HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently affirmed a summary judgment win favor of Sonic Momentum JVP, better known as Land Rover of Southwest Houston.
AUSTIN - A U.S. Magistrate issued a report recommending that Austin-based federal judge Lee Yeakel dismiss a pediatrician's lawsuit against Adult Protective Services, concerning her elderly mother who died under court-appointed guardianship.
AUSTIN – Attorney Zina Bash has left the Texas Attorney General’s Office and joined Keller Lenkner – a law firm the state recently hired to represent it in an antitrust lawsuit against Google.
BEAUMONT – A pair of area attorneys are targeting the families of those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 in hopes of bringing litigation on their behalf.
FORT WORTH – A three-judge appeals court panel affirmed summary judgment on July 28 for a medical spinal implant distributor, Xtant Medical, Inc., which sued Texas General Hospital GP, LLC for not paying for several devices.
HOUSTON – A day after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide mask mandate, state Rep. Briscoe Cain tweeted: “Get fined for not wearing a mask? I will gladly represent you. FOR FREE.”
DALLAS – Since 2013, Bradley Miller has been entangled in litigation stemming from a divorce case that originated in Judge Andrea Plumlee’s 330th District Court – a complex mix of proceedings that Miller says has consumed all of his time and money.
HOUSTON — An expert witness is not required to prove forgery, a state appeals court recently ruled in a Harris County probate dispute between siblings.
SAN ANTONIO – Attorneys leaping from one law firm to another is a common enough occurrence, but the timing of two partners departing Phipps Deacon Purnell seems somewhat strange, as the firm is currently representing Bexar County in a billion dollar opioid lawsuit.
HOUSTON – Democrats believe they finally have a shot at reclaiming the Texas House in 2020, a bid for dominance that may start with a win in the rapidly approaching special election for HD 28 – a race that has apparently drawn the attention of influential people living outside of the state.
HOUSTON – At least 103 out of the 254 counties in the state of Texas have retained counsel to represent them in opioid litigation, according to records obtained by The Record.
FALFURRIAS, TEXAS – David T. Garcia, the county attorney for Brooks County, will no longer earn a contingency fee if an opioid lawsuit brought by his employer is successful.
McALLEN – Only three months ago, a sitting member of Congress signed a “modified” contingency fee contract to represent Hidalgo County in a construction defect lawsuit – a possible ethics violation.
HOUSTON – The 14th Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court’s ruling against PEM Offshore Inc. and Philips Matthew, saying appellee Index Brook LTD failed to prove appellants’ bad faith or callous disregard for the rules in a breach of contract case over the purchase of shares.
HOUSTON – A federal lawsuit accusing a catering service of terminating a Dallas County woman for pushing back against sexual harassment was recently dismissed.
HOUSTON – A law firm that was once king when it came to Texas storm litigation has been sued by a Hidalgo County attorney claiming he is owed money from the wave of lawsuits that were brought after hailstorms devastated the Rio Grande Valley six years ago.
SAN ANTONIO – Days after Hurricane Harvey hit, a law firm specializing in suing insurance companies offered to counsel school districts hammered by the storm “behind the scenes” and at “NO COST.”
