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2022 AEC Executive Roundtable on June 22 - 24, 2022
2022 AEC Executive Roundtable on June 22 - 24, 2022. -
Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in Lawdragon’s ‘500 Leading Lawyers in America’
Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Recognized in Lawdragon’s ‘500 Leading Lawyers in America’. -
Nick Monaghan Appointed to Serve as Managing Member of Dykema’s San Antonio Office
Nick Monaghan Appointed to Serve as Managing Member of Dykema’s San Antonio Office -
Does the Written Constitution Matter?
Legal scholars continue to explore the frontier of constitutional interpretation, with recent books by Ilan Wurman (The Second Founding; A Debt Against the Living), Kurt Lash (The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship; The Reconstruction Amendments), Randy Barnett (The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; Our Republican Constitution), and many others. -
Man alleges Speedway Loans defaulted on contract agreement
HOUSTON — A man alleges Speedway Loans illegally seized his vehicle and defaulted on their loan contract agreement. -
Locke Lord’s Ann Ryan Robertson Named to Who's Who Legal: Arbitration 2022 List
Locke Lord’s Ann Ryan Robertson Named to Who's Who Legal: Arbitration 2022 List, -
Texas coalition urges Congress to oppose reconciliation bill
Austin —The Texas Association of Business (TAB), Texas Public Policy Foundation, local chambers of commerce, and additional business associations sent a letter to the Texas congressional delegation in opposition to the federal reconciliation bill. -
Bill to block COVID-19 vaccine mandates stalls in Texas Legislature, TCJL says SB 51 imposes employer liability
AUSTIN – Legislation aimed at blocking employers from mandating vaccines has blurred the political lines, as many groups that usually support Republican initiatives are standing against the bill. -
Academy Sports cannot be liable for Sutherland Springs Church shooting, Texas AG applauds SC's decision
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is applauding the Texas Supreme Court's decision to protect Academy Sports and Outdoors from liability in the devastating Sutherland Springs church shooting in 2017. -
Texas AG Paxton sues Austin Eco Bilingual School founder, accused of labor trafficking
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today sued Austin Eco Bilingual School, a Spanish immersion preschool, accusing founder Adriana Rodriguez of labor trafficking. -
Bill to allow 7-day spirits sales via local option heard in Texas committee
AUSTIN – Today, the Senate Committee on Businesses and Commerce heard SB 1013 by Senator Dawn Buckingham, which would give Texans the opportunity to vote for seven-day spirits sales through local option elections, a press release states. -
Couple alleges contractor failed to follow project plans, drawings
HOUSTON — A Harris County couple claim a contractor failed to abide by the project plans and drawings while building a pergola over their pool and created a defective structure. -
Lehotsky Keller adds environmental litigator with extensive trade association, private sector and governmental experience
WASHINGTON - The national litigation boutique Lehotsky Keller LLP today announced the addition of Michael B. Schon as partner to expand the firm’s environmental litigation capabilities. -
Texas House committee hears tort reform measures, including bill to stop abuse of public nuisance
AUSTIN – A number of tort reform measures were heard yesterday by Texas House members, including bills on public nuisance, loser pays and paid or incurred. -
Keep Texas Trucking along by protecting against excessive lawsuits
A pair of bills making their way through the Texas Legislature will bring much-needed and sensible reforms to a litigation system run amuck. House Bill 19 and its companion in the Senate aim to rein in excessive lawsuits that deliver big paydays for lawyers while threatening jobs for one of the state’s most important industries, and driving up insurance rates for everyone else. -
Pandemic liability protections won’t protect ‘bad actors,’ says Sen. Kelly Hancock
AUSTIN – The Senate Business & Commerce Committee held a hearing on the Pandemic Liability Protection Act today, during which the bill’s author, Sen. Kelly Hancock, assured all who were present that “bad actors” won’t be protected from litigation. -
AG Paxton leads multistate complaint against the Biden Administration demanding reinstatement of the Keystone XL permit
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that Texas and Montana are filing a multistate complaint against the Biden administration for revoking the 2019 Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. -
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
March 10-14, 2014
