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Mostyn successfully drags state senator into TWIA lawsuit
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – At the request of Texas plaintiffs attorney Steve Mostyn, a Galveston County judge recently authorized the testimony of a Republican state senator accused of encouraging the Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency to fight some of the thousands of lawsuits brought against it by Mostyn. -
Three nominated for federal judgeships in Texas
Three Texas men have been named to fill judicial vacancies in the federal courts of the Lone Star State. -
Legally Speaking-Lawyers Doing Good (Part II)
Some of the ways in which lawyers do good for the community are geared toward hope for a better future — such as raising money for charity, men -
Senators Cruz, Cornyn join challenge to ObamaCare
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Two U.S. senators from Texas and a congressman have joined an ongoing constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act currently being heard in federal court. -
Senate’s FACT Act 'clips the wings of the plaintiffs bar'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Despite strong opposition, supporters of the Furthering Asbestos Transparency Act believe that U.S. Senator Jeff Flake’s introduction of the bill in the Senate could reignite interest in the FACT Act. -
Galveston judge named to 5th Circuit bench
The U.S. Senate has unanimously confirmed a federal judge from the Southern District of Texas to the Fifth Circuit. -
Braley leads all GOP candidates in Iowa Senate race
WATERLOO, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – With the Iowa primary less than two weeks away, U.S. Rep. and Senate-candidate Bruce Braley may hold a moderate lead over whichever Republican he ends up facing in November, a new poll suggests. -
New app promises to connect users with lawmakers
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A new app is promising to change the way Americans interact with Capitol Hill lawmakers. -
Legacy lawsuit reform passes House committee minus amendment
BATON ROUGE – A bill governing the way lawsuits addressing the cleanup of land polluted in oil drilling operations, also know as legacy lawsuit, has passed the Louisiana State House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure minus an amendment added in the Senate that limited the bill to future lawsuits only. -
La. constitutional amendment would make it easier to eliminate judgeships
BATON ROUGE – A bill that would create a constitutional amendment that would change the way judicial vacancies are handled is currently under consideration by the Louisiana House after passing the Senate last week. -
Special election to fill Texas Senate seat ends in run-off
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – On Saturday, Southeast Texas voters failed to divvy out 50 percent of the vote to any of the four candidates seeking to represent them in Texas Senate District 4. -
LNL reporter turned away from N.Y. trial lawyers event featuring Braley
NEW YORK – A New York State Trial Lawyers Association event featuring U.S. Rep. and Senate-hopeful Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, was not open to the media. -
Bill that would provide Louisiana ‘legacy lawsuit’ fix passes Senate unanimously
NEW ORLEANS – A bill that cleans up language in previously passed legislation that was meant to address how lawsuits involving land polluted by energy exploration activities are handled has passed the Senate unanimously. -
Special election May 10 to fill vacant Texas Senate seat
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – In just a few short weeks, Southeast Texas voters will venture to the polls to select the Republican they want to represent them in Texas Senate District 4. -
Texas trial lawyers open checkbooks for Braley’s Senate run
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – It seems U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley’s past remarks warning that a “farmer” could be the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee reached the ears of Texas trial lawyers. -
Inventors fear effects of patent litigation reform
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Eb Bright knows a thing or two about patents. -
Trial lawyers fueling Braley’s run to stop ‘farmer’ from taking Senate Judiciary chair
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Seeking “help” for his U.S. Senate bid, Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, told a group of trial lawyers at a Texas fundraiser in January he’s “someone who’s been fighting tort reform for 30 years” and needs their “help” to stop a “farmer” from becoming the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. -
Senate committee to consider Leahy’s patent reform bill
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — One of the handful of patent reform bills introduced in Congress will be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee later this month. -
Candidates for Williams' seat in Dist. 4 to attend Beaumont forum
The Beaumont Chamber of Commerce is hosting a forum for the Republican candidates of Texas Senate District 4. -
Law professor: McCaskill’s legislation has potential to be ‘most destructive’ of patent troll bills
ARLINGTON, Va. (Legal Newsline) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s patent troll bill, introduced last week, could be even more devastating to the country’s patent system than those measures already introduced, one law professor says.