Legendary Texas trial lawyer Jim M. Perdue draws on his forty-plus years of courtroom experience to show novice and veteran lawyers alike how to tell a powerful and motivating story.

This video is an excerpt from the Winning With Stories: Jim Perdue Live DVD.

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Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts for fiscal year 2009 totaled 1,402,816, up 34.5 percent over the 1,042,993 filings reported for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2008, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Even if you try to steer clear of bankruptcy court, you could still find yourself in need of information about bankruptcy issues. Family law practitioners, litigators and transactional attorneys occasionally run into bankruptcy issues that affect their clients.

The Bankruptcy Checklist from the Texas Collections Manual takes you through a list of questions you should be asking if you find that bankruptcy has become an issue for your client.

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Oral argument for Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day heard by the Supreme Court of Texas

February 17, 2010
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From Essentials of Texas Water Resources:
In Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day, 274 S.W.3d at 742 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008, pet. filed), the court reviewed, among other issues, a summary judgment in favor of the authority on Day and McDaniel’s claim that the operation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority legislation and its decision denying Day and [...]

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New Commentary on Preservation of Error

February 5, 2010
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The Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family is written by a committee of volunteer attorneys and judges with expertise in family law cases. A new edition of Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family is scheduled for release in the spring of 2010. But we’d like to give Texas practitioners a chance to preview changes to the commentary on an [...]

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Is Your Case Still Good Law?

January 26, 2010

This week Casemaker announced CaseCheck+, a powerful new service that goes beyond the features of its current CaseCheck service. CaseCheck lets you know whenever your case has been referenced by another case, but CaseCheck+ gives you the precise manner in which a particular case affects the case you are reading. You can get a free [...]

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Free Charts Summarizing Disclosure Requirements Under TILA and RESPA

January 20, 2010

There have been new and significant changes in disclosure content and timing requirements under the regulations for the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X). Changes became effective either in 2009 or on January 1, 2010.  These charts summarize the disclosure requirements for each regulation.
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