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Despite the controversy surrounding Perry Homes v. Cull, I’ve limited my discussion to the facts and holding of the case. Traditionally courts have upheld arbitration agreements, and there is a strong presumption against waiver of arbitration. Perry Homes v. Cull was the first case in which the Texas Supreme Court found a party waived arbitration by substantial invocation of the judicial process. Facts In 1996, Robert and Jane Cull purchased a home from Perry Homes and a home warranty that provided a broad arbitration agreement, ... Read More

Finals are over! Here's to the summer and the end of the 2L year! First-Year Memories: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ABhatAfsA] Funny Law Review Articles: The Contribution of the Infield Fly Rule to Western Civilization Baseball's Infield Fly Rule is one of the most hotly contested topics in American law today... Law School Attire: A Call for a Uniform Uniform Code Style of dress matters, and clothing in American law schools should reflect good, traditional values. A tie with regimental stripes has a lot more class than a polo shirt or any other ... Read More

Law.alltop.com is a one stop shop for legal news. It features a wide array of legal blogs; everything from the serious to the famous and even the funny. There are a couple of things I really like about law.alltop.com. First, it allows you to preview the stories by hovering over the headlines. Second, it allows you to remove feeds that you are not interested in. Both of those features make for more efficient browsing and the site provides a great way to stay ... Read More

Rank Firm Partner Profits 1. Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz $4.95 million 2. Cravath Swaine & Moore $3.30 million 3. Sullivan & Cromwell $3.06 million 4. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges $3.01 million 5. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett $2.88 million 6. Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft $2.73 million 7. = Cahill Gordon & Reindel $2.60 million 7. = Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison $2.60 million 9. Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy $2.53 million 10. Kirkland & Ellis $2.48 million Rank Firm Revenue 1. Skadden $2.17 billion 2. Latham & Watkins $2.01 billion 3. Baker & McKenzie $1.83 billion 4. Jones Day $1.44 billion 5. Sidley Austin $1.39 billion 6. White & Case $1.37 billion 7. Kirkland & Ellis $1.31 billion 8. Greenberg Traurig $1.20 billion 9. Mayer Brown $1.18 billion 10. Weil Gotshal & Manges $1.17 billion Source: The American Lawyer :: :: :: :: ... Read More

Based on Gross Revenues in Texas in 2007-2008: Jones Day $161.8 million Weil, Gotshal, & Manges $140.4 million Hunton & Williams $90 million King and Spalding 82.2 million Mayer Brown $64.2 million Notably, Hunton & Williams is a newcomer to this exclusive club. Up $60 million from last year's gross of $30 million, the increase in Hunton & Williams' revenue reflects the earnings of the nearly one hundred attorneys hired by the firm from the former Jenkens & Gilchrist. The complete article is available here. (Texas Lawyer) :: ... Read More

Yesterday, in In re Babcock & Wilcox Co., the Fifth Circuit held that firms cannot bill full hourly rates for travel time when the time is not spent working. The suit arose after the New York law firm of Caplin & Drysdale sought over $5.6 million in attorney's fees and $745,000 in expenses following the firm’s role as appointed counsel in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The bankruptcy court denied 50% of the full hourly rate for travel time not spent working. This ... Read More

February 2008 Texas Bar Results Announced Bar Passage Rates for First Time Examinees: Baylor Law School 95.83% Texas Tech University School of Law 92.86% Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law 92.31% South Texas College of Law 88.24% St. Mary's School of Law 86.96% University Of Texas School of Law 80.00% Texas Wesleyan School of Law 79.59% University Of Houston Law Center 78.95% Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law 59.26% Congrats to everyone who passed! (Looks like we were the first blog to break the news! Thanks to one of ... Read More