NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) — Samuel Issacharoff, the New York University School of Law professor who is representing a group of class action plaintiffs against oil giant BP, often is described as a Renaissance man.
There are days when things proceed with the same dreary predictable pace in the legal world. Mundane pleadings are filed, arguments made dozens if not hundreds of times before are recited as if by rote, and a judge processes the case in an almost assembly-line fashion before disposing of it with the bang of a gavel.
Every year, it seems there are high-profile civil liberties lawsuits in which municipalities are criticized for supposedly blurring the lines between church and state with Nativity scenes on government property. But agitating for equal time for “Festivus,” the made-up holiday immortalized by TVs “Seinfeld”?
Michael Gerstle GALVESTON - A backhoe company sued over an incident at a local high school has submitted a motion to designate responsible third parties into a lawsuit against it.
Beaumont attorney Mike Getz was named Newsmaker of the Year by the Press Club of Southeast Texas. Press Club Vice President of Programs Jennifer Walsh presented a trophy to Getz at the club's annual banquet June 4. The Press Club of Southeast Texas honored Beaumont attorney Mike Getz as the 2010 Newsmaker of the Year on Friday, June 3 at its 20th Annual Awards Banquet.
Television viewers fond of the "Doogie Howser" sitcom that launched the career of actor Neil Patrick Harris may never have gotten to meet a young medical prodigy in real life, but they just might encounter a legal wunderkind.
Nostalgic South Park graduates will see their former school stand for at least a few more months, as Judge Bob Wortham has granted the Beaumont Heritage Society's request for a temporary injunction.
A hearing over the future of South Park Middle School is attended by those who want to save the building as well as those who want to see it replaced. Every "intelligent tax payer" living in Beaumont should be "offended" that the school district wants to raze a structurally-sound building and replace it with a more expensive facility, said one local engineer at a recent hearing.
Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux was part of a team of city leaders recognized as Newsmaker of the Year for their efforts in Bridge City following Hurricane Ike.
As "Legally Speaking" readers know, I periodically recognize some of the legal system's oddities with our very own version of the Oscars or Emmys of the entertainment world � the Justie. Awards.
Every now and then, I'll receive a chiding e-mail or comment from a reader, asking why so many of my columns have focused on what's wrong with the legal profession or on outrageous lawsuits or decisions.
Former Congressman Jack Brooks was honored with a Legends Scholarship in his name at Lamar University. Longtime legislator Jack Brooks has been honored with a Lamar University scholarship in his name.
MARSHALL -- Uncomfortable with the idea that their friends would know they just rented "High School Musical" for the 57th time, users of Facebook have filed a class action against Blockbuster for releasing their video rental histories and other personal information to the Internet networking site.
BP has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the March 23, 2005, explosion that killed 15 and injured hundreds at its Texas City refinery. Now U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal has to decide if she will accept the company's plea agreement.
To say the least, Huey Buckley was a little surprised to learn that an oil company had dug a 150-foot hole on his property and filled it with dynamite.
