In New Falls Corp. v. LaHaye (In re LaHaye), No. 19-30795 (5th Cir. Nov. 12, 2021), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals prevented a secured lender from pursuing individual guarantors on a claim that had been partially released in [...]
In the case of a judgment for recovery of an interest in real or personal property, the trial judge must determine the amount of security required to suspend enforcement of the judgment during appeal. Texas Appellate Rule 24.2(a)(2) requires [...]
Mike Northrup frequently publishes to a blog called "Reverse and Render." We have shared his post from February here. Parties (and their counsel) to a court of appeals’ disposition of an appeal sometimes worry that if the court [...]
In re LTL Mgmt. LLC, No. 21-30589 (MBK) [Docket No. 1572] (Bankr. D.N.J. 2021) Other than being a dance, what is the Texas Two-Step, in terms of corporate mergers? The “Texas Two-Step” has proved to be a lifeline allowing [...]
My review of the statistics from the Texas Supreme Court’s dispositions in 2021 brought an assortment of facts to the forefront that are worth highlighting. For the second year in a row, the court accepted a significantly higher number [...]
In summer 2021, the 87th Texas Legislature convened and passed legislation that overturned decades of case law regarding contractor liability. The overall effect of the legislation acts to limit contractors’ exposure to liability regarding unknown design defects. Texas Senate [...]
Effective immediately, employer-employee arbitration agreements common in business may no longer compel employees to arbitrate disputes concerning allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment. This is the result of the enactment of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault [...]
During the first month of 2022, Texas schools reported over 190,000 new COVID-19 cases among Texas schoolchildren. With the Omicron strain of COVID-19 spreading rampantly, many divorced or separated parents are navigating new issues around visitation, medical decision-making, and [...]
Discussing: Holliday v. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, No. 20-5404 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 13, 2021) Subject to certain defenses, in a bankruptcy proceeding, transfers made to a creditor within 90 days of the transferor filing bankruptcy can be clawed back [...]
I ran the statistics for the Texas Supreme Court’s cause disposition for the calendar year beginning January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, and the breakdown of broader statistics is shown below. As with prior years, I will follow [...]
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