Morgan Frustrated with only receiving "fancy charts," a local security company sued a pack of out-of-town financial consultants last March in hopes of recovering the $100,000 it paid them to reshape the company's business paradigm.
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-A Texas judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general against drugmaker Merck & Co. over its now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx.
Youngdahl Two similar suits over attorney's fees filed by two separate plaintiff's lawyers in two different counties have been put on hold while the cases' two respective judges attempt to consolidate the litigation.
McConnell PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Special from PublicNuisanceWire.com)- For nine years prospective federal judge nominee Jack McConnell battled paint makers with boundless powers he received from attorneys general he helped elect.
Boxes full of asbestos case files are stacked up at the Orange County Courthouse. It's possible that if a person were to lay the asbestos lawsuits filed in Southeast Texas in the early 1990s in a straight line, he or she could build a sidewalk between the Jefferson and Orange courthouses twice over.
It's a phrase you're bound to hear at one point or another in any legal drama or courtroom thriller: "You're in contempt!" But what does being held in contempt of court really mean, and just what are the lengths to which it can be taken?
Last week, the Texas Supreme Court ordered Jefferson County District County Judge Donald Floyd to disclose his reasoning behind granting a defeated plaintiff a new trial against DuPont. Now DuPont is asking the local judge to set aside his ruling.
The Texas Supreme Court has ordered Jefferson County Judge Donald Floyd to give the reasons behind his decision to grant the plaintiff a new wrongful death trial against DuPont.
In an ironic twist, sections of a forest that Texas A&M University and the state of Texas dedicated to the study of forestry are now in danger of deforestation � thanks to an appellate ruling, eminent domain and a county's desire to build a highway.
Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux was part of a team of city leaders recognized as Newsmaker of the Year for their efforts in Bridge City following Hurricane Ike.
A wrongful death suit filed by the family of a man killed when he fell from a man lift inside a local church has been transferred from Jefferson County to federal court.
John Sealy Hospital, UTMB-Galveston GALVESTON � Around 3,000 employees terminated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston now have a chance to get their jobs back, according to the terms of settlement in a Galveston lawsuit.
Plaintiff's lawyers embattled over who gets to represent a deceased man's estate were told by a local judge to sue each other in order to sort out the mess.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � The U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by General Motors to review a class action pending against the auto maker in the Miller County Circuit Court of Arkansas. The decision denying the petition for writ of certoriatia was released Jan. 12.
Another Level Eatery in the Jefferson County Courthouse has been closed since Sept. 9. Jefferson County courthouse employees and visitors who were salivating in anticipation of Another Level Eatery reopening soon might want to put down their forks.
John Specia AUSTIN - Retired Bexar County Judge John Specia will preside over pretrial proceedings in 16 Hurricane Rita suits, the Texas Multidistrict Litigation Panel has decided.