Posted in Texas Bar Features, Top Ten Posts

Top 10 from Texas Bar Today: Cattle Guards, Water Boundaries, and Face Masks

By Joanna Herzik

To highlight some of the posts that stand out from the crowd, the editors of Texas Bar Today have created a list from the week’s blog posts of the top ten based on subject matter, writing style, headline, and imagery. We hope you enjoy this installment.

10. Retiring contract terms – David Coale @600camp of Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, LLP in Dallas
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Posted in ERISA

Fifth Circuit Holds that Offering Single Stock Investments in a 401(k) Plan is Not Per-Se Imprudent

By Haynes and Boone Benefits Group on June 1, 2020

Following a spinoff, a 401(k) plan continued to offer the employer stock fund ...

Posted in Estate

Murder, She Wrote? Would “Tiger King” Nemesis be Texas Toast Under Texas Estate Laws?

By Michael Cohen on June 1, 2020

The recent Netflix series “Tiger King” focused on the feud between an Oklahoma ...

Posted in Oil and Gas

Federal Court Examines Jurisdictional Reach Over Outer Continental Shelfs

By Chris Halgren on June 1, 2020

Following removal from State Court, the Plaintiff challenged the federal trial ...

Posted in SEC

UBS YES Strategy Investors Say They Were Promised Low Risks But Suffered Huge Losses

By Shepherd Smith Edwards & Kantas, LLP on June 1, 2020

Investors claim UBS YES strategy was mismarketed to them: SEC looking into the ...

Posted in Courts

No Burford abstention today

By David Coale on June 1, 2020

The Fifth Court rejected Burford abstention in Stratta v. Roe, observing: “Burford ...

Posted in COVID-19, Personal Injury

Can I Sue Someone for Exposing Me to the Coronavirus?

By James Amaro on June 1, 2020

The lawsuits alleging negligence in exposing people to COVID-19 include an array of ...

Posted in Other

Holding It Together

By Lori-Ann Craig on May 29, 2020

Ah, the little paperclip! That little trombone-shaped piece of metal is so ubiquitous ...

Posted in Podcast, Ransomware

(Podcast) The Second-Wave Virus: Ransomware Attack on the Courts

By Podetize on May 29, 2020

what the courts are doing to combat the ransomware attack and keep things going ...

Posted in Agriculture, Legal News

Ag Law – Weekly Round Up

By Tiffany Dowell on May 29, 2020

“Navigable Waters Protection Rule” facing legal challenges from all sides ...

Posted in Employment Law

Worker Classification: The Statutory Employer Exemption and Control of the Payment of Wages

By Jason B. Freeman on May 28, 2020

Federal law defines an “employer” for tax purposes as “the person for whom an ...

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