State Bar of Texas

October 2022 | Vol. 85, No. 9

Name, Image, Likeness: College student athletes navigate a brave new world of compensation.

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Features

• Back to the Future
  The Local Bar Leaders Conference returns to in-person programming and continues to inspire the next generation of bar leaders.
  Written by Eric Quitugua

• Can You Really Go Back Home?
  Product failures abroad and Texas forum non conveniens.
  Written by Rob Ammons and Molly Maier

• Making Many Cases One
  Big Pharma litigation and MDLs.
  Written by W. Mark Lanier and Caroline McLeod

• OPINION: Fully Acknowledging Human Damages
  It is what’s below the surface that matters.
  Written by Randy Sorrels

• Frame-Breaking Change
  Name, image, and likeness compensation for student athletes.
  Written by Justin B. Jones

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Renewed Emergency Order Regarding Indigent Defense and the Border Security State of Disaster.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Fifty-Fourth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Order Amending Texas Plan for Recognition and Regulation of Specialization in the Law and Adopting Standards for Attorney Certification in Aviation Law.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Fifty-Fifth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Preliminary Approval of a Form Sworn Application and Petition to Stop Cyberbullying.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Preliminary Approval of a Will Form for a Person Who Is Single, Widowed, or Divorced and Who Has Children; Will Form for a Married Person Who Has Children; Will Form for a Person Who Is Single, Widowed, or Divorced and Does Not Have Children; and Will Form for a Married Person Who Does Not Have Children.

• Supreme Court of Texas Order
  Order Amending the Rules and Forms for a Judicial Bypass of Parental Notice and Consent Under Chapter 33 of the Family Code.

Departments

• Executive Director's Page: Better Together: Texas Bar Incubator Launches Online Learning Platform
  Written by Trey Apffel

• In Recess: Film Fanatic
  A Round Rock family law attorney uses her creativity and storytelling skills behind the camera and in the courtroom.
  Interview by Will Korn

• President's Page: Don’t Wait, Designate!
  Written by Laura Gibson

• Technology: Privacy Matters
  The EU proposes to screen your personal messages.
  Written by Celes Keene

• State Bar Director Spotlight: Jason Charbonnet

• Ethics Question of the Month

• TYLA President’s Page: ‘But Who Lit the Black Flame Candle?’
  Written by Michael J. Ritter

• Solo/Small Firm: The Case for Vacations
  Here’s how to make them happen.
  Written by Ruby L. Powers

• Disciplinary Actions

• Movers and Shakers

• Memorials

• Classified Advertising

• Humor: The Judge’s Daughter: Beastly Fun
  Written by Pamela Buchmeyer

• News From Around the Bar

• Pro Bono Spotlight Maddy Dwertman
  Interview by Will Korn