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Publications

05/2012Business Litigation Alert - "How Effective Are Your Business Detectives?"
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"
01/13/12“Perfecting Lien Rights on Private Projects,” Texas Mechanic’s Lien and Bond Claim Law: Lorman Seminar
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"
12/16/11“Disposable Personal Goodwill, Frosty the Snowman, and Martin Ice Cream All Melt Away in the Bright Sunlight of Analysis,” Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 91, 2012, U of Houston Law Center No. 2011-A-10
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"
05/31/11"Deconstructing Adversarial Contracting: Towards Success-Focused Contracting," Submitted to The Journal of EPC Contracting
05/27/11Client Alert: "Updated Guidance on Section 1603 Cash Grant Program"
04/2011C-Note: "One Step Beyond"
04/2011"Best Practices on Bonds and Liens"
03/10/11"Construction Lien Law," Lorman Seminar
03/2011Client Alert: "Managing Employee Responses to Investigations"
03/2011"Is it TIme to Disclaim the 'Disclaimer Rule'?"
02/09/11"Personal Goodwill: Seller Beware"
09/01/10"Understanding CERCLA," ILTA, Storage Terminals Magazine