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Clients and potential clients sometimes ask me about possible conflicts of interest.  For purposes of a lawsuit, a conflict of interest occurs when someone has a financial conflict of interest.  That "someone" is usually the lawyer for one side or the other.  For example, if I own partial interest in a company but then represent…

 The Texas legislature sent a bill to the governor for his signature that would allow employees to take guns to work.  The bill allows workers to keep any guns they are legally allowed to possess in their vehicles at work.  The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt, R-Lexington, said many companies do not understand the sporting…

 Facebook has become such a part of the daily lives for many of us that we post without much thought.  Perhaps, that is why one Guadalupe County (near San Antonio) prosecutor violated a court order.  Assistant District Attorney Larry Bloomquist posted an update on a manslaughter trial he was prosecuting.  Mr. Bloomquist had posted an…

About a month ago, a lawyer in Washington DC represented a man charged with a felony. Apparently, the lawyer ran into some problems.  The judge berated him for being inexperienced and unprepared for the case.  A private investigator claimed that the lawyer told him to trick a witness into testifying that she did not see…

A city planner, Trent Cantrell, for the East Texas town of Lufkin was fired.  He had tweeted that the city was an "armpit."  Earlier, he had tweeted that he was waiting for the heat to leave – of course, "Deep East Texas would still be a sh**hole," he said.  The City Manager said they do…

 A Dallas personal injury firm has seized on the social media revolution to market its Facebook page.  Eberstein and Witherite offered iPad’s to a lucky few and t-shirts if the participants would "like" its Facebook page and submit photos of themselves wearing its 1800 Car Wreck t-shirts.  See Texas Lawyer report.  Clicking on the…

 A former Hondo, Texas resident was killed in Afghanistan.  Assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, SPC Charles "Chaz" J. Wren was killed in Nimroz Province in southwestern Afghanistan.  SPC Wren spent most of his life in Hondo and graduated from Hondo High School in 2004.  He was known at Hondo High for wearing a cape…

 Barratry is generally defined as a lawyer illicitly seeking clients.  A lawyer cannot solicit clients directly.  So, one state legislator has decided the best way to avoid barratry is to allow more lawsuits.    Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, has proposed a bill in the Texas legislature that would allow civil lawsuits against persons (ie, lawyers)…

I believe you can often discern the better places to work just by walking in the front door.  If employees are willing to chat with a visitor or assist with questions beyond their normal area of expertise, that is probably a positive working environment.  Such a workplace has high morale.  But, if the workers are…