Old Although aspiring politicians Jay Old Jr. and Michael Truncale agree tort reform has had a positive effect in Texas, neither candidate will seek to implement reform on a national level if elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 14th Congressional District.
Holder WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and a multistate group of attorneys general, including Texas AG Greg Abbott, announced a settlement on Wednesday with three of the biggest U.S. book publishers and continuing litigation against Apple Inc. and two other publishers.
MARSHALL - A Tyler county resident claims his 35 years of exposure to diesel fuel and other chemicals while working on the railroad caused him to develop leukemia.
On a large bulletin board in the crowded hallway of one of the courthouses in Bexar County, Texas, there is what I refer to as the "Monument to the Unknown Father."
This week in "Their View," seven Republican state representatives co-authored an editorial endorsing Gov. Rick Perry's "loser pays" proposal as the next logical step in our legislature's effort to enact legal reforms that make our court system fairer and less costly.
Taylor Lawsuit reform works. Nothing underscores this point more clearly than the success of the medical liability reforms enacted by Gov. Rick Perry and the Legislature in 2003 and then ratified by voters later that year.
Alito WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review an appeal from a Texas teenager who downloaded and shared "a sizeable list" of copyrighted music without paying.
