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Commentary authored by Dan Cogdell of Houston law firm Cogdell & Ardoin and published by the Houston Chronicle
Focus on executives in spill investigation |
| August 21, 2010 |
| HOUSTON CHRONICLE by Dan Cogdell
The federal government is taking dead aim at environmental crimes in the BP oil spill, and the legal artillery may be even more formidable than what we saw in the Enron fraud trial. Corporate officers and companies that the government thinks are responsible for the BP disaster soon will be getting calls from prosecutors who |
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Hankinson Levinger Civil Appellate Lawyer Jeff Levinger quoted in Dallas Business Journal article
Doc-owned hospitals |
| August 6, 2010 |
| Dallas Business Journal:
The new health insurance reform law’s restrictions on physician-owned hospitals will be a game-changer, especially in North Texas, where the ownership structure has proved popular, health care officials say.
Hospital systems and doctors are adjusting their strategies to reflect the new legislation that prohibits Medicare and |
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Thompson & Knight Attorney James "Jim" Harris quoted in The Texas Tribune article
Denied Wetlands Permit Raises Property Rights Issues |
| August 4, 2010 |
| The Texas Tribune:
One steamy day in late July, the dirt roads at Hearts Bluff are too rain-soaked to drive on. So the ranch's caretaker, a leather-skinned East Texan named Ronnie Carroll, hops on a four-wheeler to give a tour of the property.
He warns that there won’t be much to see. He’s right. Around the ranch, overgrown vegetation, which the |
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Munck Carter Intellectual Property Attorney Dan Venglarik quoted in eCommercetimes.com article
eBay Accused of Stealing Trade Secrets in $3.8B Patent Suit |
| July 14, 2010 |
| eCommerceTimes.com:
eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) has been slammed with a lawsuit alleging that the e-commerce giant infringes on six patents with its PayPal, Bill Me Later, Shopping.com and StubHub services.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware by XPRT Ventures, veers from the typical pattern of patent disputes. For starters, XPRT has already |
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Digital Forensics Attorney Matt Yarbrough of the Yarbrough Law Group quoted in Fort Worth Star-Telegram article
Data on 79,000 current and former workers stolen at American Airlines |
| July 3, 2010 |
| Star-Telegram:
FORT WORTH -- A computer hard drive stolen from the headquarters of Fort Worth-based AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, contained personal data on about 79,000 former and current employees, the company said Friday.
The data, which had been kept by AMR's pension department, is from 1960 through 1995 and consists of microfilm |
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Attorney Robert Schachter of Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling quoted in Bloomberg News article
BP-to-Goldman Boards Become Hot Seats for College Presidents |
| July 1, 2010 |
| Bloomberg News:
As much as higher education and corporate America would like to be engaged, college presidents are struggling to reconcile the demands and values of academia with shareholder skepticism about their boardroom commitments.
Marathon Oil Corp. investors cast 67.5 million votes against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann |
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Injury Attorney Frank Branson featured in Dallas Bar Association's HeadNotes
Frank Branson Named Trial Lawyer of the Year Recognized at Bench Bar |
| July 1, 2010 |
| Headnotes:
It is a special honor to report that my friend, mentor and former employer, Frank Branson, is this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. The Dallas Bar Association will present the award at the Bench Bar Conference at the Horseshoe Bay Marriott on October 14. A fixture in Dallas legal circles since he earned his |
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Attorney Robert Schachter of Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling interviewed on BBC Radio
BP Shareholders File Suit Over Gulf Oil Spill |
| June 18, 2010 |
| People who invested in BP have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company based on claims BP mislead them prior to this year's spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
BBC Radio interview with Attorney Robert "Bob" Schachter
Attorney Robert Schachter of Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling represents the investors, here in the United States and around the world, |
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