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Publications

06/03/13Business Litigation Alert: "Hurricane Season is Here – Is Your Business Ready?"
06/03/13"The 2012 Election's Effect on the Energy Industry and Energy Litigation," American Bar Association, Section of Litigation E-Newsletter
05/21/13Business Litigation Alert: "Texas Adopts the Uniform Trade Secrets Act"
05/08/13Environmental Alert: "Deadline to Renew Authorization for TCEQ Stormwater Construction General Permit is June 3, 2013"
05/01/13Business Litigation Alert: "Employers Beware - Understanding the Issues of Unpaid Interns"
04/22/13Environmental Alert: "EPA Proposes Changes to Oil & Gas Production Tank Emission Requirements"
04/01/13Business Litigation Alert: "How to Make it Work When Employees Work from Home"
03/27/13Environmental Alert: "Texas Railroad Commission Adopts New Water Recycling Rules"
03/11/13Construction Alert: "What to Do Before Repairing Building Defects"
03/05/13Environmental Alert: "SEC Refuses to Support Exclusion of a Shareholder Proposal Relating to Climate Change"
03/01/13Business Litigation Alert: "Cybersecurity - Is There Insurance for That?"
02/11/13Environmental Alert: "Texas Supreme Court to Consider Who Can Oppose Proposed TCEQ Permits"
02/01/13Business Litigation Alert: "Opting to 'Bring Your Own Device'"
Winter II 2013"How Do The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provisions Change Internal Investigation Protocols?" Corporate Counsel Section Newsletter
01/23/13“Perfecting Lien Rights on Private Projects,” Texas Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim Law: Lorman Seminar
01/10/13Environmental Alert: "Lack of GHG Permitting by TCEQ may be Hurting Texas Business"
01/09/13Environmental Alert: "U.S. Supreme Court Reiterates that Transfers within a Stream Are Not Discharges"
01/03/13"Texas Supreme Court Enforces 'All Risks' Clause on Contractor in Pipeline Construction Dispute"
01/2013Business Litigation Alert: "Facebook Alert! - Social Media Sparks SEC Investigation"
01/2013"Certificate of Merit Dilemma for the Design Builder," Build Houston
12/18/12"How Fracking Benefits Air Quality," Law360
12/17/12"3 Hot Topics For Business Litigators To Watch In 2013," Law360
12/03/12Business Litigation Alert: "2013 Hot Topics - What to Watch in the New Year"
11/26/12Business Litigation Alert: "DOJ and SEC Jointly Issue New Guidance on The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
11/07/12Renewable Energy Update: "Significant Wins for Biofuels Industry"
11/01/12Business Litigation Alert: "IP Theft Goes Internal"
10/29/12Environmental Alert: "Environmental Groups Seek New EPA Rules for Oil & Gas Industry"
10/18/12Environmental Alert: "California Environmental Groups Seek to Halt Hydraulic Fracturing"
2012"CM, Fast-Track and GMP: Building Great Projects and Avoiding Conflict Through Understanding," Charles B. Thomsen, John R. Hawkins and Charles J. Thomsen
10/01/12Business Litigation Alert: "Is Your Customer Data Secure?"
09/26/12"D.C. Circuit Upholds EPS's Greenhouse Gas Regulations," WestLaw Journal
09/25/12"A New Age for Hydrocarbon Development: How Will Environmental Regulatory Agencies Respond?," TerraLex Connections
09/04/12Business Litigation Alert: "Sign on the Dotted Text?"
09/03/12"Process Facilities Pose Unique ESI Challenges," Texas Lawyer
08/29/12“Surface Access & Use Issues,"  25th Annual Energy Law Institute, South Texas College of Law
08/28/12LEAN Construction Alert: "Every Owner Needs to Experience the 'Parade of Trades' and 'Light Fixture' Simulations"
08/28/12Environmental Alert: "Air Emission Rules for Oil & Gas Published in Federal Register and Effective October 15, 2012"
08/22/12Environmental Alert: "D.C. Circuit Reverses EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule"
08/15/12Environmental Alert: "Fifth Circuit Upholds TCEQ's Flexible Permits Program"
08/09/12Construction Alert: "Fifth Circuit Withdraws Ewing Opinion"
08/2012Business Litigation Alert: "Cease and Desist, Please"
07/30/12LEAN Construction Alert: "Defining Constraint"
07/23/12Environmental Alert: "Environmental Groups Send EPA Notices of Intent to Sue Regarding Refinery Emissions"
07/18/12Environmental Alert: "D.C. Circuit Upholds EPA's New Nitrogen Dioxide Standard"
07/17/12Environmental Alert: "Court Refuses to Consider 'Big Picture' Arguments and Upholds EPA’s GHG Regulations"
07/05/12Environmental Alert: "Chesapeake Settles Pennsylvania Water Contamination Case"
07/02/12Business Litigation Alert - "The Risks and Opportunities of E-Discovery"
Summer 2012"Eliminate the Blame Game: Relational Contracts Re-Focus Objective Back on the Project," The Voice
07/01/12"New Rules in the Air," Oil and Gas Investor
06/26/12Environmental Alert: "U.S. Supreme Court Increases Jury Role in Determining the Basis for Fines in Criminal Cases"
06/26/12Environmental Alert: "D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Dismisses Petitions for Review of EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rules"
06/22/12Construction Alert: "Fifth Circuit Ruling on Commercial General Liability Policies Could Have a Significant Impact on the Texas Construction Industry"
06/18/12Environmental Alert: "5th Circuit Upholds EPA Disapproval of TCEQ's QFP"
06/11/12"Project Delivery Systems Require Analysis and Impact Litigation Strategy," Engineering News-Record
06/2012Business Litigation Alert: "Confidential Postings: What to do when your company information goes public"
06/2012"The Anti-Indemnity Bill; Unintended Consequences," CornerStone
05/22/12"Environmental Enforcement: Remember the ‘Citizen’ Groups When Resolving Compliance Issues," Westlaw Journal
05/2012Business Litigation Alert - "How Effective Are Your Business Detectives?"
