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McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Tom Craddock talks with Texas Lawbook about rise in FLSA wage and hour litigation
December 18, 2014Texas Lawbook reporter Kerry Curry spoke recently with McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Tom Craddock about a dramatic increase in federal wage and hour lawsuits facing businesses in Texas and nationwide. Lawsuits filed under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have increased more than 300 percent in the past decade.[caption... read more
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MCS’ Jonathan Thalheimer Mentors Students at Texas’ Newest Law School
November 17, 2014The newest law school in Texas opened its doors in downtown Dallas this fall with a different vision for legal education. At the University of North Texas College of Law, the goal is to attract nontraditional students with the promise of an affordable path to obtaining a J.D. that... read more
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McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Thalheimer and Whelan to Speak at the William W. Gibson Jr. Mortgage Lending Institute
September 17, 2014McGuire, Craddock & Strother shareholders Jonathan Thalheimer and Thomas Whelan are returning to the University of Texas School of Law’s Annual Mortgage Lending Institute to participate in a panel discussion on Recourse Carve-Out Liability.Whelan and Thalheimer are frequent speakers on real estate law, and each has held leadership positions... read more
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Texas Super Lawyers Honors Five From McGuire, Craddock & Strother
September 9, 2014The 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list is out and soon to be published in the October edition of Texas Monthly. This year’s list includes several familiar names from McGuire, Craddock & Strother. Firm shareholders Mark Chevallier, Steven Kennedy, Jeffrey Seckel, Marc Taubenfeld and Thomas Whelan are each repeat Super Lawyers honorees. The... read more
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Steve Thomas Highlights Bitcoin Growing Pains in Texas Lawyer Commentary
September 4, 2014The latest Texas Lawyer commentary by McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Steven H. Thomas focuses on regulatory questions raised by the Bitcoin phenomenon. In “Befuddled by Bitcoin: Regulating Virtual Currency,” Thomas describes the challenges that regulators and the courts have faced both defining and regulating the new and rapidly growing virtual... read more
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Harriet Tabb Highlights Hard-Earned Lessons in Commercial Real Estate
August 20, 2014McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Harriet Tabb is among 18 prominent female real estate professionals who are contributors to a just-released book highlighting hard-earned tips for navigating the world of commercial real estate. The book, Winning Ways in Commercial Real Estate, debuted on the Amazon e-book best-seller list in the “Real... read more
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Texas Lawyer Commentary: When Sci-Fi Becomes Reality – Discovery From Cars, Retailers and the Deep Web
July 17, 2014Sophisticated technology built into everyday devices, appliances, business applications and machinery has helped create one of 2014’s biggest buzzwords – the so-called “Internet of Things.” As these devices become connected to our lives and each other, the result is an electronic data retrieval opportunity that attorneys are only beginning to appreciate. That’s... read more
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E-Discovery Update: MCS attorney Jennifer M. Larson Outlines Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules
July 16, 2014The July edition of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers’ publication, The Dicta, features an analysis by McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Jennifer M. Larson outlining proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to address the challenges presented by modern discovery. Given how pervasive e-discovery has become, these... read more
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Steve Thomas Commentary in the NLJ: When Law and Policy Lag Behind Rapidly Changing Technology
July 7, 2014In a commentary published in the May 26, 2014, edition of the National Law Journal, McGuire Craddock & Strother’s Steve Thomas analyzes the legal and technological complexities behind Google v. Joffe, a case in which advances in wireless technology have pushed the limits of a generations-old legal definition of “radio communication.”Thomas writes: Despite... read more
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Commentary by McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Steve Thomas Featured in Texas Lawyer
June 15, 2014In a commentary published in Texas Lawyer, McGuire, Craddock & Strother’s Steve Thomas highlights how sensitive documents and data leaked by Eric Snowden should serve as a wake-up call for lawyers and law firms. The trove of leaked information includes disclosures that a U.S. law firm involved in international litigation... read more