A few weeks ago, the Texas Supreme Court issued a landmark holding for health care providers seeking an easier path to arbitration. The justices essentially overturned a state law that placed onerous requirements on care providers seeking to require potential patients to prospectively submit disputes to arbitration before agreeing to admission at a facility. This article is an analysis of the decision and the impact it will have on health care providers.
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I can fly it for fun—why not for profit?
Proposed FAA Rules For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Every week it seems another business is using unmanned aerial vehicles. So why is your company still grounded? That could change soon. This article takes an in-depth look at the FAA’s proposed rules for small UAS and how they might affect companies eager to monetize this promising new technology. The FAA’s comment period ends April 24.
I can fly it for fun—why not for profit? Proposed FAA Rules For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Every week it seems another business is using unmanned aerial vehicles. So why is your company still grounded? That could change soon. This article takes an in-depth look at the FAA’s proposed rules for small UAS and how they might affect companies eager to monetize this promising new technology. The FAA’s comment period ends April 24.
I can fly it for fun—why not for profit? Proposed FAA Rules For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Every week it seems another business is using unmanned aerial vehicles. So why is your company still grounded? That could change soon. This article takes an in-depth look at the FAA’s proposed rules for small UAS and how they might affect companies eager to monetize this promising new technology. The FAA’s comment period ends April 24.
Is Mike Wortley Having a (Very Late) Mid-life Crisis? No, Just Retiring from V&E and Becoming a GC
During the past 37 years, Mike Wortley crafted billion-dollar deals involving radio stations and dress pants, semi-conductors and oil companies. He was the lead lawyer in more than 120 major mergers, acquisitions and IPOs that had a combined value of more than $250 billion.
“Simply put, Mike Wortley is a legend,” said Rick Lacher of investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
Last week, Wortley retired and became the chief legal officer at Reata Pharmaceuticals.
Is Mike Wortley Having a (Very Late) Mid-life Crisis? No, Just Retiring from V&E and Becoming a GC
During the past 37 years, Mike Wortley crafted billion-dollar deals involving radio stations and dress pants, semi-conductors and oil companies. He was the lead lawyer in more than 120 major mergers, acquisitions and IPOs that had a combined value of more than $250 billion.
“Simply put, Mike Wortley is a legend,” said Rick Lacher of investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
Last week, Wortley retired and became the chief legal officer at Reata Pharmaceuticals.
Commission Supports Veterans’ Access to Justice
The Champions of Justice Gala Tuesday in Austin raised $401,000 to support legal aid for veterans. That’s the good news. The bad news: Texas has nearly 1.7 million veterans, and resources are not sufficient to meet their demand for legal services. “Getting aid can make the difference between life and death,” said Harry Reasoner, chair of the Texas Access to Justice Commission. And while the gala brought together diverse groups of the legal community, the Vinson & Elkins attorney encouraged the state’s lawyers to do more.
The Texas Lawbook has the scoop and photos from the gala.
Commission Supports Veterans' Access to Justice
The Champions of Justice Gala Tuesday in Austin raised $401,000 to support legal aid for veterans. That’s the good news. The bad news: Texas has nearly 1.7 million veterans, and resources are not sufficient to meet their demand for legal services. “Getting aid can make the difference between life and death,” said Harry Reasoner, chair of the Texas Access to Justice Commission. And while the gala brought together diverse groups of the legal community, the Vinson & Elkins attorney encouraged the state’s lawyers to do more.
The Texas Lawbook has the scoop and photos from the gala.
What Baseball Can Do for Lawyers
Former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh admits that, when his beloved Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series, it changed his life for the better. Bill Mazeroski’s dramatic walk-of home run to end Game Seven allowed Dick to begin moving back into the stream of life and out of the grief that arose when his wife died suddenly and infant son suffered a brain injury in a car wreck earlier that year.
Baseball also has the capacity to generate solid friendships among those with a like-minded passion for the game, like mine with Dick Thornburgh.
Greenberg Traurig Prevails in $6.4 Million Health Care Billing Technology Case
A Dallas judge on Wednesday ordered two local companies and its owner to pay Austin-based Growtheorem $6.4 million for wrongfully cutting the consulting company out of a deal that caused it to lose out on commissions it claimed the defendants had promised it.