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The 10-member task force established by the bill would be led by the Secretary of State, who would also appoint representatives from the Bureau of Archaeological Research in the Division of Historical Resources, the NAACP, the Florida Council of Churches, the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network, the Florida Public Archaeology Network, the cemetery industry and a local government. The Senate President and House Speaker would select one lawmaker each to round out the task forc...

Litigation in all forms is becoming extremely expensive to clients. This is not only because of legal fees, but also because of the penalties and interest that continue to accrue when...

What if you pay good money for a mineral interest and record the deed in the official public records, thereby securing your title? What if your predecessors-in-title decide among...

In the fifth and final installment on the climate change debate, Gray Reed energy partner Paul Yale considers (and responds to) another criticism of Bjorn Lomborg’s False Alarm: How...

Saving private practice? Navigating the legal and ethical minefield of physician-private equity deals Saving private practice? Navigating the legal and ethical minefield of physician-private equity deals While physicians face incredible pressures to consolidate or receive investment to survive, there are ethical, legal and practical considerations doctors must seriously consider before deciding to take private equity. Shares0 While physicians face incredible pressures to consolidate or receive...

[Co-author : Ashley Atwood]* Apache Corporation v. Castex Offshore Inc. et al, answers the question, What constitutes willful misconduct in oil field operations? This was a breach of contract suit involving operator Apache and non-operator Castex. In the exculpatory clause of the model form JOA, the operator can be liable only in the event of gross negligence or willful misconduct. In considering willful misconduct, under both the Texas and Louisiana definitions of “willfulness”, intent to ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Clients come from many sources.  Most of our practices deal with clients who are having problems with the IRS.  These problems can range from a simple audit to serious criminal problems.  The first two things that come to mind are 1) who do we want for our clients and 2) how do we select clients who will follow our advice? If you do not have good clients, you will have a slow, boring and ultimately unprofitable practice.  When you...

The initiative is part of a larger, decades-long push for tort reform in the state. A fatal accident near Major Drive in Beaumont, Texas, taken on September 20, 2018. Traffic had slowed due to an unrelated accident ahead when an 18-wheeler at the rear plowed into the other vehicles. Guiseppe Barranco /The Beaumont Enterprise via AP The initiative is part of a larger, decades-long push for tort reform in the state. A fatal accident near Major Drive in Beaumont, Texas, taken on September 20, 20...

What about the alleged damages raised in the breach of contract dispute? Texas case law identifies two lines of legal reasoning in determining when a debt is “created or “incurred”.  The first line of case law stands for the proposition that a debt is neither created nor incurred until it is reduced to a liquidated sum of money. In Cain v. State, 882 S.W.2d 515 (Tex. App. – Austin 1994, no writ), Lee Cain appealed a district court decision holding him personally liable for the debts o...

An asset sale is the purchase of individual assets and liabilities. A stock sale is the purchase of the owner’s shares in a corporation / membership interest in a limited liability...