Medina AUSTIN � Texas law firms must adopt and enforce policies to prevent office workers from betraying secrets of firms where they previously worked, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled on Aug. 27.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The firm of heavyweight Alabama plaintiffs attorney Jere Beasley gave more than $600,000 to a candidate for the state Supreme Court in 2008 without appearing on a list of her contributors, a recent report shows.
The identities of two bloggers who launched a Web crusade against local political commentator Philip Klein are safe for the time being, as Texas' highest court issued an emergency stay Friday.
Imagine setting up trusts to settle claims for asbestos-related injuries and letting plaintiffs' lawyers administer them. Now imagine a baseball game at which the home team makes the rules. Who thinks that's a good idea?
Smith WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, the leading Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, on Thursday asked the director of the Government Accountability Office to investigate the secrecy behind trusts created to pay asbestos-related claims against bankrupt companies.
GALVESTON - A Galveston County woman claims she sustained a shoulder injury while shopping at a local discount department store more than a year ago, recent court documents say.
We won't deny the mysterious appeal -- to their possessors, at least � of body piercings, tattoos, and multi-colored, mile-high mohawks, but it's hardly reasonable for ardent exhibitionists to expect admiration from a wide audience.
Robreno PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Since his appointment last year to the U.S. Multi District Litigation on asbestos, Judge Eduardo Robreno has developed a reputation for clearing the court's massive docket at warp speed -- half a million cases in four months.
Robreno PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline)- Serving in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a federal judge is making a name for himself for his swift handling of a huge asbestos docket.