Facts: Plaintiff opened numerous accounts with U.S. Bancorp in January 2007. In early 2008, Plaintiff decided she had too many debit and credit cards and went to a bank branch location to pay the outstanding balances and close many of the accounts.

One of the lesser-known changes to Texas state-court practice brought about by the 2011 legislative session is the allowance of parties to use unsworn declarations in place of affidavits or verifications.

In 2016, the Texas Supreme Court issued three important opinions affecting arbitration agreements.

Contingency fee practice has always had its pluses and minuses.

Facts: Plaintiff claimed that Defendant employment agency Robert Half International, Inc. ("RHI") violated the FCRA following the running of a background check on him as a prospective employment candidate.

In March 2008, Plaintiffs applied for a home loan modification.

Plaintiff filed suit against the three CRAs, Wilmington Trust Company and American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. ("AHMSI"), the servicer of Plaintiff’s mortgage, alleging violations of § 559.72(5), (6), and (9) of the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act ("FCCPA")

Is it about to get harder to collect attorneys' fee for breach of contract and other claims under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 38.001?

In a rare turn of events, the Fifth Circuit has vacated its own decision granting BP access to Transocean’s entire $750 million insurance stack, and has certified the issue to the Texas Supreme Court to decide.

Facts: Plaintiffs sued Defendant, ACSO of Texas, Inc. ("ACSO"), alleging violations of the Credit Repair Organizations Act ("CROA").

I live by "To Do" lists, which help me get things accomplished from work to shopping, and everything in between. Perhaps the most significant "To Do" list is the one we should be considering and writing in the next few days - our resolutions for 2012.

Way back in June 2007, Ms. Sandy, who is hearing and speech impaired, filed an EEOC charge against Kroger, a grocery store chain, alleging disability discrimination when she applied for a position as a cashier, bagger and stocker.

A discussion on the enforcement of a non-compete agreement.

The most common lament of appellate lawyers is that they were involved too late: "If only the trial lawyer had contacted me earlier."

For several years now, Texas appellate lawyers have had to swing both ways.

For more than a year, we have been warning employers that FLSA changes to the overtime exemption rules were coming.

After almost a year of discussion, and more than 270,000 comments, the Department of Labor just issued new salary thresholds for exempt and highly compensated employees.

On March 8, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Southwest Royalties, Inc. v. Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts.

On March 9, 2016, FDA further extended the compliance deadline until "one year after it issues final, Level 1 guidance on menu labeling."

Due to the increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Texas and increased ICE checkpoints at all land borders, individuals should be prepared to prove their immigration status...