tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27251812584351417592024-08-31T03:18:59.609-05:00Curt M. Langley's Legal BLAWGCommercial Litigation and Trial Attorney.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-9403457688713713682013-09-13T10:57:00.000-05:002013-09-13T10:57:00.199-05:00Fifth Circuit Revives Negligence Claims for Purely Economic Losses in Connection with Heartland Payment Systems Cyber-Attack Litigation
On September 3, 2013, in Lone Star Nat'l Bank N.A. v. Heartland Payment Sys., Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that "the economic loss doctrine under New Jersey law does not preclude the Issuer Banks' negligence claim against Heartland at the motion to dismiss stage," potentially opening the door to countless future classes of plaintiffs seeking tort remedies arising Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-24835871376145156192013-05-23T11:14:00.002-05:002013-05-23T11:14:25.539-05:00Third Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment In Favor of Video Game Maker In Important Right of Publicity Case
In a much-anticipated opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday reversed a New Jersey lower court decision granting summary judgment in favor of video game giant Electronic Arts against putative class representative and former Rutgers star quarterback Ryan Hart on his claim that EA misappropriated his identity and that of thousands of other collegiate players in its popularAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-37828765851894665802013-02-08T11:08:00.002-06:002013-02-08T11:08:42.420-06:00Enterprise Data Security for the Securities Lawyer
A new article by JW attorneys Stephanie Chandler and Steve Jacobs and presented at The University of Texas School of Law 2013 Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law ConferenceTo view the presentation, please click the link below.
http://images.jw.com/com/publications/1821.pdf
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-28920003489451253252013-01-02T15:42:00.001-06:002013-01-02T15:42:25.484-06:00Smither Family Kitchen in the Houston ChronicleGourmet Gypsies find recipe for success (Houston Chronicle newspaper).
There is a nice article in today's Houston Chronicle newspaper about Smither Family Kitchen, Ashley Langley, and some of her friends.
http://www.chron.com/default/article/Gourmet-Gypsies-find-recipe-for-success-4158338.php#photo-3968053 www.Dillapeno.com www.SmitherFamilyKitchen.com Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-72080955478407012172012-10-03T13:30:00.000-05:002012-10-03T13:30:32.388-05:00Jackson Walker Wins Appellate Victory for Bankcard Processing International
On Aug. 30, 2012, Jackson Walker obtained a key victory for its client, Bankcard Processing International L.L.C., when the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas overturned a $1.5 million judgment against the company and other defendants.
After a failed attempt at a joint venture, the plaintiff, United Business Services L.P. (UBS) sued Bankcard Processing International (BPI) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-66110125950423760212012-09-20T15:52:00.000-05:002012-09-20T15:52:25.824-05:00"Swing For Smither Park" on Kickstarter.comIf you have been over to the Orange Show Monument within the past two years you might have noticed some pretty interesting things happening next door at Smither Park. Each Saturday, artists from across the city and state decend upon the park to create beautiful, three-dimentional handmade mosaics, spanning across a 400-foot wall. This is just the first step in what is destined to be an enormous Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-124433604685124632012-08-23T11:38:00.004-05:002012-08-23T11:38:38.585-05:00Smither Park - Houston’s First Visionary Art ParkIf you enjoy Discovery Green park, the Houston Art Car Parade, and other unique aspects of Houston; you are going to like Smither Park - Houston's First Visionary Arts Park.
Smither Park - Houston’s First Visionary Art Park
www.SmitherPark.org and "Friends of Smither Park" on Facebook.
Smither Park is coming to life on a half-acre of land adjacent to the Orange Show Monument on Munger StreetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-33349224821912465162012-07-29T16:51:00.001-05:002012-07-29T16:51:21.664-05:00Pat Langley, All About Art: Watching and protectingPat Langley, All About Art: Watching and protecting: When our large family gets together, we always have a lot of fun. It is a time for loving, sharing and catching up with the member...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-87133492694982553482012-06-06T17:03:00.000-05:002012-06-06T17:03:04.730-05:00JW e-Alert: Are Gift Cards Part of Your Business Plan?Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Public Input on New Regulations for Prepaid Cards.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-31187666859302338912012-05-21T13:10:00.003-05:002012-05-21T13:10:38.065-05:00ISDA Credit Protections: Tools to Mitigate Your Company's RisksISDA Credit Protections: Tools to Mitigate Your Company's Risks
Presented at the North American Power Credit Organization's May 2012 Conference on May 4, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas.
