Like many other Ponzi schemes, R. Allen Stanford’s operated by selling Certificates of Deposit and paying an initial group of victims a high return using subsequent investors’ money, all the while taking large portions of the investment funds […]
In Martin v. Federal National Mortgage Association, No. 15-41104 (5th Cir. Feb. 22, 2016), the Fifth Circuit issued its fourth opinion in recent months rejecting a borrower's assertion that a mortgage servicer waived acceleration of a loan by engaging […]
Jeff Heck ("Heck") sued CitiMortgage, Inc. ("CitiMortgage") over CitiMortgage's failure to allow his purchase of real property at a non-judicial foreclosure sale after Heck successfully bid on the foreclosure property, was given 20 minutes to obtain […]
Andrea Johnson "AJ" will be a featured speaker at the University of Houston's 19th Annual "Table Talk" event on Thursday, March 24th at the Hilton Americas. Table Talk is a fascinating combination of conversations over lunch, led by dynamic women of […]
Robert LeMay and Jaime DeWees, attorneys at Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC, recently prevailed in a contentious jury trial involving an ownership dispute between the administrator of the estate and the former tenant living in the house. After less […]
On March 2, 2016, Aubrey McClendon, the former head of Chesapeake Energy, was indicted on federal antitrust charges. One day later this pioneer and leader in the shale revolution tragically died in a car accident in Oklahoma. Although the criminal […]
Each year, Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication, rates outstanding young lawyers from more than 70 practice areas for inclusion on the Rising Stars list. The attorneys selected are considered to have attained a high degree of peer recognition […]
By now, it is no secret that the energy industry has been ravaged. Every street corner with a gas station displays a reminder of sagging oil prices. And if $30 per barrel oil was not bad enough, energy companies have another woe to add to the list— […]
On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that production payments, like overriding royalty payments, cannot survive the termination of their respective oil and gas leases. In doing so, the Supreme Court stamped out a potentially “backwards” line […]
In 2013, in the Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Glenn and JoLynn Bragg decision, the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals, for the first time in Texas history, ruled that the regulation of groundwater violated a property owner's rights under the Texas Constitution […]
Physicians struggle to make money in the current health care environment. Taking care of patients just does not pay the bills like it used to anymore—and provides a lousy business model. Employed physicians make a salary with limited bonus opportunities […]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is the newest entity in a long line of governmental and corporate interests to voice concern over cybersecurity measures taken by banks and other financial institutions. The FDIC recently published its […]