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		<title>SettlePou case is featured in several publications</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; J Allen Smith&#160;of SettlePou continues to be featured in several publications regarding a lawsuit filed on behalf of property owners against the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) concerning property rights affected by TXDOT&#8217;s construction project located at the intersection &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/settlepou-case-is-featured-in-several-publications/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SettlePou is featured on CBS news</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[J Allen Smith of SettlePou is featured regarding a lawsuit filed on behalf of property owners against the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) concerning property rights affected by TXDOT&#8217;s construction project located at the intersection of Interstates 35 and 635 &#8230; <a href="http://blog.settlepou.com/settlepou-is-featured-on-cbs-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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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		<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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		<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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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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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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