Although Texas has long championed itself as the best state for businesses—based on surveys, number of corporate relocations, and the number of Fortune 500 companies in Texas—Texas lagged other business-friendly states (namely Delaware) in having a specialized business court system. Approximately half of states have some form of specialized business…

Going back several decades, Big Law firms that wanted to address a lack of representation in associate hiring, partner promotions and firm leadership roles targeted underrepresented groups specifically. If a scholarship, fellowship or mentorship opportunity arose with “diversity” in the title, one could safely assume it was meant to solicit…

Former commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission addressed topics ranging from the agency’s approach to digital asset regulation and enforcement to civil penalties, at BakerHostetler’s second annual “Former SEC Speaks.” Troy Paredes of Paredes Strategies and an SEC Commissioner from 2008 to 2013 said in a variety of…

Many lives are wrecked each year due to the negligence of another person. This can lead to physical, emotional and financial injuries that create a sense of hopelessness in the aggrieved. Unfortunately, too many victims settle for this new normal and allow insurance companies and the defense to slide off…

A New Jersey appeals court ruled that a dispute over incentive payments for bulk sales of personal protection equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic is not subject to state statutes providing for fee shifting and 200% liquidated damages. The appeals court rejected claims by an employee who sold $32 million worth of…

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari of a challenge to a Connecticut public act that prohibited religious exemptions from vaccine requirements in schools. Plaintiffs—We The Patriots USA Inc. and CT Freedom Alliance LLC, Constantina Lora, Miriam Hidalgo and Asma Elidrissi—sued the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Development, Connecticut…