Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 23-state amicus brief, urging the United States Supreme Court to reverse the disturbing decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that barred the Kentucky Attorney General from defending a state law that prohibits the gruesome abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation, which involves dismembering an unborn child in the womb, while still alive.
AUSTIN – Lone Star attorneys who object to how the Texas Bar spends the mandatory dues it collects are left “on the hook to fund ideological activities” they do not support, according to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday.
HOUSTON – A lawsuit brought against an area physician alleging he botched a patient’s circumcision will continue, thanks to a ruling made by the First Court of Appeals today.
AUSTIN – There may be some good news for Texas attorneys who no longer wish to fund the state Bar’s ideological agenda, as a challenge to mandatory Oklahoma Bar dues has been reinstated.
HOUSTON – Today, the 14th Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Houston – litigation brought by a man claiming a crane operator swung a crane arm “dangerously close” to him.
HOUSTON – A woman who claims she slipped and fell after disembarking an escalator at Bush Intercontinental Airport recently had her lawsuit tossed by the 14th Court of Appeals.
HOUSTON – The 14th Court of Appeals recently affirmed a damages award against the Metropolitan Transit Authority in a lawsuit claiming a bus driver hit a parked truck.
AUSTIN — Today, Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Eva Guzman, who resigned from the Texas Supreme Court earlier this month, in her campaign for Texas Attorney General.
Bradley is pleased to announce that 24 attorneys have joined the firm’s offices in Birmingham; Charlotte, N.C.; Houston, Tex.; Jackson, Miss.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Tampa, Fla.
HOUSTON – An appellate court recently shot down an argument that virtual trials prevent parties from exercising their constitutional rights to effectively defend themselves, permitting a virtual asbestos trial against J-M Manufacturing to go forward.
HOUSTON – A deckhand claiming that an engineer and not him should been pouring oil into a generator recently had his lawsuit tossed by the 14th Court of Appeals.
HOUSTON – A man claiming CenterPoint falsely imprisoned him for refusing to let the company trim an oak tree on his property recently had his claim reinstated by the 14th Court of Appeals.
HOUSTON – The 14th Court of Appeals found today that a trial court erred by denying motions to dismiss brought by KHOU-TV and the Houston Chronicle in a libel suit against the news outlets.
While the American economy has made significant progress in terms of pandemic recovery, many of the businesses that weathered the past year are still left picking up the pieces and putting them back together. Massive relief spending to support the economy throughout the pandemic has had mixed results for businesses; which speaks to the difficulty of times. Moreover, simply outlasting the pandemic is certainly not enough to end the struggles for many businesses, particularly those with razor-thin margins or leveraged start-ups.
HOUSTON – A consulting group that was hit with a restraining order for trying to initiate arbitration proceedings against another company recently lost an appeal over the issue.
Office of the Attorney General of Texas (OAG) filed an appellate brief with the Austin-based 3rd Court of Appeals fully debunking a group of former OAG political appointees who had gone rogue and lodged unfounded accusations against Attorney General Paxton.
