Enough legal analysis. From our family to yours, this edition of The Bassett Bulletin contains some of our favorite holiday recipes. Please share and enjoy!#1 Squash Dressing - Michael Noordsy and Elaine EvansIngredients2 cups cooked squash2 cups cornbread, crumbled2...
Year: 2016
The Perils of Holiday Drinking and Driving: How to Keep Coal Out of Your Stocking
We take a break this week from 7 Things You Need to Know about 18.001 Affidavits to discuss tips for how to proceed if festivities get the better of you this holiday season. The holidays are a time for families to come together and be merry. Often, being merry means...
7 Things You Need to Know about §18.001 Affidavits – Part 4
Last time we began discussing strategies to implement if you find that you've missed the deadline to serve controverting affidavits on opposing counsel. Now, we'll continue that discussion by considering alternative grounds for challenging the opposing party's initial...
7 Things You Need to Know about §18.001 Affidavits – Part 3
Today, we'll examine the next issue on our list - what to do if you missed the deadline to controvert. #4 - Oops, no controverting affidavit - now what?! You received 18.001 affidavits from opposing counsel, but for whatever reason, you did not serve controverting...
7 Things You Need to Know about §18.001 Affidavits – Part 2
Last week, we introduced the importance of Section 18.001 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code and the impact it can play in litigation. We stressed the importance of knowing your deadlines. This week, we'll discuss strategies for responding to early...
7 Things You Need to Know about §18.001 Affidavits – Part 1
Section 18.001 is a provision of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code which provides an alternative, and in theory cheaper, means by which a party, typically a plaintiff, can establish the reasonableness and necessity of past expenses in a claim for direct...
Texas Police Body Camera Legislation
Police body-worn cameras... They've been the subject of much attention in recent months. Are you aware that the one-year anniversary of new Texas legislation on this very subject just passed? New Police Body Camera legislation went into effect in September...
Authentication of Electronic Evidence
Today, more and more evidence is coming from electronic sources, which can pose unique challenges for admissibility and authentication. As with all trial evidence, the proponent must show that electronic evidence is what she says it is. In other words, the...
Political Speech in the Work Place
The 2016 Presidential Election - you can't escape it. Everywhere you look - Hillary versus Trump, Trump versus Hillary (even this blog!). It makes one wonder - we're entitled to Free Speech under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, so does...
Spoliation Jury Instructions: The Standard in Texas
In Brookshire Bros. v. Aldridge, the Texas Supreme Court clarified the test for when a spoliation jury instruction is appropriate. Since then, two cases have come before the Court on this issue, and in each case the Texas Supreme Court held that a spoliation...