On July 25, 2012, Joseph M. Coleman presented The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You to FORIUS - Shared Services Networking Group, NACM North Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On July 18, 2012, Kenneth C. Johnston presented a speech on Bank Overdraft Fee Litigation and Regulatory Developments. The presentation focused on lessons learned from recent litigation and class action settlements, as well as on regulatory trends […]
The popular media’s description of a recent Tarrant County jury verdict -- in the case of Mark & Linda Lesher v. Doescher, Coyel, et. al. -- might lead you to believe the internet’s veil of anonymity is lifting. The headlines read […]
On May 17, 2012, Viking Tao spoke on "Chinese Investment in the US: New Trends in 2012" at the China Institute in New York City. The panel also featured Clarence Kwan, National Managing Partner, Chinese Services Group, Deloitte LLP, and Brion Tingler […]
Joseph M. Coleman presented Texas Two-Step: Impact of Corporate Formations Upon Collections and Bankruptcy Update for Credit Professionals to the National Food Equipment Manufacturer’s Credit Exchange Group on May 7, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois.
Two years ago, in Gilbert Texas Construction, L.P. v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, the Texas Supreme Court held that the contractual liability exclusion in a general contractor’s CGL applied to exclude coverage when the insured assumed liability […]
In its recent decision in Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe et al., the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York became the first court to expressly approve the emerging automated document review process known as “predictive coding […]
In response to a multitude of lawsuits involving investments in the alleged multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme perpetrated by R. Allen Stanford, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated nearly a hundred cases into a multi-district litigation […]
On August 21, 2012, Christopher C. Pappas will be a guest speaker at the Construction Law Seminar which will be held at the Marriott-West Loop Hotel in Houston, Texas. The topics he will cover are “Litigation Avoidance and Management” and “Ethics […]
The Texas Legislature recently passed, and Governor Perry signed into law, House Bill 2093, which took effect on January 1, and which makes certain indemnity and additional insured provisions in construction contracts void and unenforceable as against […]
Joseph M. Coleman served as a panelist at the DFW Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers’ annual Financial Professionals Committee event held on October 4, 2012 in Dallas, TX. The event was co-hosted by the Turnaround Management Association’s […]