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Attorney Publications

  • 11/13/08

    Richard “Rocky” L. Schwartz: 11/13/2008 Aggressive Legal Strategies for Defending the Family Jewels Forum: Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association Luncheon Speaker

  • 8/1/08

    Thomas F. Harkins, Jr.: “The ‘Free Look’ Rule." Published in the Legal Landscape of the Fort Worth Basin Oil & Gas Magazine. August 2008

  • 7/1/08

    B. Scot Pierce: "A Game Plan for Handling Hot Checks," NACM Southwest General Membership Seminar, July, 2008

  • 6/1/08

    B. Scot Pierce: "Contract Law - Discover Contractual Options that Credit Managers are Not Considering," NACM Southwest General Membership Conference, June, 2008

  • 10/1/07

    B. Scot Pierce: "Top 10 Ways to Prepare for a Lawsuit Against an Account Debtor," NACM Southwest Credit and Financial Development Division, October, 2007

  • 7/1/07

    Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, Asian Judicial Institute, lecture on American legal process—Fort Worth, July 2000-2007.

  • 6/1/07

    B. Scot Pierce: "Anatomy of a Collections Lawsuit," NACM Southwest General Membership Seminar, June, 2007

  • 1/1/07

    Author: Tips for Neighborhoods Negotiating Gas Leases. (2007)

  • 1/1/07

    Rent Concessions and Illegal Contract Penalties in Texas, 48 S. TEX. L. REV. 645 (2007)

  • 1/1/07

    Reimposable Discounts and Medieval Contract Penalties, 20 LOYOLA CONSUMER L. REV. 50 (2007)

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