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Zalma on Insurance
Alleged Defamatory Statements Must be Of and Concerning Plaintiffs
By Barry Zalma
To Prove Defamation the Statement Must be Of and Concerning the Plaintiffs Post 4867 Court of Appeals When Reviewing a Summary Judgment, Takes as True all Evidence Favorable to the…
SALT Shaker
Matson’s Musings: Banking on noncompliance
By Greg Matson
At COST’s annual meeting in San Antonio two weeks ago, I participated on a panel regarding state tax penalties. We focused on a troubling trend: states increasingly using penalties to…
Fennemore
After Ames: What HR Needs to Know About Discrimination and Retaliation Claims
By Fennemore
In Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, the U.S. Supreme Court made one point unmistakable: Title VII protects everyone on equal terms, whether the individual belongs to a perceived…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Appeal of Groping Verdict
A Bexar County jury awarded $5 million to a female lawyer who had been groped at the courthouse. See my post about that trial here. Allan Manka appealed that verdict…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Latina and Latino Labor Leaders Who Fought for Work Protections
Hispanic Heritage Month, observed September 15 to October 15, is a reminder that many of the protections employees rely on today. They were won by organizers, many of them Hispanic…
Turtle Talk
Cert Petition Materials in Perez v. City of San Antonio [Lipan Native American Church]
Here: Perez PetitionDownload Comanche BriefDownload Indigenous Religious Scholars BriefDownload Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers BriefDownload Lower Court MaterialsDownload
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Possible Reprisal Against Rogers
Kate Rogers was fired a year ago for comments in her dissertation. See my post about that termination here. It was clear from the get-go that she was fired in…
Intellectual Property News.com
Does Texas Own the Alamo? Trademark Dispute Aims to Find Out
IPNews® – Another battle is brewing in Texas over the Alamo. This time its a trademark battle between the state of Texas and the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association. Both entities are…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Court Of Appeals Affirmed The Denial Of An Objection To Personal Jurisdiction In A Contract Dispute Over Trustee Compensation
In Padilla-Madden v. Sandoval, Sandoval (Texas) and Madden (Alabama) made oral agreement for Madden to share trustee compensation. No. 04-25-00303-CV, 2026 Tex. App. LEXIS 2250 (Tex. App.—San Antonio March 11,…
SeeSALT
COST’s 57th Annual Meeting
SALT partner Carley Roberts will be speaking at COST’s Annual Meeting on September 24 in San Antonio, Texas. Carley will be speaking on the topic “Dividing the Pie: Apportionment Challenges…