If data is compromised, what are your liabilities? What is the appropriate course of action? What is your protocol for notifying your customers and other end-parties?

Ted Steinke, a Dallas solo who represents the alleged victim in the case, says the allegations in Cortez’s motion are “laughable.”

University of Texas System regent Wallace Hall Jr. wanted a forensic analysis of the UT Law School Foundation’s computers, and he wanted to fire Vinson & Elkins as outside counsel for UT Austin, according to a report by the Austin American-Statesman.

The intersection of the movie-making and the legal professions serves as the conceptual location of “The Bequest,” Mike Farris’ new novel, published Dec. 3 by Stairway Press. No surprise, since Farris is an entertainment lawyer and of counsel to Vincent Lopez Serafino Jeneve in Dallas, and a screenwriter.

Texas Lawyer invited firm chairs, presidents, managing partners of Texas firms and the partners-in-charge of Texas offices of out-of-state firms to share their thoughts on management strategies during 2013 and expectations for the Texas legal market in 2014.