Recent activity of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) reminds non-union employers that the long arm of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) reaches...

Jeff Wray was a speaker at the Vistage Advisory Board Peer Group Meeting for Human Resource executives, held in Fulbright's Houston office. Review the...

Market manipulation has been a subject of prosecution for over seventy years. However, the focus on market manipulation in the energy industry is more recent, and now...

The following comments are submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") relating to Release No. 34-64766, dated June 29, 2011 (the &quo...

Murabaha is a type of sales contract (bai') which, in its most basic form, consists of a bank or financial institution purchasing an asset (mal) and selling it back...

The decision has led several oil and gas lawyers to note that the same could happen in other parts of the US where state legislation makes a state regulatory agency the...

As the Eagle Ford Shale becomes more and more prolific and as more companies rush to do business in South Texas, there are certain challenges and legal issues that all...

Jan Dodd is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. Her trial experience includes product liability and mass tort cases, as well as suits...

"Market manipulation" has been a target for U.S. prosecutors for over seventy years. However, the focus on market manipulation in the energy industry is more recent, and...

Hydraulic fracturing involves the injection of fluids and proppants into subsurface hydrocarbon formations in order to increase production of oil and natural gas wells....

Texas recently enacted a litigation reform bill, House Bill 274, which has the stated purpose of curbing frivolous lawsuits. The bill contains a provision that shifts...

When a party in state court suddenly files for bankruptcy, the litigation is often just as swiftly removed to U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Behind many a closed door, green and...

The attorney who runs the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski is in tune with the people who eke out a living by mopping floors and wiping off the sparkling...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued two significant decisions on imposition of sanctions for spoliation of documents. In them, the court...

Dr. Fox-Penner described the current conditions challenging our electric supply system and how utilities will need to change to meet those challenges. Two evolutionary...