Monthly Archives: November 2009

Texas AG sues price-comparison Web sites

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AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Monday that he has sued seven price-comparison Web sites he says are misleading online consumers.
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Attorney General, Consumer Fraud/Deceptive Trade, News

Radnofsky to file for Texas attorney general

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Radnosfsky

AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky said Monday will officially file papers to run for Texas attorney general this week.
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Attorney General, Campaigns & Elections, News

Appeals court remands Hurricane Rita insurance case to local court for new trial

An insurance settlement and several years of litigation involving a mortgage lender eventually culminated in a jury award in Anita Keith’s favor � a $40,000 award meant to reimburse her for all the money she spent repairing her Hurricane Rita … Read More »

Appeals Court, Insurance, News

Male sexual harassment case against UTMB settles

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Rather than enlighten jurors on how exactly his female boss sexually harassed him, Erik Tolpo opted to settle his case days before trial.
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Civil Rights/Discrimination, Jefferson County, News

AG Abbott nixes payments to teachers

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Abbott

AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-Thousands of retired educators in Texas won’t get a one-time $500 bonus check next month because a snafu at the state Capitol.
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Attorney General, News

Legally Speaking: Of Milestones, and Miles to Go

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2009 will go down as a year marked by milestones � some national in scale, and others of a more distinctly local bent.
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Arguments, Their View

Floppy discretion

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The details of class-action settlements rarely are publicized. Maybe that’s because the logic of them might escape us. Read More »

Arguments, Our View

58th 1/10

MILTON LEE WILLIAMS VS. JESSICA LEIGH WYBLE (P)MOSES, THOMAS O – (D)THOMAS, STEVEN RAY KATHERINE COSTEA ET AL VS. MICHAEL CROSSLEY MD ET AL (P)HART, SANDEE SMITH – (D)BAUCOM, KEVIN M;LUNCEFORD, ERIN E;WHITTENBURG, J B;CALVERT, T MARC;BOSTON, JAMES R JR;RUBINSKY, … Read More »

The Docket

West Virginia lawsuit helped spur crib recall

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Drop-side crib

CHARLESTON, W. Va. � A death of a Fayette County, W.Va., infant helped trigger this week’s recall of more than two million cribs, according to a West Virginia attorney.
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National News, News, Product liability

New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County

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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, Nov. 18-24, 2009 Read More »

Business, Jefferson County, News