Jackson Walker L.L.P.

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. is one of the oldest and largest Texas-based law firms, offering expertise in virtually every area of the law through a strong regional base of over 300 attorneys in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo, and San Antonio. The firm regularly represents clients in such areas as corporate and securities, energy, litigation, intellectual property, health care, environmental, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, real estate, media, tax and estate planning, technology, bankruptcy, aviation, and international law. Jackson Walker has more than 30 practice areas and industry teams.

Civil Practice. Agriculture Law, Administrative Law, Aviation Law, Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Debtor and Creditor Reorganization, Computer Law, Finance, Employee Benefits, Energy, Executive Compensation, Environmental Law, Estate and Gift Taxation, Probate Administration, Financial Institutions Law, Franchise Law, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets, International Finance, International Taxation, Labor and Employment, Legislative Practice, Litigation, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Taxation, Communications and Media, Transportation, Utility Law, Venture Capital, Patents, Trial of Civil Cases in all Courts.

U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes a "Ministerial Exception" Applies to Federal Anti-Discrimination Employment Laws
Jon Mark Hogg, January 16, 2012
Today, in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. E.E.O.C., the U.S. Supreme Court held that there is a "ministerial exception" to Federal anti-discrimination employment laws. Despite the fact that the Federal Courts of Appeal have uniformly recognized such an exception...

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