The National Labor Relations Act gives employees the right to engage in activities intended to improve the terms and conditions of their employment. To enforce that right, the act makes it illegal for employers to interfere when employees engage in reasonably […]
The insuring agreement in most commercial general liability policies states that the carrier "will pay those sums that the insured becomes legally obligated to pay as damages because of…'property damage' to which this insurance applies […]
Workplace violence, defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") as "any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation or other threatening behavior that occurs at the worksite" has become front […]
Workplace violence, defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) as “any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation or other threatening behavior that occurs at the worksite” has become […]
In a recent KRCL Energy Practice Group seminar, I discussed the genesis and impact of metal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. These Trump Tariffs have had a tremendous impact on energy infrastructure construction and midstream activities throughout […]
Last month, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision that addresses the vexing situation in which the owner of the executive rights also owns the surface, but none (or virtually none) of the minerals. What is the duty of the executive rights holder […]
The San Antonio Court of Appeals recently determined that the acceptance of royalty payments will not necessarily operate as a waiver of a mineral lease's anti-pooling provision. The decision, Strickhausen v. Petrohawk Operating Company, is available […]
Healthcare bankruptcies present unique challenges in addition to financial restructuring. An immediate concern that must be addressed in these cases is the ability of the debtor to provide, and continue to provide, adequate services to existing and future […]
Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC today announced that the law firm has signed a long-term lease to relocate its Dallas headquarters to a completely renovated multi-floor space containing approximately 45,000 square feet in Bank of America Plaza. Located […]
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employees must receive at least time and one-half their regular pay rate for all hours worked over 40 in a workweek unless an exemption applies. For an exemption to apply, an employee’s specific job duties […]
In the normal course, when landowners believe they have been underpaid royalties under an oil-and-gas lease, they sue individually. Most of the time the core claim is for breach of contract (notwithstanding that royalty-underpayment petitions are often […]
Every lender that has accelerated a note in order to pursue foreclosure has likely faced the argument from a borrower at one time or another that foreclosure proceedings were filed too late because of a prior acceleration that started the statute of […]