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Texas Lawbook Q&A: Two Advocates Explain the Need for Texas Business Courts

Evan Young and Jason Villalba helped draft pending legislation to create complex business litigation courts in Texas. Last week, The Texas Lawbook interviewed them.

Jason Villalba: When you are dealing with billions of dollars and thousands of jobs are on the line, you don’t want to be rolling the dice. There needs to be a judicial ecosystem in place that better handles these types of cases. Having predictable outcomes is crucial in these large business disputes. Texas needs something like Delaware Chancery Courts to put us on the same global scale.

March 23, 2021 Mark Curriden

Five Reasons Why It’s Time to Disrupt Your eDiscovery Model – and Get Fit for the Future

Many legal departments have suddenly found their security posture to be off-strategy, potentially raising their exposure for any future incident. A cybersecurity, privacy and forensics expert at PwC outlines the reasons why corporates should move from a provider-centric eDiscovery model to a security-centric one.

March 23, 2021 Jeff Seymour

Hospice CEO Pleads Guilty in $60M Fraud, Cooperates Against Co-conspirators

The CEO of a onetime thriving North Texas hospice-care agency has pleaded guilty to his role in a $60 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud – and he’s not alone.

March 23, 2021 Bruce Tomaso

FCA Suit Alleges Dallas Doctor and Clinic Made $4.2M in Bad Claims

The civil False Claims Act complaint alleges the Dallas dermatopathologist and his clinic falsely billed the government for medically unnecessary tests through TRICARE.

March 23, 2021 Bruce Tomaso

DBJ: Fort Worth Real Estate Firm Files for Bankruptcy

The Fort Worth company is represented by a solo attorney and lists assets ranging from $0 to $50,000 and debts ranging from $1,000,001 to $10,000,000.

March 22, 2021 Bill Hethcock of the Dallas Business Journal

Former U.S. Attorney Joins Haynes and Boone

Exactly one month after announcing his resignation as the U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Texas, President Trump-appointee Ryan Patrick has returned to private practice in a move that adds depth to Haynes and Boone’s white-collar practice in Texas.

March 22, 2021 Brooks Igo

M&A, PE Deal Team Jumps to Reed Smith

The four new partners bring a breadth of experience in private-equity and middle-market transactions, in addition to business tax counseling.

March 22, 2021 Anna Butler

When Will In-Person Jury Trials Resume in TX? Three Major Counties Weigh In

Now that the Texas Supreme Court lifted its statewide ban on in-person court proceedings and jury trials, the question is when and how will district courts open their courtrooms. The answer: Not all at the same time or the same way. This article has in-depth interviews with the judges making the decisions.

March 22, 2021 Natalie Posgate

Has Time Come for Business-Only Courts in Texas? The Jury is Out

Corporate executives and a handful of their lawyers want to create a new specialized court system that focuses only on complex commercial disputes similar to the chancery courts in Delaware – but with a Texas twist. The proposed Texas business court would have appointed judges, juries and its own business appellate court. It also has opponents who argued that there is nothing wrong with the current civil court system and judges elected by citizens. The Texas Lawbook has both sides arguments and in-depth details of the business court proposal.

March 22, 2021 Mark Curriden

Final Sentencing in Forest Park Fraud Case

The sentencing of 14 defendants convicted in the Forest Park Medical Center bribery scam have finally been sentenced to a combined 74+ years in federal prison. The last to be sentenced was Alan Beauchamp, the architect, builder and marketer of the fraud. The Lawbook’s Bruce Tomaso was there for the end of a three day marathon of reckoning in one of the most substantial and prominent medical frauds in Dallas history.

March 19, 2021 Bruce Tomaso