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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After pulling off a victory more surprising than Truman’s, Donald Trump will have the opportunity over the next four years to–among other things–change the landscape of employment law in the United States. With Republicans now controlling the […]
On October 20, 2016, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (collectively the “Agencies”), who jointly enforce the antitrust laws, alerted human resource (“H.R.”) professionals that they might violate […]
KRCL Associate Patrick H. Rose, IV was recently published in the October 2016 newsletter from the Dallas Bar Association. His article, "Equity Crowdfunding Under Regulation CF" can be found on Page 17 of the newsletter.
In my October 12, 2016 blog posting, I discussed how C&S Energy Services, Ltd. v. McCoy demonstrated that courts in Texas will enforce non-competition agreements that are reasonably limited in scope and duration. A decision in a subsequent case […]
Dallas-based Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC has been named among the “Best Law Firms” for 2017 by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. The firm received National Tier 3 and Metropolitan Tier 1 rankings in Bankruptcy and Creditor […]
Organized in 1985 as the Texas Association of Family Mediators, the organization originally focused on the concerns of family mediators and their clients. Over time, they expanded their outreach from family mediation to all areas of mediation. In keeping […]
Mediation is generally thought to be a faster, cheaper and less risky alternative to arbitration or litigation. It also enables he participants to control their own destinies to a large extent. A well trained mediator presents an impartial facilitator […]