Anti-SLAPP Can Penalize Commercial Speech
By Robert Tobey
Since the Texas Citizens Participation Act was enacted, there have been many cases deciding both the elements of the statute and the commercial speech exemption.
Drones create commercial excitement and a new area of thin ice in the law
By Coyt Johnston
Advances in technology are constantly changing our world. As the world changes, our business and personal behaviors change to fit these possibilities.
In-House Counsel Take Heed: Protect Yourself When Company Does Wrong
In-house legal counsel often face a potentially career-altering decision when they discover that their only client, the corporation, has done something seriously wrong.
Think Twice About that Motion for Continuance
By Randy Johnston
Have you ever had a trial setting you weren’t ready for but also were not really even worried about? It’s a first setting on a big case and the case is only a year old.
Dallas lawyers, with Robert Tobey at the helm, raise record $1.1 million for pro bono services
By The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Bar Association and Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas set a record this year, raising $1,100,415 in their Equal Access to Justice Campaign.
Top 10 Ways to Avoid Legal Malpractice
Malpractice is not inevitable. In most cases, it can be prevented with a little common sense. Veteran professional malpractice attorney Randy Johnston tells how to know when you are dangerously close to committing malpractice and how to pull back from where the ice is thin.
Tobey Elected Vice-Chair of the Dallas Bar Association, Leads Record Pro Bono Effort
Robert Tobey has been elected vice-chair of the Dallas Bar Association. Robert has been a member of the DBA Board of Directors for the past two years. His selection was announced at the recent inaugural ball for incoming DBA President Brad Weber. Robert also served last year as co-chair of the Equal Access to Justice […]
Robert Tobey Takes On Co-Chairmanship of Equal Access to Justice Campaign
Robert Tobey, name partner at Johnston♦Tobey in Dallas, has been named co-chair of the Dallas Bar Association’s 2014-15 Equal Access to Justice Campaign, one of the more important tasks afforded a DBA member. Along with his co-chair, Laura Benitez Geisler, Robert assumes the responsibility to raise at least $750,000 by the end of the year […]
Fellow Litigators Select Randy Johnston, Robert Tobey to Best Lawyers in America
Johnston♦Tobey attorneys Randy Johnston and Robert Tobey have been selected to the list of Best Lawyers in America® for 2015. They have been selected among the nation’s most outstanding attorneys in the practice areas of commercial litigation, professional malpractice and legal malpractice. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal […]
Johnston Comments on “Slap on the Hand” In Video Deposition
Randy Johnston, who is often retained as an expert witness in a variety of cases, was quoted recently by The Texas Lawbook on a case where one attorney actually slapped the hand of opposing counsel during a contentious deposition. The question was whether this was a breach of professionalism or whether it was justified. When asked […]