January/February 2010

FEATURES DEPARTMENTS

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency: What it May Mean to Your Practice
By Michael A. Lee

Consumers vs. Debt Collectors:
Consumer Rights Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

By Dana Karni

Venue in Complex Bankruptcies in the
Wake of Volkswagen:
Ammunition to Keep Defendants from Remote Venues in Adversary Proceedings?

By Dori Kornfeld Goldman

The Credit CARD Act of 2009

By David Smith


Resolving the Conflict: The Federal Arbitration Act Versus The Bankruptcy Code

By Deborah J. Karakowsky

Legislative Changes Impacting the Residential Landlord Tenant Relationship in Texas
By Elizabeth M. Bruman


Houston Bar Association Consumer Law Task Force
By Peggy Montgomery

 

President’s Message
By Barrett H. Reasoner

From the Editor
By Ann D. Zeigler

60th Harvest Party
Raised Over $500,000 for Houston Bar Foundation

Media Review
The Little Red Book of Wine Law:
A Case of Legal Issues
Reviewed by Linhuyen Phan

Off The Record
By Fred A. Simpson

A Profile in Professionalism:
Tracie J. Renfroe

King & Spalding LLP

Legal Trends

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