HOUSTON – When attorney Chris Hollins was appointed to head up the Harris County clerk’s office earlier this year, he said that he’d be “pausing” his legal services – but apparently that hasn’t stopped him from being sued for ambulance chasing.
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan has approved the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Harris County to stop the federal government from cutting short the time people will have to answer the 2020 U.S. Census.
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan today joined a lawsuit seeking to stop the federal government from excluding undocumented immigrants from counting toward apportioning Congress.
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan announced today that a dangerous building in the north county area is being demolished following an agreement negotiated by his office.
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us many things about how lawyers in the United States have traditionally practiced law. While we all had a strong sense that much of the daily practice of law was more antiquated than it needed to be, leave it to a global pandemic to really bring this into focus. The crisis has tested everything from how (or if) lawyers used technology, the nuts and bolts of how you ran your practice, how you interacted with clients and your own legal and support teams, to how realistic and current your risk management plans were.
HOUSTON – Back in June, Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan requested an attorney general opinion regarding facial covering mandates in county buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
HOUSTON - Judge Rabeea Collier of the 113th State District Court has denied a request from Attorney General Ken Paxton to stop Harris County from collecting attorney’s fees in a lawsuit against the owners of a mobile home park who failed to provide the residents with clean drinking water or safe sewage disposal.
The Texas First Court of Appeals ruled against Harris County’s plea to the jurisdiction in a dispute arising from an easement partially located on land owned by the county.
HOUSTON - Harris County Vince Ryan today sued generic drug manufactures over a massive price fixing scheme that cost Harris County millions and the US healthcare system billions in inflated drug prices.
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan has secured the approval of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services to take the next step in determining if creosote contamination in northeast Houston has caused cancer among residents there.
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan asked a federal judge this week to overturn the Trump administration’s recent rollback of chemical safety rules. The County Attorney’s Office contends this rollback is unlawful.
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan today sued Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, alleging violations of numerous laws following an explosion at the facility last week.
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan recently obtained a court order against a Spring wastewater treatment plant that had been releasing 1000 times permitted levels of dangerous E. coli bacteria and other contaminates into Willow Creek.
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan won a permanent injunction last week to stop the sale of illegal synthetic marijuana by a smoke shop located in east Harris County. The shop also agreed to pay one million dollars in penalties to Harris County, the City of Houston, and the State of Texas.
HOUSTON - County Attorney Vince Ryan welcomes back environmental law specialist Clarissa Bauer to the County as he strengthens his team to combat the rising number of environmental enforcement cases.
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan filed a friend of the court brief last week in lawsuits seeking to stop the Trump Administration’s new public charge rule.
