of Your Claims (or How the Legal Department Saved the Day)
06/01/2011 Identifying and Dealing With a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
06/01/2011 Leslie Thorne Guest Column in Law360: Insurance Coverage For Storm Devastation
05/31/2011 But-For Materiality and Tightened Inequitable Conduct Standards: The Therasense v. Becton, Dickinson En Banc Federal Circuit Decision
05/31/2011 OCR Proposes Expansion of HIPAA and HITECH Rights: Industry to be Saddled With Large Costs; 20 Minutes to Read and Implement 24 Pages of Regulations?
05/25/2011 Evolution of Patent-Eligible Subject Matter After Bilski
05/24/2011 Non-Traditional Generation: Franchise Systems Coming of Age with New Franchisees in New Venues
05/24/2011 Supreme Court Says SPD Terms Not Enforceable as Plan Terms – But Leaves Door Open for Other Remedies
05/23/2011 Supreme Court Holds FOIA Responses Trigger FCA Public Disclosure Bar
05/20/2011 Oil and gas regulations turning into a circus