This comment discusses the missions and roles of the Attorney General’s Office, the Ethics Commission, and other agencies concerning revolving door and conflict of interest statutes. It starts with background information ...

Overall, this comment illustrates the need for HIPAA’s Privacy Standard, analyzes the Standard, and shows the impact of the Standard on Texas administrative agencies’ rulemaking. It discusses what HIPAA’s new standards ...

This comment summarizes the current status of electronic signature laws in Texas. First, it provides a preliminary general discussion of current electronic signature technologies. Then, it focuses on the current states and ...

The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act, (ILSFDA), was passed by Congress as Title XIV of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and became effective on April 28, 1969. The ILSFDA contains provisions for the ...

This comment provides an overview of the requirements of the Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) process as outlined by Texas Education Agency (TEA) in the administrative code. It illustrates potential pitfalls Texas ...

This article identifies and discusses the jurisdictional principles that should be considered in answering whether a court case must be abated while an agency decides an issue that affects one or more of your client’s ...

This article provides a detailed commentary on Article II of the Texas Rules of Evidence. Article II contains three rules concerning the judicial notice of adjudicative facts, the determination of law of other states, and ...

The incompatibility of certain types of mineral development on the same acreage is a longstanding but well-hidden problem that affects the development of American energy supplies. This article analyzes the incompatibility ...

Transboundary Air Pollution (TAP) has been a continuing problem that neither the courts nor the Congress have been able to effectively address. TAP problems raise not only political and jurisdictional issues, but also ...