Order of Death Must be Uncertain to Apply “Common-Disaster” Provision in Will On March 18, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court considered whether a murder-suicide triggered a “common-disaster” provision in two spouse’s mirror wills in Stephens v. Beard, — S.W.3d...
Williams Speaks on Fiduciary Duties in Mineral Management Shareholder Jed Williams was a presenter at the Real Estate, Oil and Gas Conference hosted by the Wealth Management Division of the Texas Bankers Association held on March 24, 2016 in San Antonio. Williams...
Another Texas Appellate Court Rejects a Tortious Interference with Inheritance Claim In Anderson v. Archer, 03-13-00790-CV, 2016 WL 589017 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 2, 2016, no pet. h.), the Austin Court of Appeals flatly rejected the existence of a Texas common-law...
