Legislative Update: Texas’ Pandemic Liability Protection Act (PLPA)
On June 14, 2021, Governor Abbott signed the Pandemic Liability Protection Act (“PLPA”) into law, effective immediately. The PLPA protects businesses from liability for claims arising from exposure to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)—including claims made by... Read More
Legislative Update: SB 1259
On May 24, 2021, Governor Abbott signed SB 1259 into law, effective immediately. The bill was introduced by the state legislature in response to... Read More
Caselaw Update: Royalty Checks and Implied Ratification
Under contract law generally, a party who has not expressly accepted an agreement can nevertheless be deemed to have impliedly accepted, or ratified it, by their actions. For... Read More
Lease Washouts
Lease washouts occur when operators release or allow a current lease to expire in order to get a “clean slate.” These “clean slates” take the form of a new lease that... Read More
Hey! That’s Not Yours! Collecting on Liens and Judgments: Part 3
Mineral Liens In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we considered the tools available to enforce judgments in Texas, as well as the ways in... Read More
Hey! That’s Not Yours! Collecting on Liens and Judgments: Part 2
Domesticating Foreign Judgments In Part 1 of this series, we covered some of the tools available to judgment-creditors in Texas seeking to enforce and collect a... Read More
Hey! That’s Not Yours! Collecting on Liens and Judgments Part 1
Part 1: Enforcing Judgments in Texas So you’ve successfully obtained a judgment against a debtor. Now what? After investigating and locating the debtor’s assets via formal discovery or informal methods... Read More
Recent Travis County Case Impacts the Future of Allocation Wells
Caselaw Update: Opiela v. Railroad Commission of Texas Over the past decade, allocation wells have become both more common and more highly contested in... Read More
Estate Planning Part 4: Digital Assets
Almost everyone owns some form of digital asset, and the law governing estate planning for these unique assets is still developing. A digital asset is defined as... Read More
Estate Planning Part 3: Intestate Succession
In Part Two of this series, we considered some of the main tools used in estate planning, including wills and trusts, which serve to protect... Read More