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Do conversations stop when you enter a room? Do other people get up from the sofa when you sit down? Do front porch lights go off when you pull into a driveway? Do nightclubs have cover charges just for you?
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The Texas 14th Court of Appeals in March issued reversed a decision disbarring a Houston attorney for failing to return an advance payment of “unearned” fees.
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Last week, movie-goers in Clifton, Texas might have felt like they’d gone Back to the Future, jumping from the 21st century to a cotton farm in the 1930s, a lion hunt in the 1960s, or an East Texas funeral home in the early 1990s.
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Oil and natural gas, parts for automated data processing machines, planes and aircraft engines, processors and controllers, integrated circuits, etc. – these are some of the highly valued products Texas makes and exports to the nation and the world every year, helping to keep our economy humming and giving us good reasons to be proud of our state.
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HOUSTON - Court filings out of New Jersey are accusing the Texas-based Voss Law Firm of soliciting Superstorm Sandy victims then negligently mishandling their claims, leaving the plaintiffs without a remedy to recover.
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HOUSTON – After filing suit in March of 2015, a Saudi diplomat is standing by his complaints that a hospital employee allegedly leaked confidential health information and an alleged hospital debt to the consulate.
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A employee is suing a concrete coating company, alleging unpaid overtime.
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A former employee is is suing an Oklahoma oil and gas producer, alleging unpaid overtime.
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Patent law reform activists say they don’t think the opening of a new United States Patent and Trademark Office in Dallas will have an effect on patent trolling in the state.
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A Louisiana man is suing an offshore energy company, alleging negligence for injuries he says he sustained while working aboard a vessel.
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Ninth District appellate judges have stopped a defamation suit that Beaumont lawyer John Morgan filed against his former wife’s lawyer. On Oct. 29, the judges held that the Texas Citizen’s Participation Act protected Houston lawyer Sheryl Johnson-Todd from Morgan’s suit. The law, from 2011, prohibits lawsuits in retaliation for exercise of free speech and free association. Justice Hollis Horton wrote, “When an individual attempts to manipulate the legal system to vindicate their rights, the a
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A Hong Kong cargo shipper is suing a British Virgin Islands shipping company, alleging it failed to load cargo per a contract between the two parties.
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Two Texas consulting companies are suing a New Jersey man, alleging he did not fulfill contractual obligations.
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A Delaware-based asbestos law firm has expanded into Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, increasing its presence along the Gulf Coast. According to an Oct. 5 press release, Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson added 32 attorneys, all of whom focus their practices on toxic tort litigation, products liability and environmental litigation. “Our goal, from the very founding of our firm, has been to become the premier mass toxic tort firm in the country – this move helps get us there,” said James J.
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La cucaracha, la cucaracha Ya no puede caminar.
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A Louisiana man is suing the principal contractor of a job where he alleges he was severely injured because of the contractor's negligence.
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A Texarkana man is suing over alleged breach of contract in the purchase of a business.
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“Use of taxpayer funds should be reserved for purely public purposes, not the private benefit of an individual, corporation, or association.” That's the first sentence of a position paper published this summer by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI).
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A seaman is suing his former employer following injuries he allegedly sustained aboard one of its vessels.
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Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Co. is suing a client over the client's allegedly fraudulent claims of damage to his boat.
