Schleicher Jefferson County Clerk Carolyn Guidry has appealed a Beaumont judge's decision to grant a plea to the jurisdiction motion in her suit against the Commissioners Court and several county judges.
Wells When the Commission for Lawyer Discipline and Beaumont attorney Rhett Phares, who allegedly demanded $100,000 from his former client and threatened him by lauding his influence over local judges, square off in court later this month, an out-of-town judge will preside over the trial.
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has settled his lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceutical over the marketing of its prescription antipsychotic drug Risperdal.
The flagging U.S. economy caught up with several high-profile North Texas companies during the past year, creating a logjam of bankruptcy cases in Androvett Legal Media & Marketing's list of the Top 10 North Texas Legal Stories of 2011. Bankruptcies for American Airlines, Blockbuster and the Dallas Stars earned spots on the annual list of the area's top legal news. Others include the ongoing corruption
Davidson A notice of transfer was recently filed in an asbestos suit against E.I. DuPont De Nemours, removing the case to a Houston Multidistrict Litigation Panel.
Hoyt GALVESTON - Stating Galveston County's redistricting plan have not been precleared in accordance to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a federal judge ruled against its implementation.
GALVESTON - A group of Galveston County officials have filed a lawsuit in the Galveston Division of the Southern District of Texas to block a redistricting plan they claim will disenfranchise minority voters.
We've all gotten them in the mail�the densely-written legal notices in tiny print advising us that we may be among the members of a class action currently pending in some far-off federal court.
Guidry Jefferson County Clerk Carolyn Guidry is suing the Commissioners Court and several county judges, alleging the defendants undermined her constitutional authority by illegally promoting deputy clerks and giving them hefty raises.
Late least year, Lamar University filed an appeal in the Ninth Court of Appeals of Texas, hoping to reverse a ruling denying it sovereign immunity in a discrimination lawsuit.
Davidson AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - A legal reform group says legislation passed in 2005 to help Texas courts deal with asbestos and silica lawsuits has been successful.
The threat of ice and dangerous conditions has prompted Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick to close county offices, including the courthouses in Beaumont and Port Arthur, on Friday, Feb. 4.
In May, Port Arthur plant worker Sharon Kirk sued Veolia Es Environmental Services, claiming the company left behind a mess causing her to fall down a flight of stairs and injure her knee.
The Ninth Court of Appeals of Texas recently issued an opinion forcing a plaintiff, who sued her insurance company following Hurricane Ike, into arbitration.
The Beaumont Independent School District can carry on with discussions about possibly building a hotel and events center -- a speculative $50 million project -- near its new football stadium, thanks to a local judge's Nov. 8 ruling.
A former Woodlands Christian Academy teacher will have to pull up a seat at the arbitration table if she wishes to pursue her claims against the school, due to a recent opinion from the Ninth Court of Appeals of Texas.
"Let the Sunshine In," from the rock musical Hair, became a top-ten hit in the 1960s. Sunshine laws became popular about the same time, requiring federal, state, and local governments to conduct their business in the open and to make their records available to the public.