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A Guide to Home Rule Cities of Fort Bend County

Randlelaw
March 3, 2017

Not all city governments in Texas are created alike, as there are two categories: general law cities and home rule cities. The latter have their […]

J. Grady Randle
February 24, 2017

Have you watched the recent town hall meetings? Congressmen and senators getting yelled at by either paid protestors or angry constituents. Is this democracy? Do […]

Byron L. Brown
February 17, 2017

The Texas Public Information Act, which governs public access to information held by governmental bodies in Texas, begins with the following policy statement: Under the […]

Drew Shirley
February 14, 2017

If you’re a Texas real estate investor, you will have many occasions when you will have to use the TREC form that most realtors use […]

The Art of Boring Legal Writing

Timothy Kirwin
February 6, 2017

I recently read an article about artificial intelligence (AI) computers drafting legal documents, mostly boilerplate language in contracts, but the use of AI in the […]

J. Grady Randle
January 27, 2017

What would you do as a lawyer if your client, an astronaut, was in an accident while in space that prevented his return and he […]

Byron L. Brown
January 21, 2017

The interests one may own in real property vary considerably—for example, one may own an undivided fractional interest, a leasehold, a life estate, or fee […]

How May a Home Rule City Annex Land?

Drew Shirley
January 13, 2017

Everything is bigger in Texas, they say, and sometimes cities grow in size by annexation. Such an expansion is governed by sets of procedures under […]

Timothy Kirwin
December 30, 2016

As 2016 draws to a close, I’m reflecting on what I love and hate, respectively, about being an attorney. Let’s start with the good part […]

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