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Presentations and Speeches
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| 2005 |
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"The Texas Public Information Act—Protecting Your (Third Party) Confidential Information"
07/28/2005 |
| The Texas Public Information Act (the “Act”) was adopted in 1973. The purpose of the Act is to maintain the people's control “over the instruments they have created,” and requires that information in the possession of a governmental body be generally available to the public. Often a governmental body will possess information involving a third party; such information could be subject to disclosure under the Act.
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"Public Finance 2005 Legislative Update"
06/28/2005 |
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"Preserving, Gathering, and Producing Electronic Documents for Use in Corporate Internal Investigations and Related Litigation"
04/14/2005 |
| Presented at South Texas College of Law, Corporate Compliance Center's "Houston, We Have A Serious Problem, Tackling the Corporate Internal Investigation" conference.
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"How to Structure Your Legal Argument"
03/23/2005 |
"How to Structure Your Legal Argument" |
| 2004 |
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"Charity Care/Uninsured Class Action Litigation and Discount Policies: What You Need to Know Now"
08/24/2004 |
| Click here (3.5MB) to view the attached PowerPoint presentation for the "Charity Care/Uninsured Class Action Litigation and Discount Policies: What You Need to Know Now" seminar.
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"Understanding Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones, Public Improvement Districts and Municipal Management Districts"
03/04/2004 |
| A municipality may designate a defining area of land within the municipality as a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone ("TIRZ") under Chapter 311, Texas Tax. |
| 2003 |
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"The National Practitioner Data Bank: The Providers' Perspective"
05/01/2003 |
| Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 ("HCQIA"), 42 U.S.C. § 11111 et seq. |
"Legal Developments in Access, Newsgathering, and Subpoenas"
02/13/2003 |
| At the recent ABA Forum on Communications Law, Tom Leatherbury, a partner in the firm's media-litigation group, was the lead facilitator in discussions about public access to information, newsgathering, and the reporter's privilege. |
| 2002 |
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"United States v. Computer Associates: Valuable Guidance on Pre-Merger Activity (Gun Jumping)"
10/01/2002 |
| In the United States, pre-merger due diligence, information exchange and coordination or "gun jumping" may violate the Sherman Antitrust Act and pre-merger waiting periods of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, ("HSR Act"). |
| 1999 |
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"Credentialing"
04/08/1999 |
| Credentialing has new dimensions in the 1990s. |
