On April 5, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board levied a $100,000 fine against Scott Marcello, the former Vice Chair of Audit at KPMG.

David F. Johnson presented his paper "Business Divorce: Minority Shareholder Rights In Texas" to the State Bar of Texas's Business Disputes Course on September 2-3, 2021.

On August 16, 2021, the financial thresholds specified in the definition of "qualified client" under Rule 205‑3 of the Investment Advisers Act...

Under this new program, cloud providers need to demonstrate compliance with the security criteria to receive and maintain a certification for a cloud computing service in Texas.

In Trinh v. Cent. River Healthcare Group, a brother sued his sister over the management of a PLLC. No. 03-19-00393-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 4542 (Tex. App.—Austin June 9, 2021, no pet. history).

David Johnson presented his paper "The More The Merrier? Issues Arising From Co-Trustees Administering Trusts" to the State Bar of Texas's Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course on June 9, 2021.

A description of common minority owner protection provisions to consider in condominium declarations are set forth below.

Healthcare data breaches occur on a daily basis in the US. Most healthcare providers expect it is a matter of "when" not "if" they will be impacted.

In Novedea Sys. v. Colaberry, Inc., co-founders of a business discussed terms of a buy-out, but ended up in litigation. No. 6:20-cv-00180-JDK, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 152372 (E. D. Tex. August 13, 2021).

Reuters reported today that the SEC is investigating last year's hack of SolarWinds, focusing on whether SEC registrants failed to disclose that they had been impacted by the cyber breach.

On June 14, Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Texas' name, image, and likeness (NIL) bill, which had previously been approved by both the Texas Senate and the House of Representatives.

Today the SEC [1] and the DOJ [2] announced civil and criminal charges involving an alleged brazen $8 million insider-trading scheme.

The court discussed that Estates Code section 360.253(a) allows a surviving spouse to seek a partition, but holds that it does not make that right an exclusive one to the surviving spouse.

David F. Johnson presented his paper "Is There a Trustee Get Out of Jail Free Card? The Use of Exculpatory Clauses in Trust Documents in Texas" to the Dallas Bar Association Probate, Trusts, and Estates Section on October 26, 2021.

In Lawrence v. Bailey, a son killed his parents with a sledge hammer. No. 01-19-00799-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 4716 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 15, 2021, no pet. history).

The allowance of student‑athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness ("NIL") has shaken the landscape of college sports.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged two individuals— Florida residents, Suyun Gu, and his friend, Yong Lee—for their involvement in allegedly fraudulent wash sales involving out-of-the-money options in "meme stocks.

In TSA-Tex. Surgical Assocs., L.L.P. v. Vargas, one partner sued his other partners for various claims regarding the defendants attempt to squeeze the plaintiff out of the partnership.

The First Amended Complaint sets forth bare assertions, and nothing more, that a fiduciary relationship existed between HISD and Gallagher.

In a typical condominium regime, the maintenance of each unit is performed by the unit owner, and the maintenance of certain shared components or facilities (i.e., common elements) is performed by the condominium association.