J-1 Physicians – Webinar Series
Immigration attorneys Angela Lopez and Michelle Alonzo will host a 4-part webinar series for J-1 Physicians. NOV 9: Understanding the 2-year home residency requirement or 212(e) – how to [...]
David Metzler Named as a 2023 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers®
David J. Metzler was named as a 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for the Dallas-Fort Worth region, in the area of Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants. [...]
The Growing Institutional Home Market in Texas
Influx of Institutional Investors Real estate investors have flourished in the high-demand, single-family housing market. In 2021, 28% of homes sold in Texas were bought by corporations, companies, or [...]
Bankruptcy Auctions and the Establishment of Fair Market Value
There is a reason why a buyer of substantially all of a seller’s assets may want to pursue a sale via the buyer filing bankruptcy, through a bankruptcy auction. [...]
Cowles Thompson Achieves a Take-Nothing Verdict in an FLSA Suit Involving a Nanny/Childcare Wage and Hour Dispute
Dallas, TX (August 1, 2022) – Casey Erick and Bill Siegel successfully obtained a take-nothing jury verdict after a two-day trial where our clients, a husband, and wife, were [...]
Enforcing a Non-Compete Injunction Could Require Disclosing Your Customer List
Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 683 requires that "[e]very order granting an injunction . . . shall set forth the reasons for its issuance; shall be specific in terms; [...]
Enforcement of Arbitration Clauses – Related to Bankruptcy
Discussion of: Highland Capital Management LP v. Dondero (In re Highland Capital Management LP), 21-03003, 2021 Bankr. LEXIS 3314 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. Dec. 3, 2021) Bankruptcy courts are in disagreement [...]
Texas Supreme Court Weighs In on Attorney Immunity (in the Electronic/Wiretap Evidence Context)
All Texas lawyers who are sworn-in by a judge after passing the Texas bar exam agree to “zealously represent their clients.” The degree and scope of that zealousness is [...]
Creditors Precluded from Collaterally Pursuing Claims Against Third Party/Guarantor, if Treated/Released in Confirmed Re-Org Plan
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 [...]
Superseding a Judgment for an Interest in Property
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 [...]
