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28 Bull. Bus. L. Sec. [i] (1991)

handle is hein.journals/txjbus28 and id is 1 raw text is: :BULLETIN . . . . OF THE BUSINESS LAW SECTION Vol. 28 March 1991 No. 1 IN THIS ISSUE ... The Registered Private Place- ment as an Alternative to Tradi- tional Acquisition Financing: The Knoll/Westinghouse Transaction by Gary M. Lawrence, Dallas, ex- amines the use of a registered pri- vate placement of securities as a solution to the current unavailabil- ity of acquisition financing. Page 1. Legal Opinion Letters: Liability of Attorneys to Non-Clients in Texas by Steven B. Treu, San Antonio, examines the liability of Texas attorneys to non-clients in respect of opinion letters. Page 7. Changes in Officers and Direc- tors Reporting Requirements Under the New SEC Rules by Layne A. Deutscher, Dallas, de- scribes certain of the major changes affecting the reporting of insider securities transactions under the new Securities and Exchange Com- mission rules promulgated pursu- ant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Page 27. Solicitation of Votes for Pre- Packaged Bankruptcy Plans - In Re: Southland Corporation by William L. Boeing, Dallas, exam- ines certain rulings by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas with respect to the solicitation and vot- ing procedures utilized by South- land Corporation in its recently concluded bankruptcy proceed- ings. Page 34. Synopsis of Business Law Sec- tion Standing and Ad Hoc Com- mittees. The Council of the Busi- ness Law Section encourages the involvement of Section members in the activities of the various Sec- tion Committees. The synopsis describes each of the Committees and their purposes. If you are inter- ested in serving, please contact the Committee Chairperson desig- nated in this synopsis. Page 36. State Bar Convention. The State Bar of Texas will be holding its Annual Meeting in Houston on June 19 - 22, 1991. Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Business Law Section will be held on June 20, 1991, at 4:30 p.m. at the George R. Brown Convention Center in the same room where the Business Law Section seminar on Environmental Law is scheduled to occur. The meeting will immediately follow adjournment of the seminar. Five Council members will be elected at that time. The following persons have been nominated for election to a two- year term on the Council of the Business Law Section: R. Dennis Anderson, Dorothy H. Bjorck, J. Scott Sheehan, Charles C. Szalkowski and Steven A. Waters. Charles C. Szalkowski has been nominated to become Chairperson and R. Dennis Ander- son has been nominated to be- come Vice Chairperson each to serve until the close of the 1992 Annual Meeting. Each of the Business Law Section Committees intends to hold a meeting during the State Bar Con- vention. All Section members are invited to attend any of the Com- mittee meetings. For information on the date, time and place of a Committee meeting, please con- tact the respective Committee Chairpersons. A list of the Sec- tion's Committees and Chairper- sons can be found in this issue of the Bulletin beginning on Page 36. 1991 State Bar Convention Tri- Section Legal Education Pro- gram. In conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Texas, a continuing legal educa- tion program has been planned by the Business Law Section, Corpo- rate Counsel Section and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. The program is entitled What Every Business Lawyer Needs to Know About -- Environ- mental Law and is scheduled to be held on June 20, 1991, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Members of the Section may register for this program

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