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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Releases 2022 Interim Charges to the Texas Senate
AUSTIN – Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked committees of the Texas Senate to study 84 charges during the interim before the 88th Legislative Session. -
Petitioners suing San Antonio over Chick–fil-A airport ban can replead case, Texas Supreme Court opines
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court is allowing a group of claimants to replead their case against the city of San Antonio – individuals who sued over the city’s exclusion of Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio airport. -
Experienced Energy Industry Attorney James Noe Joins Holland & Knight in Washington, D.C., and Houston
Experienced Energy Industry Attorney James Noe Joins Holland & Knight in Washington, D.C., and Houston. -
Ivy League Justice
Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ill-informed comments and questions at the recent oral argument in the challenge to the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccination mandate case (National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor) provide a timely reminder that the hyper-elite legal talent on the nation’s High Court is not always what it is cracked up to be. -
Butler Snow Adds Nine Attorneys Across Five Offices
Butler Snow Adds Nine Attorneys Across Five Offices. -
Elizabeth Ross Hadley Elected President of Dress for Success Austin Board
Elizabeth Ross Hadley Elected President of Dress for Success Austin Board. -
Time to Revisit the Standards for Awarding Mental Anguish Damages?
The return of nuclear verdicts to Texas courts (and attorney television advertising) and the recently launched efforts of the medical malpractice plaintiff’s bar to convince the federal courts to strike down Texas’ cap on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases (which is likely to play out over several years) could potentially raise an issue for state lawmakers: is it time to consider codifying at least some objective standards and levels of proof for mental anguish damages? -
Needlessly Reducing Supply Risks Another Grid Failure
Nine months after the Great Freeze of 2021, after a full legislative session, three special sessions, resignations from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and a complete leadership turnover at the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC), the powers that be in Austin have still not learned the right lessons or taken sufficient steps to prevent a repeat of that unnecessary disaster. -
Group condemns DOJ’s ‘frivolous’ suit against Texas over election integrity reforms
AUSTIN – By attacking states with frivolous lawsuit, the Biden Administration has weaponized the Department of Justice into an arm of the Democrat political party, according to the Foundation for Government Accountability. -
Gov. Abbott’s response to DOJ’s suit aimed at Texas voting law – ‘Bring it’
AUSTIN – “Bring it” – that’s what Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted once he got word the U.S. Department of Justice had filed suit against Texas over the state's election integrity law. -
Gov. Abbott appoints Bash and Young to Texas Judicial Council
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Zina Bash and reappointed Evan Young to the Texas Judicial Council for terms set to expire on June 30, 2027, a press release states. -
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee and 80 elected attorneys and law enforcement leaders tell Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law in DOJ suit
HOUSTON — Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee and dozens of District Attorneys and former Attorneys General, U.S. Attorneys, and law enforcement leaders across the country filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday opposing the Texas abortion law. -
The Clark Hill-ABA Connection: Deep Roots & A New Leadership Role
The Clark Hill-ABA Connection: Deep Roots & A New Leadership Role. -
Bill to block COVID-19 vaccine mandates stalls in Texas Legislature, TCJL says SB 51 imposes employer liability
AUSTIN – Legislation aimed at blocking employers from mandating vaccines has blurred the political lines, as many groups that usually support Republican initiatives are standing against the bill. -
Houston attorney says Abbott’s executive order does not prohibit vaccine mandates
HOUSTON – Many Texas politicians are up in arms over Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order prohibiting vaccine mandates by any entity. However, one Houston attorney says the order isn’t exactly stopping businesses from requiring the jab. -
Gov. Abbott signs Damon Allen Act into law at Safer Houston Summit
AUSTIN – Gov. Abbott today signed Senate Bill 6, the Damon Allen Act, into law at the Texas Pastor Council's Safer Houston Summit. -
Texas judge warned after making racially charged social media posts, called Beto #fakemexican
AUSTIN – A district judge in Tarrant County is swearing off social media after several posts she made warranted a public warning from The State Commission on Judicial Conduct. -
The ABA's Long March Continues
Nothing better exemplifies the Gramscian “long march through the institutions” than the role of the American Bar Association in transforming America’s legal establishment. -
Pipelines Shouldn’t be Odd Man out of Infrastructure Plan
The stalemate over a new national infrastructure package appears to be nearing a close, as the Senate voted this week to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion plan. -
July 19: Harris County Civil Court docket for "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" cases
The following cases categorized as "contract - consumer/commercial/debt" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on July 19. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact: