No one wants to suffer the embarrassment and inconvenience of their bank rejecting a debit card transaction due to insufficient funds. To alleviate embarrassment, banks often provide customers with courtesy overdraft protection. Through that protection […]
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a recent decision that clarifies the "principal place of business" rules relating to diversity jurisdiction, and which should help corporations avoid long jurisdictional disputes after removal to federal court.& […]
The issue of subrogation rights between insurance carriers in instances where an insured has multiple insurance policies has long been an issue in Texas. In 2007, the Texas Supreme Court addressed this issue, but the decision left many related […]
Invariably, when an insured tenders a third-party claim, the first two questions asked by the insurance company are: (1) does it have a duty to defend this claim under the terms of the applicable policy; and (2) does it have a duty to indemnify its insured […]
On May 4, 2009, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the consolidated cases of Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. U.S. and Shell Oil Company v. U.S., 129 S.Ct. 1870 (2009), on the matters of arranger liability and joint […]
John Kane is also a 2009 graduate of Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He practices in the Litigation section predominately on commercial litigation, as well as in the Bankruptcy section focusing on corporate reorganization on behalf […]
KRCL congratulates Amy Dunn Taylor, Darrell Greer, Courtney Palm, Chris Pappas, Kevin Riley and Andrew Sarne on being named by their peers as "Houston's Top Lawyers for the People" featured in the June issue of H Texas Magazine. The annual listing […]
Ronald G. Bankston, Kenneth W. Biermacher, Joseph M. Coleman, Joseph A. Friedman, Kenneth C. Johnston, Christopher C. Pappas, Raymond J. Kane, Arthur V. Lambert, Michael A. Logan, Kevin P. Riley, Gordon B. Russell and Amy Dunn Taylor were each named […]
On August 27, 2009, E-Discovery Project Manager Jo'anna T. Snowden spoke to the Dallas Chapter of Women in eDiscovery on Pitfalls of Production.
On August 13, 2009, E-Discovery Project Manager Jo'anna T. Snowden presented a webinar for IPE entitled, E-Discovery and the Zubulake Duty for Paralegals.
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized Kane Russell Coleman & Logan PC in its annual law firm rankings. The Firm was designated by clients and legal peers as being among the top litigation practices and lawyers in the […]
Restaurant servers across the country often share gratuities with one another and with other service workers in their restaurant. Some restaurants have specific policies requiring servers to "tip out" colleagues. Others leave it up to servers to decide […]