Harrison v. Rosetta Resources Operating LP presents a wacky? time-wasting? clever? unsuccessful attempt to expand reinvent the Texas accomodation doctrine. The doctrine defined To prevail on a claim under the accommodation doctrine the surface owner must prove: The lessee’s use of the surface completely precludes or substantially...
Earlier this year when I questioned whether or not privacy-related issues might represent an important emerging area of corporate liability, I was thinking we might see privacy claims emerge over time. I was thinking a longer time frame, over the course of years. What has...
In recognition of a rapidly changing ecommerce environment, Visa has created a new category of payment aggregator – a “marketplace” – for entities that bring “together Cardholders and retailers on an electronic commerce website or mobile application.” The new marketplace designation will have an immediate...
The 24-year-old man who killed two people before turning the gun on himself at the Jacksonville Landing on Sunday had a history of being emotionally distant, according to the gamers who played him. Court records show that David Katz had twice been hospitalized in psychiatric...
A federal judge in Washington state has blocked blueprints for 3-D-printed guns from being shared online by a pro-gun group until the matter is resolved in court, reports the Wall Street Journal. The preliminary injunction came in response to legal action by 19 states seeking...
On Aug. 2, 10-month-old Mary Anne Welch was found dead in her crib in her Michigan home. An autopsy determined that she died from malnutrition and dehydration “due to neglect by adult care givers.” So, the police arrested her parents, Seth Welch and Tatiana Fusari,...