News, Insights & Events
Many of the attorneys in the Law Firm Alliance author articles and thought leadership pieces on important topics and trends covering a wide variety of practices.
While these articles are correct on matters of law when they are produced, verdicts, rulings, legislation and other actions may affect the applicability of some of the information. Please consult your legal advisor before making decisions on the information you read here.
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Weathering the Weather: Severe Weather Events and the Housing Market
April 3, 2019
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Decoding the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA) as It Pertains to Bankruptcy
March 28, 2019
Paul Hammer - KRCL - A gasoline retailer defaults on its obligations under an ongoing Franchise Agreement that it has with a brand name in the oil & gas industry. What steps are available to the franchisor to protect its economic interests in that particular station or station(s)?
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GDPR Basics for Mortgage Professionals
March 27, 2019
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New York's Highest Court Upholds "13 Hour Rule" for Home Health Aides Working 24-Hour Shifts
Labor and Employment Law
Michael D. Billok and Mary E. Aldridge, Bond, Schoeneck & King
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Virginia Caps Supplier Liability in Major IT Procurement Contracts
March 27, 2019
Bobby N. Turnage, Jr. ,
Sands Anderson PC
Sands Anderson Cybersecurity & Technology Team Leader Bobby Turnage writes on a new Virginia law that will affect major information technology supplier procurement contracts.
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Avoiding Commercial Lender Liability Claims by Distressed Borrowers | FFS Insights
March 26, 2019
Part One: A Strong Pre-Negotiation Letter
Jeffrey S. Goodfried
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The Troubling Intersection of Royalty Disputes and Consumer Protection Laws
March 26, 2019
Thomas G. Ciarlone, Jr. - KRCL - In the normal course, when landowners believe they have been underpaid royalties under an oil-and-gas lease, they sue individually. Most of the time the core claim is for breach of contract (notwithstanding that royalty-underpayment petitions are often littered with tertiary, throw-away causes of action that no one takes very seriously). As I have written in the past, however, decisions like this one from November out of the Fifth Circuit are making it easier for private litigants to ratchet up the pressure on operators by styling their complaints as putative class actions.
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Acceleration Notices Can Be Unilaterally Withdrawn Despite Borrower’s Claim of Detrimental Reliance
March 24, 2019
Michael Logan - KRCL - Every lender that has accelerated a note in order to pursue foreclosure has likely faced the argument from a borrower at one time or another that foreclosure proceedings were filed too late because of a prior acceleration that started the statute of limitations.
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2019 Beard Winter LLP Canada Federal Budget Highlights
March 20, 2019
Brandon D. Tigchelaar, Business and Finance Lawyer and Andrea Tratnik, Estate Planning Lawyer, Beard Winter LLP
The Canadian Liberal Government tabled its 2019 Budget on March 19, 2019. Beard Winter LLP provides highlights for businesses and individuals.
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Supreme Court of Texas Affirms Supremacy of Attorney-Client Privilege in Expert Discovery
March 20, 2019
Drew Robertson - KRCL - In federal court, the current discovery rules expressly allow for the withholding of expert materials “otherwise discoverable” on the basis of privilege. In Texas state courts, the answer was less clear until last month’s decision in the case of In re City of Dickinson.
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Law Firms Conducting Foreclosures Are Not Debt Collectors
March 19, 2019
Michael Logan - KRCL - In a win for foreclosure lawyers, today the United States Supreme Court ruled that law firms that conduct non-judicial foreclosures are generally not considered debt collectors for purposes of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
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