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Related Case Pleadings in Dallas, TX, a Potential Pitfall for Temporary Restraining Orders (TRO)

Local Rule 1.06-1.08 of the Dallas County Civil Courts local rules adopted January 15th, 2014 provides a related-case requirement that can potentially prevent a Temporary Restraining Order from being granted. Under Rule 1.06, the Judge in the earliest case filed of any related cases has the option of consolidating the later-filed cases into the earliest

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Reimbursement of Your Attorney’s Fees When You Win Your Case

The so-called “American Rule” provides that, in most of the United States—Texas included, each side to a lawsuit, Plaintiff and Defendant, must pay its own attorney’s fees. While we inherited most of our legal system from the British common law, we do not generally follow the “English Rule,” which states that the losing side pays

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Due-on-Sale Clauses

Most attorneys are shocked and appalled when they find out that their clients have been doing business, sometimes for several decades, as sole proprietors. The attorney typically pleads with the client to register a corporate entity to do business under, typically a limited liability company or LLC. As many clients are real estate investors or

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Texas Tools for Recovering Assets on Behalf of Defrauded Investors

Financial Record Requests/Subpoenas: In my experience, the financial record request is one of the most powerful tools for finding assets on behalf of defrauded investors. Section 30.007 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code provides that these requests are governed by Section 59.006 of the Texas Finance Code. In Texas Finance Code Section 59.006,

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Applying the Rule of Capture to Residential Subdivions in the DFW Area

Applying current Texas Oil and Gas Law to micro-tract owners in urban areas ripe for horizontal drilling is often like attempting to put a square peg into a round hole. The Law was written with vertical drills and large and small, but not micro-sized, rural tracts in mind. Inside large metropolitan areas where tracts often

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