AUSTIN - The State Bar of Texas has released disciplinary actions for June 2022. The report shows three individuals have been disbarred while four others have resigned in lieu of discipline.
AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion providing guidance on how courts should apply the periodic payments provision, a key element of the state’s 2003 landmark medical liability reforms, holding that the structure must in some way conform to the evidence presented to the jury at trial.
BEAUMONT - A recent medical malpractice trial concluded with a Jefferson County jury finding no negligence on the part of the defendant or the plaintiff.
Nearly a year has passed since the Legislature enacted SB 6, which extends liability protections to health care providers and businesses from lawsuits related to COVID-19. Has the bill been successful in its policy objective to prevent a wave of litigation in Texas courts, primarily health care liability, premises liability, and employer-employee claims?
HOUSTON — An investor claims he was fraudulently sold a high risk investment in a company under SEC investigation by an unlicensed investment financial advisor.
HOUSTON — A Houston attorney is being accused of breaching his agreement with a diagnostic testing facility that provided services for his personal injury cases.
AUSTIN - While the California municipalities bringing climate change lawsuits against oil companies are arguing Texas courts lack jurisdiction because of a lack of contacts within the state, ExxonMobil contends their use of “lawfare” has in fact established sufficient contacts “to be held to account here.”
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.
HOUSTON — A Houston restaurant claims its former financial officer fraudulently withdrew funds from the company's checking account to deposit in his personal accounts.
AUSTIN –The Attorney General’s Office has announced a $15.3 million settlement of the Texas City Y Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage (NRDA) matter, a press release states.
NEW ORLEANS - A recent OSHA mandate requiring employees of covered employers to undergo COVID-19 vaccination or take weekly COVID-19 tests and wear a mask “violates the constitutional structure that safeguards our collective liberty,” according to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
DC – A rule requiring for-hire charter boat captains off the Gulf of Mexico to install vessel monitoring systems (VMS), a kind of GPS tracking device, on their boats to supply 24/7 location information to the U.S. Government has been put on hold, a press release states.
AUSTIN – “Bring it” – that’s what Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted once he got word the U.S. Department of Justice had filed suit against Texas over the state's election integrity law.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims.
As someone who lived in California and Texas for nearly my entire adult life, I read Kenneth P. Miller’s new book, Texas vs. California (2020), with considerable anticipation.
Nothing better exemplifies the Gramscian “long march through the institutions” than the role of the American Bar Association in transforming America’s legal establishment.
HOUSTON – Court records show that Duc Dinh, a well-known member of the Houston-area Vietnamese community, had sued Gina Nguyen for defamation prior to being hit with a lawsuit accusing him of rape.
HOUSTON — A model and social media influencer who immigrated to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia is alleging that during divorce proceedings, her husband took more than $164,000 of her company's revenues and went on a spending spree without her consent.
