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The Evolving Standard For Granting Mandamus Relief In The Texas Supreme Court: One More Mile Market Down The Road Of No Return., Richard E. Flint Jan 2007

The Evolving Standard For Granting Mandamus Relief In The Texas Supreme Court: One More Mile Market Down The Road Of No Return., Richard E. Flint

St. Mary's Law Journal

The Prudential balancing test should be of concern for anyone interested in the rule of law. This test is the current binding precedent for determining when an appellate court should exercise its mandamus authority upon a finding of a clear abuse of discretion. This test has substantially altered one of the most time honored principles of mandamus jurisprudence, and replaced it with a newly articulated standard that leads to nothing short of ad hoc decision making. In the area of mandamus jurisprudence, the Texas Supreme Court has, from time to time, developed different ways to circumvent the common law history …

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Threading The Eye Of The Erisa Needle: Erisa Preemption And Alternative Legal Schemes To Fill The Regulatory Vacuum., Bernard D. Reams Jr. Jan 2007

Threading The Eye Of The Erisa Needle: Erisa Preemption And Alternative Legal Schemes To Fill The Regulatory Vacuum., Bernard D. Reams Jr.

St. Mary's Law Journal

Popular consensus suggests that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) is a mess, and one of historic proportions. ERISA’s comprehensive reach to protect employer-provided benefits has in practice produced unintended, if not contradictory, results. Congress passed ERISA over thirty years ago to protect the rights of employees who benefit from employer pension and welfare benefit plans. It did so with a series of regulations that promote uniformity in litigation across the various states through “strong preemption language.” The goal of uniformity arguably benefits workers by imposing regular standards of conduct which lend predictability to the scope of litigation, or …

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Microsoft Windows Vista: The Beginning Or The End Of End-User License Agreements As We Know Them Recent Development., Rebecca K. Lively Jan 2007

Microsoft Windows Vista: The Beginning Or The End Of End-User License Agreements As We Know Them Recent Development., Rebecca K. Lively

St. Mary's Law Journal

Microsoft Windows Vista’s widespread use and influence on the market represents an ideal case study on the enforceability, pitfalls, and future of the End-User License Agreement (EULA). Since the release of the Windows Vista operating system in early 2007, Microsoft consumers often do not realize they are entering into a contract with Microsoft when they install Windows Vista onto their computer. Microsoft consumers probably do not realize that they may be clicking away valuable rights. In analyzing the enforceability of the specific terms of the Windows Vista EULA, Washington law will be the primary source because the Windows Vista EULA …

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The Trans-Texas Corridor Plan: Will Best Value Highway Contract Procurement Under Comprehensive Development Agreements Leave The Lowest Competitive Bidder In The Dust Comment., Jason C. Petty Jan 2007

The Trans-Texas Corridor Plan: Will Best Value Highway Contract Procurement Under Comprehensive Development Agreements Leave The Lowest Competitive Bidder In The Dust Comment., Jason C. Petty

St. Mary's Law Journal

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Well, Now, Ain't That Just Fugacious!: A Basic Primer On Arkansas Oil And Gas Law, Thomas A. Daily, W. Christopher Barrier Jan 2007

Well, Now, Ain't That Just Fugacious!: A Basic Primer On Arkansas Oil And Gas Law, Thomas A. Daily, W. Christopher Barrier

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

This brief introduction about oil and gas law in Arkansas is intended to help lawyers to better serve their clients and to explore the most important issues and concepts of a complex area of the law. This introduction into oil and gas involves the following: unfamiliar definitions; familiar words that are peculiar to this area of the law; new legal doctrines that are also peculiar to this area of the law; practice pointers in conveyance and estate planning in which involve mineral rights; discussions of tax forfeitures; adverse possession and surface rights, as they relate to these rights a blueprint …

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Arbitration Of International Oil, Gas, And Energy Disputes In Latin America, Alexia Brunet, Juan Agustin Lentini Jan 2007

Arbitration Of International Oil, Gas, And Energy Disputes In Latin America, Alexia Brunet, Juan Agustin Lentini

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Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon Jan 2007

Inter-American System, Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon

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