The latest from Texas Lawyer
- Analyzing Renewable Energy Projects for Investment
- Commentary: Reel in Discovery Disputes in Travis County District Courts
- Representing Mineral Owners in Oil and Gas Lease Negotiations
- Inadmissible
- Litigator of the Week: Arbitration Acumen
- Roger Clemens' Lawyers Chide Prosecutors In Legal Fee Spat
- How to Draft an Energy Patent
- Discipline
- Newsmakers
- Don't Let Life Imitate Art
- Three Things Never to Write in Court Papers
- Identity and Meaning in and Outside Law
- Letter to the Editor: Success Is Based on Competence, Not Looks
- I Like Being a Lawyer
- Commentary: Handling Clients With Personality Disorders
- Commentary: Let "Jersey Shore" Pick Your Practice
- Law Clerks Offer Big Opportunities for Small Firms
- I Like Being a Lawyer!
- Commentary: Three Lessons From Two Trials for One Great Performance
- Commentary: Should Firms Take Ownership in Patents?
| Analyzing Renewable Energy Projects for Investment | Top |
| Renewable energy projects differ from traditional power generation facilities, writes Becky H. Diffen. Wind farms, for example, can be spread over thousands of acres of land and across multiple county and local jurisdictions, and most renewable projects are dependent on federal and local incentive programs. | |
| Commentary: Reel in Discovery Disputes in Travis County District Courts | Top |
| Want to know what Travis County District Court judges probably think about these disputes? Sara M. Foskitt writes that, typically, they're related to a slew of overly broad, irrelevant requests that equate to a fishing expedition (although that isn't always the case). A quick look at some local district court history can offer a few clues as to how the judges will probably proceed in discovery disputes and can provide a few lessons for lawyers. | |
| Representing Mineral Owners in Oil and Gas Lease Negotiations | Top |
| Representing mineral owners in negotiating oil and gas leases requires a wildcatter's knowledge, the savvy of a rancher and the patience of Job, writes Peter E. Hosey. A landowner normally receives an offer from a potential oil and gas lessee specifying the bonus and other basic terms, accompanied by a proposed form of lease. Counsel should negotiate those basic terms and the form of the lease, not just accept them as is. | |
| Inadmissible | Top |
| "Big Donation" and "Locke Lord in London" | |
| Litigator of the Week: Arbitration Acumen | Top |
| A partner in Dallas' Chaiken & Chaiken says he has developed a practice handling litigation arising after and related to arbitration. An example of the success of his work is the $1.48 million he helped win for his client in Volanda Woods v. P.A.M. Transport Inc. He says he joined the plaintiff's legal team to help protect the underlying arbitration award at the U.S. District Court and later at the 5th Circuit. | |
| Roger Clemens' Lawyers Chide Prosecutors In Legal Fee Spat | Top |
| The attorneys representing Roger Clemens are pressing their demand in Washington that the government be forced to pay thousands of dollars in legal fees tied to the botched prosecution of the former baseball star this summer. Prosecutors said recently that the trial mistakes did not amount to misconduct. | |
| How to Draft an Energy Patent | Top |
| Because of the subtleties in technology and related legal considerations, upstream and downstream U.S. energy patents should be drafted in a clear, strategic manner despite the fact that they fall into what can be called "unpredictable art," writes Carey Jordan, a partner in McDermott Will & Emery in Houston. | |
| Discipline | Top |
| Two lawyers have resigned in lieu of discipline and another has received a public reprimand, the State Bar of Texas reported recently. | |
| Newsmakers | Top |
| Don't Let Life Imitate Art | Top |
| Articles that focus or comment on the physical characteristics of women are so commonplace that our society no longer questions or is offended by them, writes Linda Bray Chanow, executive director of the Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin. These articles perpetuate cultural definitions of gender that have a deep impact on the way women relate to and use power in the workplace. | |
| Three Things Never to Write in Court Papers | Top |
| James M. Stanton writes that his experience on the state district court bench taught him that trial judges are a conscientious lot who read the briefs and want to get their rulings right. In light of that, he offers three things a lawyer should never write in court papers for fear of turning off the judge and hurting a client's chances of prevailing at a hearing. | |
| Identity and Meaning in and Outside Law | Top |
| Been to a singles bar lately? Checked out an Internet dating site? Not that he would know, writes Michael P. Maslanka, but he hears that the No. 1 question is, "So, what do you do?" The question enslaves if used as a proxy for valuing people, but it liberates if used as a starting point for understanding them. Art illuminates the contrast between life and work. It can teach values, provide clarity and generate understanding, he says. | |
| Letter to the Editor: Success Is Based on Competence, Not Looks | Top |
| Elizabeth Poole of Austin takes issue with a Texas Lawyer article titled "Pretty Power: Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful." The author of that article "writes from the point of view of a woman who is succeeding in a male-dominated profession by pandering to males. Her method of navigating this testosterone-laden minefield by donning the protective gear of 5-inch heels, pink suits and makeup is not without its drawbacks," Poole writes. | |
| I Like Being a Lawyer | Top |
| Susan Morrison lists the top five reasons she likes being a lawyer. | |
| Commentary: Handling Clients With Personality Disorders | Top |
| In contemporary law practice, particularly in litigation, the expert witness in psychology — psychiatrists, forensic psychologists, psychotherapists and so on — increasingly is a member of the teams on opposite sides of a courtroom. Litigators need at least a passing sense of some of the language used by experts in this field, writes James Dolan. | |
| Commentary: Let "Jersey Shore" Pick Your Practice | Top |
| For the benefit of recent law school graduates, Kip Mendrygal has created a personality test to help new lawyers match themselves to the right fields. For the test, he picked a platform the intended audience would relate to: MTV's "Jersey Shore," the heartwarming tale of eight soft-spoken and introspective men and women brought together to live in a house and, mostly, fight and party. | |
| Law Clerks Offer Big Opportunities for Small Firms | Top |
| In this difficult economy the legal job market is an increasingly competitive place, says Raymond L. Panneton. There are more law students seeking clerk positions than the larger firms can handle or want. Small firms might not have the financial resources to hire a full-time associate, but they may need additional manpower in the office to stay on top of the caseload. Although the notion of hiring a part-time clerk may be daunting, the benefits received by both parties make the experience more than worth it. | |
| I Like Being a Lawyer! | Top |
| Commentary: Three Lessons From Two Trials for One Great Performance | Top |
| Perception is not reality, writes F. Daniel Knight. Sadly, Texas has experienced a sharp decline in civil jury trials over the past 20 years. According to an Office of Court Administration report, the percentage of cases resolved by jury verdict was 0.4 percent in district courts and 0.6 percent in county courts in 2010. | |
| Commentary: Should Firms Take Ownership in Patents? | Top |
| McKool Smith has declined opportunities to take an ownership position in the patents the firm litigates, write Mike McKool and Ryan Hargrave. While the law is unsettled as to the ethical boundaries, they say their firm has avoided such investments because of potential ethical concerns, as well as strategic considerations related to the attractiveness of the case to the jury. | |
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