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Updates and Opportunities in Civil Litigation
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Updates and Opportunities in Civil Litigation
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Session 1: Texas Civil Procedure Update - Examine recent judicial decisions affecting Texas litigation practice, including proposed modifications to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Review highlights from the accompanying comprehensive review of recent case law—designed to be a handy reference tool for practitioners.
Session 2: Texas Legislative Update - Get an update on what happened in the 85th Legislative Session, including bills that passed and those that didn’t, and how that may impact your practice.
Session 3: From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary - Explore the use of off-the-job social media statements by decision-makers to demonstrate unlawful animus. Hear an in-depth examination of the legal standards for direct evidence and the stray remark doctrine along with potential strategies for rehabilitating compromised decision-makers.
Session 4: Texas Anti-SLAPP Law and Early Dismissals Updated - Hear the latest updates on the statute that is changing Texas defamation law and turning motion practice into a contest of artful pleading and legal bullying.
Session 5: Business Torts and Damages - Get beyond tortious interference and consider the range of claims available to a business litigant—along with the range of remedies—by examining the latest court opinions covering the role and scope of tort claims in commercial litigation.
Session 6: Recent Condemnation Issues - Compensation in power line and pipeline cases-new thoughts on an old subject, and U.S./Mexico border wall, the past, the present and what may come.
Session 2: Texas Legislative Update - Get an update on what happened in the 85th Legislative Session, including bills that passed and those that didn’t, and how that may impact your practice.
Session 3: From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary - Explore the use of off-the-job social media statements by decision-makers to demonstrate unlawful animus. Hear an in-depth examination of the legal standards for direct evidence and the stray remark doctrine along with potential strategies for rehabilitating compromised decision-makers.
Session 4: Texas Anti-SLAPP Law and Early Dismissals Updated - Hear the latest updates on the statute that is changing Texas defamation law and turning motion practice into a contest of artful pleading and legal bullying.
Session 5: Business Torts and Damages - Get beyond tortious interference and consider the range of claims available to a business litigant—along with the range of remedies—by examining the latest court opinions covering the role and scope of tort claims in commercial litigation.
Session 6: Recent Condemnation Issues - Compensation in power line and pipeline cases-new thoughts on an old subject, and U.S./Mexico border wall, the past, the present and what may come.
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Texas Civil Procedure Update (Dec 2017)
Courtney Taylor Carlson, Elaine Grafton Carlson
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Texas Civil Procedure Update (Dec 2017)
Examine recent judicial decisions affecting Texas litigation practice, including proposed modifications to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Review highlights from the accompanying comprehensive review of recent case law—designed to be a handy reference tool for practitioners.
Originally presented: Nov 2017 Civil Litigation Conference
Courtney Taylor Carlson,
Jackson Walker LLP - Houston, TX
Elaine Grafton Carlson,
South Texas College of Law Houston - Houston, TX
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Texas Legislative Update (Dec 2017)
David E. Chamberlain, Jay Harvey
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Texas Legislative Update (Dec 2017)
Get an update on what happened in the 85th Legislative Session, including bills that passed and those that didn’t, and how that may impact your practice.
Originally presented: Nov 2017 Civil Litigation Conference
David E. Chamberlain,
Chamberlain & McHaney - Austin, TX
Jay Harvey,
Winckler & Harvey LLP - Austin, TX
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From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary (Dec 2017)
Jason Boulette
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Session 3
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From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary (Dec 2017)
Explore the use of off-the-job social media statements by decision-makers to demonstrate unlawful animus. Hear an in-depth examination of the legal standards for direct evidence and the stray remark doctrine along with potential strategies for rehabilitating compromised decision-makers.
Originally presented: Nov 2017 Civil Litigation Conference
Jason Boulette,
Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX
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Texas Anti-SLAPP Law and Early Dismissals Updated (Dec 2017)
Mark C. Walker
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Texas Anti-SLAPP Law and Early Dismissals Updated (Dec 2017)
Hear the latest updates on the statute that is changing Texas defamation law and turning motion practice into a contest of artful pleading and legal bullying.
Originally presented: Nov 2017 Civil Litigation Conference
Mark C. Walker,
Dickinson Wright PLLC - El Paso, TX
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Business Torts and Damages (Dec 2017)
Karen C. Burgess
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Session 5
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Business Torts and Damages (Dec 2017)
Get beyond tortious interference and consider the range of claims available to a business litigant—along with the range of remedies—by examining the latest court opinions covering the role and scope of tort claims in commercial litigation.
Originally presented: Nov 2017 Civil Litigation Conference
Karen C. Burgess,
Richardson + Burgess LLP - Austin, TX
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Recent Condemnation Issues (Dec 2017)
Nicholas P. Laurent, Christopher J. Oddo
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Session 6
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Recent Condemnation Issues (Dec 2017)
Compensation in power line and pipeline cases-new thoughts on an old subject, and U.S./Mexico border wall, the past, the present and what may come.
Originally presented: Nov 2017 Civil Litigation Conference
Nicholas P. Laurent,
Barron Adler Clough & Oddo, LLP - Austin, TX
Christopher J. Oddo,
Barron Adler Clough & Oddo, LLP - Austin, TX