In a landscape where the average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high of $4.88 million in 2024 — a 10% increase over the previous year — data protection assessments (DPAs) serve as a preemptive tool to identify…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In today’s landscape of evolving cyber threats, assuming your business is safe is no longer an option – it’s time to take proactive steps to defend against cyberattacks. In the arms race between cyberattacks and organizations…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
During the 89th Texas Legislative Session, lawmakers individually passed resolutions proposing 17 separate constitutional amendments, each of which received the support of at least two-thirds of both chambers. These propositions…
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/ Constitutional Law, Elections & Politics, Taxation
In Byrne Oil Co. v. Walraven, a court of appeals held that a surface owner/lessor cannot bury his lessee’s pipelines and recover costs when adequate time exists to pursue judicial remedies, even after years of operator delay…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities
Lula Eades once owned minerals in Loving County, Texas. In 2000, in a single lawsuit the Wink-Loving ISD and Loving County foreclosed on the mineral and royalty interests of more than 80 owners, including Lula. In Ridgefield…
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/ Civil Procedure, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Texas design professionals, such as architects, engineers and surveyors, now have stronger legal tools to secure payment for their work, thanks to recent amendments to Chapter 53 of the Texas Property Code. Effective for prime…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Real Estate - Commercial
In the fast-paced and critical healthcare services field, patients expect robust adherence to security safeguards for their personal data and electronic protected health information (ePHI). Especially since patient data is…
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/ Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Once again, a Texas court has barred a lawsuit because the plaintiff waited too long to file. And once again, perhaps, the suit was a Hail Mary after alternatives failed.
In Hobson v. Commissioners Court of Palo Pinto…
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/ Administrative Law, Real Estate - Residential, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
Ambiguity is handy for office-seekers intending to walk back “promises” they later say they really didn’t make. It doesn’t work so well for the stability of land titles. In Thagard Mineral Partnership, LP v. Cass v. RIM, LLP, a…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
As cyber threats continue to evolve and increase, insurers are responding by imposing stricter requirements on policyholders to obtain and maintain coverage. This shifts how businesses should implement, manage, and oversee IT…
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/ Insurance, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
You would think that a Master Service Contract concerning boats and oilfield operations in the Gulf of Mexico would be governed by federal maritime law. In some situations you would be mistaken, says Offshore Oil Services, Inc…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Conflict of Laws, Energy & Utilities, Maritime Law
A concerning trend has emerged among businesses in the state of Texas following the passage of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) on July 1, 2024. Companies appear to be courting disaster by overlooking – or…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Subordination agreements can be used to impact the priority of all lien holders, whether a bank or a contractor, on a project. In a recent decision, the Fourteenth Court of Appeals found a subordination agreement valid to…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Construction Law, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Commercial
Some things aren’t. In keeping with its familiar journalistic standards, the New York Times presents fact-free opinion in a place (page 1, top of the fold) usually reserved for news, this time in its July 26-27 International…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, International Law & Trade
Defendants – five oil and gas operators – challenged a venue selection clause requiring that suits be filed in Nueces County for disputes over La Salle County acreage. In In re INEOS USA Oil & Gas LLC, a Texas Court of Appeals…
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/ Civil Procedure, Energy & Utilities, Real Estate - Commercial
