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If an agreement includes a solid arbitration clause, arbitration can be a less expensive, more predictable option for dispute resolution compared to courtroom litigation....

In Texas, the Court that typically deals with “small claim” – known commonly as the JP Court – has raised its jurisdictional limit from $10,000 to $20,000....

Clients often get confused when dealing with lien right, particular when they involve construction projections and vehicle repairs. As a titleholder in the state of Texas, a situation will inevitably arise where a mechanic, or other service provider...

Published Decisions 2019...

Bruce Akerly has been asked to teach a Survey of Law class on Business Entities and Bankruptcy as part of the SMU CAPE program....

A lis pendens, on the other hand, is a document created by a party to litigation that typically involves a claim that may impact the rights of parties to real property. While lis pendens are recorded in the real property records of the county in whi...

To prove abandonment generally requires a showing that the debtor discontinued use of the homestead through some overt act and intent to not return to the property....

The Fifth Circuit recently addressed the question of what happens when a lender fails to correct a curable defect in the loan documents that makes the loan unconstitutional in Texas....

On August 26, 2019, the administration signed into law the Small Business Reorganization Act ('SBRA'), which will go into effect on February 22, 2020....

Akerly Law PLLC Associate, Carrie R. McNair, has returned to Law School, only this time as a Legal Writing Professor at the University of North Texas College of Law in Dallas....