Recent News About The New York Times
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Legally Speaking: The Memoirs Are Fake, But The Lawsuits Are Real
Remember the old saying "Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story?" -
La. justices to U.S. SC: Don't believe everything you read
Louisiana Supreme Court WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The Louisiana Supreme Court wants to make sure its name isn't dragged through the mud during a key judicial recusal case before the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Legally Speaking: Letters, We Get Letters
One of the benefits of writing a newspaper column is that you know you're always going to provoke a reaction in readers, regardless of whether they make you aware of it or not. -
Deep pockets: Asbestos lawyers spend millions on favored candidates
Plaintiffs lawyers like Walter Umphrey, Wayne Reaud, John O'Quinn and Fred Baron rose from their humble, blue collar beginnings in Texas to build some of the most successful firms in the country. -
The cost of crooked lawyers: Recent wave of legal malfeasance affects us all, even reform-minded Texas
Richard Weekley Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has observed that 10 percent of politicians go around giving the other 90 percent a bad name. -
Family's suit claims mother died from contaminated Heparin
TEXARKANA, Texas � The family of deceased Debra Spivey has filed suit against the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinning drug Heparin alleging the drug was contaminated. The family claims that after Spivey was injected with the drug, she suffered a brain hemorrhage and died. -
Legally Speaking: Gunning For a Change-The Court Takes Aim At The Second Amendment
They are simple words � "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" � that liberal commentators have called "maddeningly ambiguous," even while justifying constitutional rights (like privacy) that go unnamed in the Constitution. -
Texas included in CSX search for missing doctor
Dr. Ray Harron WHEELING, W.Va. - A saga that already involves a made-up doctor now includes a missing physician who names Texas as one of his many places of residence. -
Asbestos expert used in local cases comes under scrutiny
Dr. Jay T. Segarra is a Mississippi Gulf coast resident. For almost a decade, Dr. Jay T. Segarra was considered the lung disease expert local plaintiffs lawyers called on to testify in their massive asbestos cases. -
Self-serve
We all feel incredible sympathy for 23 year-old Eva Rowe, who famously lost both her parents in a 2005 explosion at a British Petroleum (BP) oil refinery in Texas City. -
Avandia study piques attorneys' interest at how-to-sue seminar
Houston attorney Mark Lanier CHICAGO � One million American diabetics take Avandia pills, and if more of them would suffer heart attacks attorneys could get rich. -
Recent patent/copyright infringement cases filed in U.S. District Court
Recent patent infringement suits filed in U.S. Courts, Eastern District of Texas, June 14-21 -
W.Va. doctor at center of asbestosis, silicosis fracas gives up Texas license
Harron CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A West Virginia physician accused of making thousands of silicosis diagnoses for personal injury attorneys has surrendered his Texas medical license. -
New H-P vs. Acer patent suit could fuel up 'rocket docket'
Sam B. Hall Federal Courthouse in Marshall MARSHALL, Texas -- Silicon Valley-based PC maker Hewlett-Packard (H-P) knows where to pick its fights - at least when it comes to patent lawsuits.