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Speakers Line Up on Both Sides of Loser-Pays Bill at Senate Committee Hearing

The Senate committee version of House Bill 274 may include changes to provisions addressing early dismissal of claims, attorney’s fees for defendants in some offer-of-settlement situations, attorney’s fees for winners in breach-of-contract claims, and a provision broadening interlocutory appeals, according to comments by Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Southside Place, during the bill’s first public hearing on Monday. Three nonprofit groups voiced support for the loser-pays bill, and another 18 people registered their support but did not testify, according to the committee witness list. Thirteen people testified in opposition of H.B. 274, another 12 registered in opposition but didn’t testify, and three additional people opposed the bill in written testimony. Another five people spoke against last-minute House amendments to H.B. 274 but didn’t address the bill itself. Among those speaking against the bill were three attorney organizations: the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Family Law Foundation and the Texas Creditor’s Bar Association. Four licensed lawyers also voiced opposition: George Carson, a San Antonio solo; Grant Harpold of Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein in Houston; Robert Notzon, an Austin solo; and Paul Simpson of McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore in Houston. Parker cited a 2007 Baylor University report that said 86 percent of judges surveyed thought Texas doesn’t have a problem with frivolous suits. He also mentioned a 2010 report by the Office of Court Administration that showed the number of civil filings decreased 16 percent over the past 20 years. Parker said the decline is significant given the state’s population increased 35 percent in that time. Paul Simpson, an oil and gas attorney, also spoke against the provision on attorney’s fees in breach-of-contract claims. He said many of his clients are regular property owners who sign mineral-rights lease contracts with oil and gas companies. When a company breaches a lease, Simpson said, a property owner’s only option to enforce his rights is to bring suit. That would be a risky proposition under H.B. 274. George Carson, a San Antonio solo, told committee members that although the American legal system is based on the English system — which has loser-pays rules — the authors of the U.S.

Consultant Defends Papers as Hollywood Invades San Antonio for ...

Consultant Defends Papers as Hollywood Invades San Antonio for Film Premiere: Managing Director of Clear Pixel Communications Participates in Academic Conference while Disney Premieres “The Alamo"

As Hollywood celebrities like Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid and Jason Patric invaded San Antonio, Texas for the premiere of the Walt Disney film “The Alamo,” Matthew A. Gilbert defended two papers at the 16th Annual Conference of International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD) from March 25 to March 28. Gilbert – the Managing Director of Clear Pixel Communications, a provider of strategic business solutions to entrepreneurial organizations and individuals– presented papers on the leadership lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the viability of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems.

San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) April 1, 2004

As Hollywood celebrities like Billy Bob Thornton, Dennis Quaid and Jason Patric invaded San Antonio, Texas for the premiere of the Walt Disney film “The Alamo,” Matthew A. Gilbert defended two papers at the 16th Annual Conference of International Academy of Business Disciplines (IABD) from March 25 to March 28. Gilbert – the Managing Director of Clear Pixel Communications, a provider of strategic business solutions to entrepreneurial organizations and individuals– presented papers on the leadership lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the viability of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone systems.

“The freedom that the battle at the Alamo symbolizes dovetailed nicely with the themes of both papers,” Gilbert explained. “King’s leadership legacy is strong because he inspired people with hope and motivated them to make a difference in their own intellectual and emotional emancipation. Likewise, Voice over Internet Protocol telephone systems liberate businesses from the constraints of traditional voice communication systems and enable them to advance their enterprise beyond traditional boundaries.”

This is Gilbert’s second appearance at the annual conference of IABD – a worldwide, non-profit organization established in 1987 to foster and promote education in the functional and support disciplines of business. He previously presented a paper investigating the impact of intranets on internal communication at the 15th annual conference in Orlando, FL in April 2003.

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