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Since the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses that took an economic hit due to the shelter-in-place orders have sued their insurance providers for denying coverage of their claims.

A trial verdict is often not the final word in litigation, and the fact finder's decision is only as good as your ability to defend or overturn it on appeal.

OSHA's April 16, 2020 guidance memo from OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement provides OSHA area offices with unusual discretion in citing employers who otherwise exercised "good-faith" in...

The past few days have been trying ones for Texans suffering due to the loss of electric power in their homes and business.

Over the past decade, trucking companies in Texas courts have been subject to a significant rise in large verdicts due to techniques from plaintiffs' attorneys, including the reptile theory...

On March 3, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed in to law the "Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021," which took effect immediately.

On June 10, 2021, the Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a highly anticipated emergency temporary standard ("ETS") setting workplace safety parameters for employers in the healthcare sector during COVID-19.

The simple answer today is that the United States Supreme Court (split 6 to 3) did as the Constitution called upon it to do: It ruled that the Executive Branch of the government had exceeded its bounds...

The past few days have been trying ones for Texans suffering due to the loss of electric power in their homes and business. Already we have received several subrogation assignments arising from...

Since the Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act or "CWA") inception in 1972, a key issue has been

In Texas, while an insurer can assert a subrogation claim independently of its insured, the insurer still stands in the shoes of its insured, meaning the insurer's claims are limited to those the insured could bring and are subject to the same defenses.

The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a subsequent purchaser of a home was required to arbitrate her claims against the builder for alleged construction defects.

Personal Jurisdiction allows a court to exercise power over a non-resident defendant. Without personal jurisdiction, a court could not hear a case filed against a non-resident defendant.

An executive order ("Order") was signed by President Trump on April 28, 2020 addressing the recent closures of many meat and poultry processing plants. Based on initial reports, the President appears...

On September 27, 2019, three years after Congress passed PROMESA and two years after the most severe Hurricane in more than 100 years devastated Puerto Rico

The biggest lifeline out there was just passed by Congress and signed by the President on Friday, March 27, 2020. That's the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act...

On May 13, 2020, the Small Business Administration ("SBA") issued its most current guidance on the "safe harbor" rules related to the return of loaned monies under the...