Click here to view PowerPoint Presentation PPointAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-35946358732890990692012-05-07T14:59:00.003-05:002012-05-07T14:59:32.935-05:00JW e-Alert: Labor Department Abandons Updated Child Labor Laws for the Agricultural IndustryWhen you think of summer jobs for youth in rural communities, several things may come to mind. You probably imagine a young woman rounding up cattle to send to auction. It is also likely that you imagine a young man baling hay, helping to sort cattle at a feedlot, or driving a tractor and planting crops. Many young men and women living in rural areas do not have the opportunity to work in fast Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-81105149618147014562012-05-01T09:02:00.001-05:002012-05-01T09:02:44.361-05:00JW e-Alert: Two Interesting Texas Defamation Cases.The same red-flag words may yield vastly different results in defamation litigation. Two recent Texas rulings serve as another reminder.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-82745919647514923702012-04-27T08:27:00.002-05:002012-04-27T08:27:39.474-05:00JW e-Alert: EEOC Updates Guidance on Use of Arrest and Conviction Records.On April 25, 2012, the EEOC issued its updated guidance on the use of arrest and conviction records in employment related decisions. The new guidance does not fundamentally change the EEOC's position, but it does provide more in depth analysis incorporating case law and statutory developments, sociological and criminal research and other information regarding the use of criminal records in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-82400082496548724582012-04-20T14:18:00.000-05:002012-04-20T14:18:01.965-05:00JW e-Alert: What You Need to Know About EPA's Newest Oil & Gas RulesOn April, 17 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rules regulating emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) generated during the production, storage, processing, and transmission of oil and natural gas. These rules contain the first federal limits on air emissions from oil and gas exploration and production operations and focus Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-69299645871258471812012-04-16T17:18:00.004-05:002012-04-16T17:18:59.660-05:00U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Issues Final Land-Based Wind Energy GuidelinesOn March 23, 2012, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("the Service") issued the Final Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines ("Guidelines"). The Guidelines are the culmination of a five-year process, during which the Service received input from developers, environmental groups, and individual citizens. The Guidelines, which are effective immediately, have received shows of support from both industry and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-86640501723034359122012-04-05T16:34:00.004-05:002012-04-05T16:34:49.037-05:00JOBS Act -- Will It Make Capital More Accessible for My Business?After being approved by Congress with wide bipartisan support, on April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act"). The JOBS Act is an amalgamation of various bills the combined impact of which is intended to provide entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses increased access to the capital markets while at the same time provide average Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-82529282660359072722012-04-05T14:10:00.000-05:002012-04-05T14:10:53.672-05:00Further Explanation of the President's Statements.
President Obama’s Statement: “Ultimately, I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” - President Obama (April 2, 2012).
White House Explanation of President Obama’s Statement: “He [Obama] did not mean and did not Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-66793065278526057962012-04-05T12:48:00.000-05:002012-04-05T16:23:58.414-05:00Obama Administration Admits The Court's Power To Review The Constitutionality of ObamaCare Law Is "Beyond Dispute"The Obama administration lawyers met their deadline and filed a three-page, single-spaced letter -- following the specific instructions of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hearing a challenge to the health care law. The letter affirmed the government's stance that federal courts indeed have the authority to decide the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act -- and any Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-39248120356275917622012-04-04T11:40:00.001-05:002012-04-04T15:17:58.072-05:00Obama's Remarks About The US Supreme Court Are Explained
On April 2, 2012, President Barack Obama openly attacked the nation's highest court and unilaterally declared that if the Justices find his "ObamaCare" laws to be unconstitutional, such a holding by the Court would be "unprecedented." See Article in Business Week. For the nation's highest court to overturn a law as unconstitutional would, of course, not be "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-21319349899276909142012-04-02T14:05:00.000-05:002012-04-02T14:05:03.476-05:00EPA Proposes Unprecedented Regulation of Nation's Power PlantsJW e-Alert: On March 27, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposal to regulate greenhouse gases emitted from newly constructed fossil-fueled (e.g. coal, natural gas) power plants. Known as the greenhouse gas New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for power plants, the rule proposal places limits on the amount of greenhouse gases that a new fossil-fueled power Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-45191710278442094732012-03-23T13:51:00.003-05:002012-03-23T13:51:56.409-05:00JW e-Alert by Leonard Dougal & Dudley McCallaJW e-Alert by Leonard Dougal & Dudley McCalla.
On March 21, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, a major victory for persons subjected to administrative "compliance orders" of the EPA, which the EPA had asserted allowed no right to judicial review. In a unanimous decision, the Court ruled that property owners who had Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-68086868289705375372012-03-08T13:59:00.002-06:002012-03-08T13:59:23.334-06:00JW Attorneys Published in "Essentials of Texas Water Resources"Jackson Walker attorneys Leonard Dougal, Cassandra Quinn and Jake Arechiga contributed three chapters to the second edition of Essentials of Texas Water Resources just published by the State Bar of Texas. The Essentials of Texas Water Resources is a comprehensive publication, bringing together in a single volume all aspects of Texas water law and resource management, including the law on surface Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-78662473882637583712012-03-06T14:11:00.002-06:002012-03-06T14:11:32.099-06:00Texas Supreme Court Revises Test to Establish Common Carrier Status in Condemnation CasesOn March 2, 2012, the Texas Supreme Court revised its opinion in the controversial case, Texas Rice Land Partners, Ltd. v. Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC. In its original decision, the Supreme Court held that merely filing the paperwork and offering to make the pipeline available for public use does not make the pipeline a "common carrier" with the power of eminent domain. Instead, the SupremeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-34254184352675953002012-03-02T13:59:00.000-06:002012-03-02T13:59:50.632-06:00Politics, Influence and The Right to Free SpeechRecent efforts to overturn Citizens United in an attempt to minimize corruption in politics are, at best, shortsighted.
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JW Media Law Newsletter
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725181258435141759.post-76178900977540802302012-03-02T11:57:00.004-06:002012-03-02T11:57:42.165-06:00DOJ and SEC Continue to Aggressively Enforce FCPA Despite Recent SetbacksDespite what many would consider a severe blow to their efforts earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") have demonstrated that they are unrelenting in their pursuit to aggressively enforce the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"). As a result, companies and their employees should be wary of doing business without a FCPA Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11216654353852680364noreply@blogger.com0