AUSTIN — Bowman and Brooke LLP has announced that Mary R. Pawelek has been reelected as Firm Vice Chair and Executive Managing Partner. Additionally, Randall L. Christian has been reelected as Managing Partner, and John D. Garrett reelected as Co-Managing Partner of Bowman and Brooke, Austin. The firm has also announced additions to the team, a press release states.
AUSTIN — Fastcase and the State Bar of Texas are partnering to provide all active State Bar members free access to Fastcase’s 58 million briefs, pleadings, motions, and orders powered by Docket Alarm within the Fastcase legal research platform, a press release states.
WACO - Lex Machina, a LexisNexis legal analytics company, today released its Law Firms Activity Report, which focuses on firms with the most activity in 16 practice areas over the last three years.
HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals recently denied Kirby Offshore Marine’s petition for writ of mandamus, which sought to vacate a lower court’s order compelling production of unredacted documents.
After two years, the extraordinary government measures—federal, state, and local—taken in response to the COVID pandemic, some of which were supposed to be temporary, have finally begun to abate, along with the fear and panic that inspired them.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court denied ExxonMobil’s petition for review Friday, halting the oil giant’s legal effort to pull back the curtain on the authors of climate change litigation.
DALLAS - The Fifth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a ruling granting a motion to certify a class in litigation brought against the USAA Casualty Insurance Company.
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.
AUSTIN - While California municipalities bringing climate change lawsuits argue Texas courts lack jurisdiction over litigation brought by ExxonMobil, one group is arguing that their suits are “actually part of a coordinated, nationwide campaign targeting Texas businesses.”
HOUSTON - A legal dispute between the Houston Astros and season ticketholders has been put on hold, as the 14th Court of Appeals issued an order yesterday abating the ballclub’s appeal.
AUSTIN - Last month, two Texas school districts requested approval from the Office of the Attorney General to pursue litigation to recover “insured but unpaid property damages” caused by Hurricane Hanna.