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What started with Bitcoin in 2009 has developed into a market of over 6,500 digital assets increasingly competing with traditional products offered by financial institutions.

Traditionally, when analyzing if an insurer has a duty to defend, Texas law requires courts to apply the "eight-corners rule," comparing the factual allegations in the four corners of the...

Much has been written recently about the "new look" Supreme Court. On the heels of four 9-0 decisions favoring different sides of partisan divide, today we got Van Buren, a 6-3 decision ...

There has been a recent trend in Texas litigation of borrowers asserting claims or counterclaims against their lenders for breach of fiduciary duty.

The Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") establishes uniform beneficial ownership information reporting requirements for certain types of entities created in or registered to do business in the United States.

A little over two months ago, the federal banking authorities (Feds) issued a new Policy Statement, a re-vamp and expansion of the 2008 "extend and hold" or "pretend and extend" policy...

Today, March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the largest and most comprehensive act to aid businesses, employers and employees, particularly in the small business segment, during this...

As the number of COVID-19 cases reach 45,000 in Harris County as of July 13, 2020, which includes the city of Houston, Governor Greg Abbott has halted additional reopening phases but has been reluctant to extend the "stay home, work safe" order issued for the county in March.

AJ's Answer: The question posed, in my view, requires a larger look at our businesses and what we want to accomplish, how we want to do that, what we actually are able to do, and what...

Affirmed. The Fifth Circuit just issued its opinion upholding the summary judgment decision of Judge Morales in the Corpus Christi Division of the Southern District of Texas.

Winter Storm Uri was a natural disaster of epic proportions. It dumped record snowfall on Texas in February 2021, as millions across the state lost power. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a rare disaster...

Federal district courts are a crucial part of our judicial system. They not only handle cases arising under federal law (such as copyright, anti-discrimination statutes, and constitutional questions)...

In traditional banking: (1) A final rule implementing the LIBOR Act became effective; (2) the CFPB noted that there has been an increase in identity theft by military consumers...

In mid-April, national news coverage began breaking that several public companies had received significant loans from the SBA's Payroll Protection Program.

On May 27, 2022, in Hinkle v. Phillips 66 Company,[1] the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the latest in a string of opinions on arbitrating Fair Labor Standards Act...

In traditional banking: (1) FinCen warns of surge in mail theft-related check fraud; (2) The CFPB urges the Supreme Court to review the 5th Circuit's finding...

OpenAI, the private AI research and deployment company, released ChatGPT to the public in November 2022. ChatGPT is a generative AI chatbot that enables human-like conversations.