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		<title>From Commercial Lender to Residential Landlord:  The Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 20, 2009, the United States Congress enacted the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act (APTA@) which grants specific rights to residential tenants affected by foreclosure. The PTA is federal law that acts as a minimum requirement for foreclosing lenders &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/from-commercial-lender-to-residential-landlord-the-protecting-tenants-at-foreclosure-act-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mitigating the Risks of Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business Counsel Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dental practices, medical practices, real estate agencies, and several other industries routinely utilize independent contractors to staff their operations. Whether inadvertently or not, businesses commonly misclassify employees as independent contractors. The independent contractor relationship provides several key benefits to businesses, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/mitigating-the-risks-of-misclassifying-employees-as-independent-contractors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dispute Resolution Terms in Contracts: A Trial Lawyer’s Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Tobin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When parties negotiate and draft a contract, litigation is usually the furthest thing on their minds. The substantive terms of the transaction, specifically those related to pricing and performance, warrant most of the attention because the underlying deal is the &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/dispute-resolution-terms-in-contracts-a-trial-lawyer%e2%80%99s-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SettlePou Adds Five New Shareholders</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.settlepou.com/settlepou-adds-five-new-shareholders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Tobin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James M. (“Jim”) Stanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy J. Overbey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katherine Killingsworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael P. (“Mike”) Menton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Katherine Killingsworth, Dan Tobin, Michael P. (&#8220;Mike&#8221;) Menton, Jeremy J. Overbey and James M. (&#8220;Jim&#8221;) Stanford were recently named as SettlePou shareholders. &#160; The new shareholders represent growth across 4 of the firm&#8217;s 6 primary practice areas, including Commercial &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/settlepou-adds-five-new-shareholders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Note Purchases</title>
		<link>http://blog.settlepou.com/real-estate-note-purchases/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.settlepou.com/real-estate-note-purchases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real estate transactions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SettlePou&#8217;s Real Estate Section has, for the past few years, been very active in assisting its clients in acquiring real estate assets through opportunistic purchase of real estate secured promissory notes. In response to our clients&#8217; inquiries we published three &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/real-estate-note-purchases/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rules of Civil Procedure: Potential Game-Changers</title>
		<link>http://blog.settlepou.com/rules-of-civil-procedure-potential-game-changers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.settlepou.com/rules-of-civil-procedure-potential-game-changers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Commercial Litigation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (&#8220;TRCP&#8221;) and the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code (&#8220;CPRC&#8221;) are the predominant rulebooks for civil litigation in Texas state courts. &#160;There are 822 rules in the TRCP that govern every stage of &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/rules-of-civil-procedure-potential-game-changers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Recent Insurance Law</title>
		<link>http://blog.settlepou.com/update-on-recent-insurance-law-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.settlepou.com/update-on-recent-insurance-law-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insurance Defense]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kent D. Williamson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman Kinzey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver B. Krejs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of recent court decisions which are of significance to the practice of insurance law. These include cases dealing with workers&#39; compensation extra-contractual claims and lifetime benefits, the interpretation of &#34;all risk&#34; policies and toxic torts. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/update-on-recent-insurance-law-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Real Estate Secured Note Purchases – You’ve Purchased the Note, Now What?</title>
		<link>http://blog.settlepou.com/real-estate-secured-note-purchases-%e2%80%93-you%e2%80%99ve-purchased-the-note-now-what/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.settlepou.com/real-estate-secured-note-purchases-%e2%80%93-you%e2%80%99ve-purchased-the-note-now-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Firm News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Mosteller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Porter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the first two installments of our three-part series of articles addressing the various issues that arise in connection with real estate secured note purchase transactions, we first discussed the general framework and issues related to all note purchase transactions&#160; &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/real-estate-secured-note-purchases-%e2%80%93-you%e2%80%99ve-purchased-the-note-now-what/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dilution of Texas Corporate Practice of Medicine</title>
		<link>http://blog.settlepou.com/the-dilution-of-texas-corporate-practice-of-medicine/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.settlepou.com/the-dilution-of-texas-corporate-practice-of-medicine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Counsel Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brad Adatto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Byrd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Until recently, Texas had one of the strongest corporate practices of medicine in the United States.&#160; Basically, the corporate practice of medicine required that any entity providing clinical medical services in Texas had to be a professional entity wholly owned &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/the-dilution-of-texas-corporate-practice-of-medicine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Recent Insurance Law</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.settlepou.com/update-on-recent-insurance-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Norman Kinzey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of recent court decisions and at least one statutory enactment which are of significance to the practice of insurance law. These include cases dealing with policy appraisal clauses, arbitration agreements, duties of contractors, and healthcare &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/update-on-recent-insurance-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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