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.
Download the TILA [...]

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Happy New Year!

January 13, 2010

At the beginning of a new year and a new decade, Texas lawyers find themselves in the midst of a sea change in the way lawyers, law firms, and clients use technology. How do you navigate through the perils and make the most of the opportunities offered by social networking? Take a look at these [...]

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Pattern Jury Charges available via Instant Download

January 5, 2010
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With our instant download feature, you can download electronic versions of selected publications (including our Texas Pattern Jury Charges series) immediately upon purchase.
Simply make your online purchase, and then follow the easy instructions to download the electronic product, which contains the entire book in a fully hyperlinked and word-searchable PDF file. The download contains everything [...]

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Proposed Changes to Texas Pattern Jury Charges – Family

December 18, 2009
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Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family is written by a committee of volunteer attorneys and judges with expertise in family law cases. The committee meets regularly to revise the pattern jury charges to reflect current changes in the law.
A new edition of Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family is scheduled for release in the spring of 2010. But we’d [...]

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Celebrating the Publication of Essentials of Texas Water Resources

December 17, 2009
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On December 9, TexasBarBooks hosted a luncheon to honor and congratulate the more than 30 authors that contributed to Essentials of Texas Water Resources.

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