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LITIGATION ALERT: SOCIAL/ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND THE RULES OF EVIDENCE

Whether it is text messages, e-mails, website postings, "Twitter®" or Facebook®, the concept of in-person communication has rapidly been replaced by impersonal electronic modes of communication.  Practically everything we do on […]

LITIGATION ALERT: CLASS ACTIONS OVER OVERDRAFT FEES

No one wants to suffer the embarrassment and inconvenience of their bank rejecting a debit card transaction due to insufficient funds. To alleviate embarrassment, banks often provide customers with courtesy overdraft protection.  Through that protection […]

LITIGATION ALERT: SUBROGATION BETWEEN CGL CARRIERS IN TEXAS

The issue of subrogation rights between insurance carriers in instances where an insured has multiple insurance policies has long been an issue in Texas.  In 2007, the Texas Supreme Court addressed this issue, but the decision left many related […]

Document Management in the Trenches

E-Discovery Project Manager Jo'anna T. Snowden and Kevin P. Perkins of the Dallas office presented, Leveraging Technology to Manage Documents at a seminar held by the Institute for Paralegal Education in Houston September 17.  Kevin Madden of the Houston […]

Pitfalls of Production

On August 27, 2009, E-Discovery Project Manager Jo'anna T. Snowden spoke to the Dallas Chapter of Women in eDiscovery on Pitfalls of Production.

HOSPITALITY ALERT: The Confusing Area of Tip Pooling

Restaurant servers across the country often share gratuities with one another and with other service workers in their restaurant. Some restaurants have specific policies requiring servers to "tip out" colleagues. Others leave it up to servers to decide […]