Join us for a complimentary webinar covering a trustee’s ability to enforce beneficial trust and contract clauses that alter its duties and liabilities, including exculpatory, release, and disclaimer-of-reliance clauses. This presentation will also cover suggested tips for drafting these types of clauses. Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Time: 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Central Time Cost:… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, and Winstead Shareholder Justin Hoover presented “Trustees’ Use Of LLCs and Other Entity Forms To Hold Assets And Mitigate Risk” to the Texas Bankers Association 2017 Intermediate Trust and Estate Administration Seminar in Las Colinas, Texas. The presentation is attached below. If you are… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, discusses a trustee’s decision to use entities to hold trust assets to mitigate risk. David covers benefits and other considerations that a trustee should contemplate before creating such an entity and transferring assets into it. The presentation also highlights the different types of entities… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, presented Contractual Clauses That Impact Disputes at the 6th Annual Financial Services Seminar hosted by Winstead PC and the Tarrant County Bankers Association. David’s paper and presentation are attached below. If you are interested in joining the next complimentary webinar or event, please contact… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, was selected from among more than 40,000 authors to receive the JD Supra Readers’ Choice Award. The annual Reader’s Choice awards recognize authors who achieved the highest visibility and engagement for their written analysis and commentary in 2016. JD Supra’s Readers’ Choice Awards encompasses… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, presented “Asset Concentrations and the Duty to Diversify” to the Texas Bankers Association’s Real Estate, Oil and Gas Conference, in San Antonio on March 24, 2017. This presentation discussed the history of a trustee’s duty to diversify, the current definition of diversification, common-law and… Continue Reading
Join us for a complimentary webinar covering a trustee’s decision to use entities to hold trust assets to mitigate risk. The presentation will discuss the benefits and other considerations that a trustee should contemplate before creating such an entity and transferring assets into it. The presentation will also discuss the different types of entities that… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, presented, “Tips for Managing the In-House and Outside Counsel Relationship” to the Tarrant County Bar Association’s Corporate Counsel Section. David provided his thoughts and suggestions for having a better relationship between in-house and outside counsel that is founded on trust and built for the… Continue Reading
Thank you to everyone who joined us on December 6 for the webinar “A Trustee’s Duty to Diversity in Texas.” The recorded webinar link is now available. If you are interested in joining our next complimentary webinar, please send your request to dfjohnson@winstead.com. CLICK HERE FOR WEBINAR David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator… Continue Reading
Join us for a presentation covering the duty to diversify in Texas, the statutory and common law that discuss the duty, limitations that can be placed on the duty, and methods to limit a trustee’s risk for not diversifying trust assets. Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 Time: 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. (CST) Cost: Complimentary Speaker:… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, presented his speech on a “Trustees’ Duty To Disclose In Texas” to the Tarrant County Bar Association’s Business and Estate Section’s membership lunch in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 20, 2016. This presentation covered the legal issues involved in a trustee’s duty to disclose… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, spoke at the Tarrant County Probate Bar’s Litigation Seminar and presented “Fiduciary Litigation Update 2015-2016.” David discussed recent Texas precedent impacting fiduciary litigation. Some of the issues covered included informal confidential relationships, funding of trusts, tortious interference with inheritance claims, forfeiture actions, employee liability… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, spoke at the Tarrant County Bar Association’s Ethics Seminar on September 30, 2016, and presented “Interesting Issues In Legal Ethics.” The presentation covered the following topics: mediator participation in a suit after a failed mediation, an attorney acting as a witness, conflicts of interest,… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, spoke at the Amarillo Area Bar Association in Amarillo, Texas, on September 23, 2016. David presented his paper,“Fiduciary Litigation Update,” and discussed recent Texas precedent impacting fiduciary litigation. Some of the issues that David discussed are informal confidential relationships, funding of trusts, tortious interference with… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, spoke at the Texas Association of Bank Counsel’s 40th Annual Convention in Austin, Texas, on September 22, 2016. David presented his paper,“Contractual Clauses That Impact Disputes,” and discussed the purposes, standards for enforcement, and legal issues relating to the following contractual clauses: arbitration, forum-selection,… Continue Reading
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the “Trustee’s Duty and Right to Bring Claims On Behalf Of A Trust” webinar on September 13. The recorded webinar link is now available. If you are interested in joining our next complimentary webinar, please send your request to dfjohnson@winstead.com. CLICK HERE FOR WEBINAR David F. Johnson,… Continue Reading
David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, presented his paper on summary judgment appellate issues to the State Bar of Texas’s Civil Appellate Practice Course in Austin, Texas, on September 7, 2016. David’s presentation covered the following issues: finality of summary judgments, standard of review for traditional and no-evidence motions for summary… Continue Reading
Join us for a presentation covering the statutory and common-law requirements for a trustee to bring claims on behalf of a trust, the trustee’s right to control those claims, and potential ramifications regarding those rights and duties. Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Time: 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Central Time Cost: Complimentary Speaker: David F. Johnson… Continue Reading
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the “Trustees’ Conflicts of Interest In Texas” webinar on June 14. The recorded webinar link is now available. If you are interested in joining our next complimentary webinar, please send your request to dfjohnson@winstead.com. CLICK HERE TO PLAY WEBINAR David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas… Continue Reading
Join us for a presentation covering the basic issues involved in the duty of loyalty; identifying and addressing conflicts of interest; and the ramifications for not properly handling conflicts of interest. Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Time: 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Central Time Cost: Complimentary Speaker: David F. Johnson Continuing Education Credit Information: This course has… Continue Reading
A. Introduction Plaintiffs often seek discovery on a financial institution’s policies and procedures with an eye towards using that evidence against the institution. If a financial institution’s representative or representatives did not live up to the policies and procedures, a plaintiff may argue that the institution did not live up to its fiduciary duty or… Continue Reading
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the presentation, “A Trustee’s Duty to Disclose in Texas” – Texas Bankers Association’s Trust and Estate Administration Seminar (San Antonio). David F. Johnson, lead writer for the Texas Fiduciary Litigator blog, covered a trustee’s duty to disclose under a trust document, the statutes, common law, and litigation… Continue Reading
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2016 Financial Services Seminar on April 27. Below is a link to the presentation slides. If you are interested in joining our next complimentary seminar or webinar, please send your request to dfjohnson@winstead.com. Click Here: Bank Duties Presentation_FSIG April 2016 … Continue Reading
It is not uncommon for a successful plaintiff in a breach of fiduciary duty case to have their collection efforts thwarted by a defendant filing for bankruptcy. The issue is whether the state court judgment is dischargeable in bankruptcy. “[T]he issue of nondischargeability [is] a matter of federal law governed by the terms of the… Continue Reading
