Family Law Issues Through the Eyes of Tarrant County Judges

This is Part 2 of a roundtable discussion in Fort Worth, “Domestic Relations: How to Make Your Case in Family Court.”

McKool Oral Argument Helps Versata Keep $345 Million Verdict

Thanks to the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Versata’s verdict against SAP will go down as one of the largest ever to survive a Federal Circuit challenge.

Complaints Lodged in State Bar Race for President-Elect

Rockport solo Steve Fischer and League City solo Trey Apffel will face off in a runoff for State Bar of Texas’ president-elect. Runoff campaigning ends May 8, with voting beginning the next day. The initial president-elect campaign involved a number of complaints, revealed in 764 pages of records that the State Bar of Texas released … Read More »

Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Clause in Trust Case

Enforceable arbitration clauses are usually the result of a contract between parties. But does that work in probate law, where beneficiaries rarely sign contracts, and the most important party is always dead?

Judging Would-Be Judges

David Prichard, head of the bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, which screens nominees for federal judicial and U.S. attorney vacancies in Texas, discusses how politics affects the committee recommendations, what law practice areas his colleagues could view negatively and whether anyone ever will fill a long-vacant bench in San Antonio.