Yearly Archives: 2009

U.S. Supreme Court to hear text privacy case

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WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case that will decide whether employees’ text messages sent by devices owned by their employer are private.
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Civil Rights/Discrimination, News, U.S. Supreme Court

Sanctioned insurance company petitions Arkansas Supreme Court

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Judge Kirk Johnson

TEXARKANA, Ark. � Shortly after an order for $315,000 in sanctions, Foremost Insurance Co. may have the opportunity to be dismissed from a pending Arkansas class action.
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Legally Speaking: And A Wild Year It Was …

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As readers of “Legally Speaking” know, from time to time throughout the year I chronicle the most bizarre cases, theories and parties that the legal system has to offer.
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Arguments, Their View

No evidence against Toyota prompts Tracy to drop lawsuits

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Tracy

MARSHALL � When 9,000 documents obtained from Toyota were delivered to federal court in Texas, a Dallas attorney believed they contained evidence Toyota deserved a lump of coal for concealing data that showed its vehicles were prone to rollovers. Read More »

Federal Court, News, Product liability

Class action filed against gun manufacturer for defective trigger

EL DORADO, Ark. � Texas lawyers are seeking class action status for a lawsuit recently filed in Arkansas which alleges some Remington rifles contain defective triggers. Seeking more than $5 million in damages, attorneys from Dallas and Houston filed a … Read More »

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Senate health care deal draws Republican AGs’ ire

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Abbott (R)

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of Republican state attorneys general say they are considering possible legal action over a deal that got Senate Democrats their final 60th vote on a federal health care overhaul.
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Attorney General, Med-Mal, News

Democratic AGs call for end to home lending incentives

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Richard Cordray (D)

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of 15 Democratic state attorneys general are asking the Federal Reserve to prohibit home loan officers and mortgage brokers from receiving incentives for steering borrowers into expensive loans. Read More »

Attorney General, Foreclosure, News

Senate rejects Obama’s NLRB nominee

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. Senate has rejected one of President Barack Obama’s nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. The president had nominated Craig Becker, counsel for the Service Employees International Union, to the powerful board. His nomination was rejected … Read More »

Labor/Wages, National News, News

A New Year’s Resolution

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As Ronald Reagan once observed, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Read More »

Arguments, Our View

Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas

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Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Dec. 18-21, 2009 Read More »

Federal Court, News, Patent