Yesterday, Christi Craddick—one of the State’s three elected Railroad Commissioners—introduced the Texas Oilfield Relief Initiative, a nine-point plan aimed at easing regulatory burdens on the energy industry. The initiative will be rolled out […]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its final rule setting forth amendments and clarifications to mortgage servicing regulations on August 4, 2016. The final rule will implement new servicing regulations including the following […]
In an effort to better facilitate federal response to cyber-incidents[1] the Obama Administration released a Presidential Policy Directive on United States Cyber Incident Coordination (“PPD”)[2] on July 26, 2016. The PPD is a continuation of […]
Owners of agricultural land in Texas may be entitled to additional limited liability protection thanks to a bill passed in the most recent Texas legislative session and signed by the Governor. The Texas Agritourism Act ("Agritourism Act"), […]
School’s out and thousands of Texas teens are busy working their summer jobs. Think back to your first summer job – how old were you? Were you working in food service? Maybe as a lifeguard? Whatever your job was, you were probably not considering […]
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC is pleased to announce that Christopher Pappas, a director of the firm’s Houston office, has been selected for inclusion on the list of America’s Top 100 Attorneys for Southern Texas by America’s Top 100 Attorneys […]
Is the energy industry ready for the latest on the compensation front—radical changes to overtime rules effective December 1, 2016? The industry has had a roller coaster ride over the last five or six years, including in its compensation of employees […]
As of that date, if employers are not ready, haven’t revised pay procedures, and put in new accounting processes, well, “TB”—and some might add another letter in there. The “too bad” means that the DOL can, at 12:00 a.m. on 12/01/2016, descend […]
Christopher Pappas will join Edward Trey Bergman III of Bergman ADR Group in a panel discussion titled “How to Use the Mediation/Arbitration Hybrid Dispute Resolution Process.” The panel discussion, which will be available to view via webcast […]
Click here for latest post in KRCL’s Law in the Workplace Blog, discussing the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Ninth Circuit’s precedential decision on password sharing under the CFAA.
Dallas-based law firm Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC (KRCL) has been recognized for excellence in Bankruptcy and Restructuring by Chambers USA in America’s Leading Lawyers for Business Guide for the eighth consecutive year. The firm has been […]
In late May 2016, the Texas Supreme Court issued a decision potentially affecting any Texas trade secret litigation. In In re M-I L.L.C., 2016 WL 2981342 (Tex. May. 20, 2016) the Court held trial courts should use a balancing test to determine if a party […]