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Brewer v. Lennox Hearth Products: Judiciary Integrity Examined

By Jurisprude on May 5, 2020 Posted in Legal Commentary

In Brewer v. Lennox Hearth Prods., LLC, the Texas Supreme Court expressly made ...

On the Road Again: No Liability for Good Samaritan

By Mark Killingsworth on February 13, 2020 Posted in Business, Corporate & Commercial, Legal Commentary, Litigation

The El Paso Court of Appeals recently addressed the question of bystander ...

The Art of the Nonprofit

By Charles Wallace on January 22, 2020 Posted in Business, Corporate & Commercial, Legal Commentary, Litigation

All “good” art is backed by a dream and an aspiration to make the world a better place ...

“Revue” Your Materials Before You Compile

By Charles Wallace on November 11, 2019 Posted in Copyright, Legal Commentary

Many of us have seen a theatrical production, but more often than not these ...

A Burden Shift Within A Burden Shift—An Anti-SLAPP ‘Inception’

By Daniel Correa on October 31, 2018 Posted in Business, Corporate & Commercial, Legal Commentary, Litigation

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ leaves the audience guessing at the end whether ...

Legal Issues When Leaving a Job

By Patrick Lewis on August 6, 2018 Posted in Legal Commentary

Employee mobility is becoming more and more common. While changing jobs is ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Defamation, and Privacy

By Daniel Correa on May 21, 2018 Posted in Legal Commentary

A Critical Look at The Dallas Morning News, Inc. and Steve Blow v. John Tatum and ...

Jury Appreciation Week–The Right to Trial by Jury and its Democratic Provenance

By Daniel Correa on May 2, 2018 Posted in Jury, Legal Commentary

The constitutional promise to a trial by jury is not merely an individual right; it is ...

Mike Maslanka @ Your Desk: Five Pieces of Really Bad Advice

By Michael P. Maslanka on April 9, 2018 Posted in Legal Commentary, Mike Maslanka @ Your Desk, Texas Bar TV

Mike Maslanka talks about why instead of telling people what advice to follow, tell them what advice not to follow — in the latest installment of Mike Maslanka @ Your Desk, a video series presented by the State Bar of Texas on its YouTube channel, Texas Bar TV.