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Trade Secret and Non-Competition Lawsuits in the Energy Industry

Trade secret and noncompetition lawsuits are common in the energy industry because non-public technology and the need to protect it can be important to an energy company’s success.  One example of such a lawsuit is C&J Energy Services, Ltd. v […]

Cyber Security Concerns Attempt to Pump Safety Into Medical Devices

Johnson & Johnson has produced a Wi-Fi enabled One Touch Ping insulin pump system that allows users to send commands to the pump.  This pump has been on the market for eight years, and as a result the system in the pump is not encrypted.  This […]

Implementation of DOL’s New Overtime Regulations May Be Delayed

The new overtime regulations announced in May, which among other things raised the salary for the white collar exemptions from $23,660 to $47,476, were set to go in effect on December 1, 2016. But on Wednesday, the Republican-controlled U.S. House of […]

“HACKED! What you need to know about the Yahoo data breach”

On Thursday, September 22, 2016, Yahoo publicized a 2014 data breach “associated with at least 500 million user accounts.”[1]  This may be the largest data breach ever, in terms of those affected.[2]  Experts believe it could have a ripple effect […]

The Supreme Court Speaks on the Scope of Chapter 95 Property Owner Protection

In June 2016, the Texas Supreme Court issued two opinions interpreting the applicability of Chapter 95 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. While members of the Plaintiff's bar may be celebrating one of the Court's rulings, property owners […]

OSHA Regulations: Admissible Evidence?

Noncompliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations may not singularly establish a negligence per se claim, but such evidence may be relevant to proximate cause in a simple negligence action. In 2015, the Corpus Christi […]

Michael A. Logan