05/2012"Environmental Regulation in 2012 and Beyond: Now Is the Time to Prepare," Energy Law Advisor
04/26/12"You've Got a Friend, or Do You?  How do the Delivery Systems and Party Postures Impact Litigation Strategy and Procedures in Multi-Party Construction Claims?"  American Bar Association: Forum on the Construction Industry
04/25/12News Update: "BP Engineer Arrested Relating to Deepwater Horizon - Not for Pollution, but for Deleting Text Messages"
04/19/12Environmental Alert: "EPA Delays "Green Completion" Requirements for Gas Wells until 2015"
04/19/12"Tough Times And Tax Bombs: Coping With COD Income," Law360
04/03/12Environmental Alert: "EPA's Oil & Gas Emissions Rules Now Due April 17, 2012"
04/02/12Environmental Alert: "Court Rules EPA was Wrong in Disapproving Texas SIP"
04/2012Business Litigation Alert - "The JOBS Act Passes Congress: Changes Coming Soon to a Business Near You"
04/2012"Summary of Legislation Affecting the Texas Construction Industry," Houston Bar Association Real Estate Section
04/2012"Is it Time to Disclaim the Trademark 'Disclaimer Rule'?," State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section, Spring 2012 - 8
03/27/12Environmental Alert: "API Report: EPA Regulations and Shortage of 'Green Completion' Equipment May Hinder Gas Production"
03/22/12Environmental Alert: "US Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Challenges to Clean Water Act Administrative Orders"
03/13/12Business Litigation Alert: "Victory for Texas Landowners: Supreme Court of Texas Rules that Land Ownership Includes an Interest in Groundwater"
03/2012Business Litigation Alert: "Crossing State Lines: When Your Business Enters New Territory"
02/27/12Environmental Alert: "Texas Supreme Court Issues Landmark Groundwater Opinion"
02/2012Business Litigation Alert: "Survey Says: Americans Likely to Blow the Whistle"
01/25/12Environmental Alert: "EPA Clarifies Position on Pavillion, WY Groundwater Dispute"
01/11/12Construction e-Alert: "Fifth Circuit Holds that Contractor is Entitled to Additional Insured Coverage even though Indemnity Agreement is Unenforceable"
01/09/12Environmental Alert: "Court Temporarily Halts Cross-State Air Pollution Rule"
01/2012Business Litigation Alert: "Cease and Desist, Please"
2012“Disposable Personal Goodwill, Frosty the Snowman, and Martin Ice Cream All Melt Away in the Bright Sunlight of Analysis,” Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 91, No. 1, p. 170
12/15/11Environmental Alert: "Texas Railroad Commission Adopts Rules on Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals"
12/09/11Environmental Alert: "EPA Draft Report: Wyoming Groundwater Likely Contains Chemicals from Fracking"
12/2011Business Litigation Alert: "The Year of the Enforcer"
11/17/11Construction Client Alert: "Unknown Conditions - Can Parties Contractually Assign Liability Without Limits?"
11/16/11Environmental Alert: "University of Texas Energy Institute Releases Preliminary Finding: No Link Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater Contamination"
11/2011Business Litigation Alert: "'Discovering'" Social Media"
10/20/11Environmental Alert: "EPA Announces Schedule to Develop Natural Gas Wastewater Standards"
10/04/11Environmental Alert: "EPA Concludes Hearings Regarding New Rules for the Oil and Gas Industry"
10/2011Business Litigation Alert: "Social Media Ghost Stories"
09/30/11Environmental Alert: "EPA's OIG Determines that EPA Met Statutory Requirements, but not OMB Requirements, in Issuing GHG Endangerment Finding"
09/2011C-Note:  "What Have You Done? - The Importance of Clearly Defining Your Services"
09/22/11"Top 10 Mistakes Litigators Make in Construction Arbitrations," University of Texas Construction Law Conference
09/20/2011"How Will Recent Changes in Texas Construction Law Affect Your Company?"
09/2011Business Litigation Alert: "Win, Lose, or Pay"
09/2011"EPA to Hold Hearings Regarding Proposed Air Quality Rules For The Oil And Natural Gas Industry," Oil & Gas Monitor
08/31/11Environmental Alert: "Texas Supreme Court Rules that Holding an Injection Well Permit Does Not Protect the Holder from Trespass Claims"
08/18/11“Summary of Legislation Affecting the Texas Construction Industry Passed by the 82nd Texas Legislature,” Texas Legislative Wrap Up Seminar, The Houston Contractors Association Education Committee
08/12/11Environmental Alert: "Department of Energy Releases Initial Report on Environmental Impact of Shale Gas Production"
08/2011Business Litigation Alert: "It's 8 AM, Do You Know Where Your Employees Are?"
08/01/11Construction Client Alert: "Texas Legislature Passes Bill that Could Void Certain Contractual Indemnity Agreements in Pipeline Construction Contracts"
07/2011Business Litigation Alert: "Can You Hear the Whistle Blowing?"
06/29/11Environmental Alert: "Texas Files Briefs Challenging EPA’s GHG Program"