A Texas appellate court has ruled that the Provost Umphrey Law Firm and one of its attorneys did not take confidential information from a possible client and then use it in another case.
An issue of a property owner’s liability for independent contractors is presently before the Texas Supreme Court and could determine whether a $2.64 million asbestos verdict against Dow Chemical stands.
TYLER – A Dallas County, Texas, physician has been convicted of 15 counts of health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) – All across the nation, state candidates on every level are benefiting financially from the nation’s leading asbestos litigation firms.
The Office of the Attorney General of Texas claims a lawsuit against it by a former employee does not qualify under the Whistleblower Act and is asking the Texas Supreme Court to dismiss the case.
The Texas Office of the Attorney General maintains a lawsuit against it by a former employee does not satisfy legal requirements under the Texas Whistleblower Act, even though two other courts have already said it does.
A Texas jury recently ordered that Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon unit must pay $1.2 million to a former nurse who was injured by one of the manufacturer’s mesh slings used to treat incontinence.
A federal judge has denied Dallas County's request for reconsideration of a decision in favor of an electronic mortgage system, which it claims harms the county by denying filing fees.
UPDATE: Plaintiff Jackie Jones dismissed without prejudice her claims against Aspen Healthcare Inc. and Sukhu George on April 3, 2014. The dismissal came before defendants had filed an answer or a motion for summary judgment.
