“With every act of kindness or professionalism, whether small or Herculean, I can make a difference in this life.”
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Family Law Specialist Kristal Thomson outlines what has changed in Texas Family Law in 2021
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Our final episode of our Energy, Oil & Gas Podcast Series goes live next week and it will focus on the Executive Right with Richard Butler
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Homebuyers Waived their Contractual Rights to Complain about Defects in Home they Purchased
As you probably have read or heard in the news, we currently are in a seller’s residential real estate market. There is often a bidding frenzy over a home as soon as it is listed, and buyers frequently waive provisions in the standard real estate form contract hoping that their bid will be accepted. The case of Hall v. Rogers shows why buyers may want to think twice before getting caught up in this frenzy.
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Owner of Vicious Horse Protected from Liability under Texas Farm Animal Act
In Texas, the owner of a farm animal is immune from liability for injuries caused by the animal to third parties if the Farm Animal Act applies. Under the Act, the Court stated that the Defendant was required to prove that 1) the Defendant qualified as a person entitled to seek protection, 2) the Plaintiff was a “participant”, 3) the Plaintiff participated in a “farm animal activity”, and 4) the Plaintiff’s injuries resulted from an “inherent risk.”
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The Future of the Oil and Gas Industry
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Episode 3 of our Energy, Oil and Gas podcast featuring Shareholder Stephen Ahl goes live this week
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Legal Ownership Interests of Oil and Gas
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Episode 2 of our Energy, Oil and Gas featuring Elizabeth Kopecki is live
Clinton Butler is joined by our partner in the Karnes City office, Elizabeth Kopecki. Episode 2 of our five-part series on oil & gas law in Texas takes a deeper dive into the process by which minerals are conveyed or reserved through deeds, assignments, wills, and other conveyance instruments. The episode will then shift to address some of the many issues that can arise between parties to those conveyance instruments and how best to deal with these issues at the front end or, if you have to, on the back end.
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Texas Oil & Gas Law: The Basics
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Tanya Feinleib to speak at the 23rd Annual Estate Planning, Guardianship, and Elder Law Conference
The Estate Planning, Guardianship and Elder Law Conference presents current developments and practical tips for estate planners and elder law attorneys, offers essential information for guardians ad litem, and provides a must-have set of materials and resources. Tanya will co-present “Customizing Ancillary Planning Documents for Death and Incapacity + The Use and Misuse of Revocable Trusts” on Friday, August 6, 2021.
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Allen M. DeBard is the newest board certified bankruptcy attorney at L&B