Have I ever told you when I quit eating at Quiznos? I use to appreciate the fact that Quiznos offered offered great tasting subs, salads and soups made from fresh ingredients.  Now everybody is doing it, but I loved their toasted sandwiches.  But, now when I see or hear of Quiznos, or when...

The House has passed bankruptcy reform legislation that dealt the banking industry its first major defeat since 1994. The bill, passed 234-191, largely along party lines, encourages lenders to renegotiate mortgages with troubled homeowners. If they can't, the bill allows bankruptcy judges to mod...

PACER/ECF was a godsend for Third Wavers, connected attorneys, future lawyers, telecommuters, home office lawyers and, really, all lawyers when it was first established.  It sure beat the hell out of making tons of copies of a documents and either couriering or FEDEXing them to the Courthouse,...

PACER/ECF was a godsend for Third Wavers, connected attorneys, future lawyers, telecommuters, home office lawyers and, really, all lawyers when it was first established. It sure beat the hell out of making tons of copies of a documents and either couriering or FEDEXing them to the Courthouse, and th...

I always like to see bar associations and other lawyer regulatory agencies come into the modern age. The State Bar of Texas might not always be on the cutting edge of things, but it is usually not too far behind. It is nice to see it enter the world of blawging. The Texas Bar Blog will feature the l...

This statement is proof positive,is it not, that most lawyers and law firms are bad, bad, bad at investing. Most open their doors, take out a yellow book ad or something, and bemoan the bad times. They are not out pounding, pounding, pounding the pavement, making contact, getting in front of people,...

Written before the collapse of our credit markets, I was reminded of the New York Times article Foreclosure Machines Thrives on Woes by Billy Price and his blog Dallas Bankruptcy Lawyer.  It was an amazing article when written, and it likely speaks volumes now that foreclosures have only incre...

Ave Maria School of Law has had its detractors. It is hard to understand why. Certainly part of it is that it is a serious Catholic institution and its moral philosophy disturbs a few. But, ultimately it is a private institution, with a good bar passage rate, and it gives out a large number of schol...

I have thought about it off and on, and I always wonder why were should just not outlaw bill collectors.  I am not talking about companies that feel they need to collect their own debt, but independent debt collection companies.  After all, what really useful function do they serve?...

You have got to love signs. Last Fall I litigated a case in which the creditor put up a large sign trying to collect his debt on a major intersection in a small town. The point was to embarrass, and it worked. We are still waiting on the Court's opinion, so the issue must be more difficult than I su...