AUSTIN - The North Texas Tollway Authority has submitted a contingent contract to the Office of the Attorney General for approval in hopes of pursuing a construction defect lawsuit.
DALLAS - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a public warning to Judge Gena Slaughter for failing on several occasions to timely file her campaign finance reports.
HOUSTON — Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner Partner Brant J. Stogner, and firm attorneys Jennifer O. Stogner, Jonathan D. Sneed, and Soroush Montazari, have filed a lawsuit in Dallas County against the Apartment Complex, its Management Companies, and Atmos Energy Corporation on behalf of the three firefighters who were severely burned and permanently injured as a result of a natural gas explosion at the Highland Hills Apartments in Oak Cliff on Sept. 29, a press release states.
MCKINNEY – Attorney General Paxton successfully secured $1.167 billion for Texas out of the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen, a press release states.
DALLAS - The state of Texas is suing Brittany Dawn Davis, claiming the social media influencer failed to deliver on her personalized nutrition and fitness plans and also misled consumers with eating disorders.
HOUSTON - A lawsuit has been brought against the United Parcel Service alleging one of its driver’s caused a vehicle collision during the Texas freeze.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims.
DALLAS – For nearly a decade now, Bradley Miller has been entangled in litigation stemming from a divorce case that originated in Judge Andrea Plumlee’s 330th District Court, costing him hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses.
HOUSTON — The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief Monday, contending that the bail system in Dallas County, Texas, which allows pretrial release only if the defendant pays a specific amount of bail money, violates the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the 14th Amendment.
AUSTIN – More than half of the complaints filed against Texas judges in 2020 were against district judges, according to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
DALLAS – A hearing to seal is slated later this month in litigation alleging Baylor Scott & White Health has been charging an “undisclosed emergency room facility fee” to patients.
HOUSTON – Barring another pandemic or more “meddling,” either Dallas County or Bexar County will host the state’s first opioid trial come September of next year.
HOUSTON – Storm attorney Chad Wilson thinks a former client he ditched should fork over nearly half of the $270,000 settlement that was achieved after he withdrew.
DALLAS – Shelly Luther, a salon owner who was jailed for opening her business and violating an executive stay-at-home order, wants the judge who sentenced her off the case.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a coordinated bipartisan agreement with county leaders from around the state regarding the way Texas will direct future settlement money to people most impacted from the opioid epidemic. Texas is one of the lead states currently negotiating financial settlements with the nation’s largest companies in the opioid supply chain.
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