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Legally Speaking: Here's My Card
3/18/2010 2:00 PM By John G. Browning

My law firm recently announced that we would be receiving new business cards.

Legally Speaking: Trademark Silliness in the Courts
3/11/2010 1:23 PM By John G. Browning
As a lawyer who's handled trademark infringement lawsuits over the years, I know all too well how seriously companies take their trademarks.

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Legally Speaking: Warning - Beware of Killer Hot Dogs
3/4/2010 8:47 AM By John G. Browning
When I was a child, my mother would warn my three older brothers and me during particularly exuberant bouts of horseplay that "it's all fun and games until somebody pokes an eye out." Thank goodness she never bought us a hot dog at a Kansas City Royals' baseball game.

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Legally Speaking: The Great Getaways
2/25/2010 3:24 PM By John G. Browning
In my recent article "Take the Money and Run", I chronicled how would-be bank robbers were foiled by their failure to adhere to some pretty basic principles of their chosen career: show up when the bank is actually open, write a legible stick-up note, wear a disguise that actually works, and so forth.
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CORRECTION: Legally Speaking-Know Before You Vote contained inaccuracies regarding candidate Rick Green
2/23/2010 1:36 PM By John G. Browning
In last week's "Legally Speaking" entitled "Know Before You Vote - The Texas Supreme Court Races," certain inaccurate information concerning Supreme Court Place 3 candidate Rick Green appeared.

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Legally Speaking: Know Before You Vote-The Texas Supreme Court Races
2/18/2010 12:52 PM By John G. Browning
Early voting has begun for the contested elections in the March 2 primary, and as usual the down-ballot judicial races attract a lot less media attention than the headline-grabbing gubernatorial race.

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Legally Speaking: Your Tax Dollars at Work
2/9/2010 12:00 PM By John G. Browning
Early voting begins across Texas on Feb. 16. While I always think it's a good idea for voters to be well-informed and wary of who they put in office, sometimes incidents come along that serve as reminders of what can happen when you put too much faith in how the government runs things.

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Legally Speaking: Take the Money and Run
2/4/2010 3:00 PM By John G. Browning
I like to think of myself as a law-abiding citizen, the type of person who would never do something like hold up a bank.

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Legally Speaking: Unusual Moments in Lawyer Advertising
1/27/2010 5:23 PM By John G. Browning
Lawyers market themselves and their practices in all sorts of ways: from the more traditional, subtle approach like giving speeches to industry groups or writing articles to somewhat more "in your face" methods like television commercials in which they promise to get injured clients "maximum cash" and ride around in tanks.

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Arbitration Works for Consumers and Employers, Lawmakers Should Reach Same Conclusion
1/25/2010 12:59 PM
If personal injury lawyers and their advocates in Texas have their way, employers and consumers here may lose their ability to seek alternatives to costly and time-consuming litigation.

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Legally Speaking: Foiled by Facebook
1/20/2010 12:44 PM By John G. Browning
Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have hit society with the force of a juggernaut.

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