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Oil-and-Gas Case Law Round Up: January 2017
January has been a busy month for courts in Texas and beyond in the oil-and-gas segment. In today’s post, we summarize several significant developments from the last thirty days that can be expected to have a lasting impact on E&Ps, pipeline […]
Director Chris Pappas speaks at the Annual Texas Bar CLE Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar
On Friday, January 27th, Chris Pappas presented a course at the Annual Texas Bar CLE Alternative Dispute Resolution Seminar in Austin, Texas with Courtenay L. Bass of the Gilbert Mediation Group and Trey Bergman of the Bergman ADR Group. The experts […]
Part 3 of 3: The Telemedicine Debate in Texas: Federal Judge Halts the TMB's Revised Rule
In December of 2015, federal Judge Robert L. Pitman declined to dismiss Teladoc’s antitrust suit, holding that the TMB was not immune (as it had argued) from such claims. The decision pointed to the February 2015 Supreme Court decision, North Carolina […]
KRCL Successfully Defends Physician Client in Lawsuit Alleging Tortious Interference
Directors Karin Zaner and Richard Hathaway of Kane Russell Coleman & Logan have successfully defended a physician client in a contentious jury trial in which the plaintiff alleged breach of contract, fraud, fraudulent inducement, and tortious interference […]
Chip Morris and Demetri Economou Published in Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, 2016 Edition
Director Chip Morris and Associate Demetri Economou have recently been published in Recent Developments in Business and Corporate Litigation, 2016 Edition - Intellectual Property Law. The attorneys collaboratively wrote about intellectual […]
Part 2 of 3: The Telemedicine Debate in Texas: Teladoc Sues in Federal Court
The rule issued by the Texas Medical Board requiring physicians to conduct a face-to-face or in-person visit with a patient in order to establish a defined physician-patient relationship, was not slated to go into effect until June 3, 2015. With the […]
Part 1 of 3: The Telemedicine Debate in Texas: Teladoc in the Spotlight
Telemedicine will no doubt make an impact on the way health care is delivered in Texas, as well as in the rest of the country. Teladoc, a Dallas-based provider of telehealth services, given its continued conflicts with the Texas Medical Board dating […]
Texas Federal Judge Blocks Labor Violation Reporting Requirement of Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule (for now).
Contractors and subcontractors vying for federal government contracts were relieved of complying with a majority of the requirements of Executive Order 13673, the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" rule, thanks to a nationwide preliminary injunction issued […]
Seven Attorneys from Kane Russell Coleman & Logan Named Top Lawyers by Houstonia Magazine
Houstonia compiles its annual Top Lawyers list based on a peer survey of other Houston-area attorneys. This year, the magazine selected Andrea Johnson for her work in Labor and Employment law, Bruce Morris for Intellectual Property Rights, Angela Offerman […]
Judge Blocks Overtime New Rules. So now what?
In my little corner of the law, overtime has been a central focus—in individual and class action lawsuits and, for over two years, in predicting and then ciphering the new regulations of the Department of Labor (“DOL”). The new rules would have […]
Earthquake Fracing Lawsuits Coincide With Renewed Scrutiny Of Texas Railroad Commission
I have written previously about the ongoing debate surrounding the causal role of hydrofracturing—”fracing” for short, as the industry spells it, without a “k”—in what critics have dubbed “man-made” seismic activity. The hot-button […]