AUSTIN – With early voting for the March 5 primary elections beginning on Feb. 20, Texans Against Lawsuit Abuse (TALA) is working to raise awareness about changes in Texas election laws impacting judicial candidates.
In the Lone Star State, where individualism and self-determination are central to our way of life, the looming specter of Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reform raises concerns among Texans who staunchly oppose socialist government interference and control. As the debate over healthcare policy unfolds in Congress, lawmakers must promote the principles of limited government and personal freedom by avoiding extreme government controls on our private healthcare system. The proposed changes threaten to restrict PBMs’ ability to negotiate lower pharmaceutical costs and save patients money and oppose our Texan ethos that champions independence and a free-market approach.
AUSTIN –Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the departure of Murtaza Sutarwalla as deputy attorney general for legal counsel. Sutarwalla will return to private practice in Houston. He will also serve as outside counsel for the Ken Paxton for Texas Campaign, a press release states.
AUSTIN - Gov. Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Task Force on Concert Safety has released their final report which includes recommendations and strategies to ensure the safety of concertgoers in the Lone Star State, a press release states.
WASHINGTON – The Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law today filed an amicus brief in Biden v. Texas arguing that injunctions obtained by individual states should rarely be applied nationwide, and instead should generally be limited to the territory of the states that filed suit.
AUSTIN - A health care provider’s general policies and procedures fall outside the narrow scope of pre-report discovery permitted in medical-liability cases, the Texas Supreme Court recently opined.
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.
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.
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.
HOUSTON — A woman alleges she suffered injuries after tripping over an electrical box and duct taped extension cords during an exhibit at the Houston Marriott Marquis.
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.
WASHINGTON - The state of Texas has sided against the State Bar of Texas, filing a brief in support of a trio of attorneys asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues.
HOUSTON — The founders of a pipeline services company who sold their majority interest are claiming the new owners violated their membership interest purchase agreement over a third party claim filed by the State of Texas.
