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Jones, Wentworth battle continues in ethics ads
Jones After one of her primary opponents filed an ethics complaint against her, state Senate candidate Elizabeth Ames Jones has shot back with accusations of her own. -
Republican state Senate battle heats up as Wentworth files ethics complaint against Jones
Wentworth State Sen. Jeff Wentworth has filed an ethics complaint against his opponent in the Republican primary, Elizabeth Ames Jones, and her husband. -
ABA honors Texas Supreme Court for legal aid funding efforts
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Southeast Texas honors Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) was the guest of honor at a luncheon held at the Holiday Inn in Beaumont on April 10. -
There ought to be a law -- and there was, once
Did you know that shooting a buffalo from the second floor of a hotel is illegal in Texas? -
Reform group says Wentworth votes with Dems on tort issues
Wentworth State Sen. Jeff Wentworth's record on civil justice issues shows he favors the plaintiffs' trial bar despite his claims that he supports tort reform, according to recent report by a Texas legal reform group. -
Texas redistricting maps approved; Republicans happy with results
SAN ANTONIO � It looks like the Texas primary elections will be held on May 29 now that federal judges in San Antonio released new redistricting maps on Tuesday afternoon. -
Leach loses appeal of wrongful termination suit against Texas Tech
Leach After his high-profile firing from Texas Tech University two years ago, coach Mike Leach may be at the end of his legal fight with his former employer. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday denied the football coach's appeal of a wrongful termination suit against the university. -
Blog shows trial lawyer group working with four Senate campaigns
Heitkamp BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - A group being funded by trial lawyer heavyweights is working with Heidi Heitkamp, a former North Dakota attorney general, on her U.S. Senate campaign. -
Blog shows trial lawyer group working with four Senate campaigns
Heitkamp BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) � A group being funded by trial lawyer heavyweights is working with Heidi Heitkamp, a former North Dakota attorney general, on her U.S. Senate campaign. -
CALA: It's time to take smart action against double dipping
Not so long ago, the Texas court system was drowning in asbestos personal injury lawsuits, seriously threatening access to our courts, harming our business climate and posing a real obstacle for those who were truly harmed by asbestos and deserved their day in court. -
***FOR PRINT***Hearing set for Cordray, other appointments
Cordray WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The House Judiciary Committee will have a hearing Feb. 15 over the constitutionality of recent recess appointments by President Obama. -
New law puts ambulance chasers in the hot seat
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Good news, bad news for Texas in latest 'Hellhole' report
Texas Gov. Rick Perry signs HB 274 into law on May 30. The American Tort Reform Foundation has released its annual "Judicial Hellholes" report, and this year's report includes some good news � and some bad news � for the Lone Star State. -
***FOR PRINT***Texas AG challenges redistricting plan
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says he plans to file an emergency stay with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday challenging redistricting maps drawn by a panel of federal judges in San Antonio. -
Report: Obama nominee, some AGs too close to plaintiffs bar
Cordray NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) � The relationship between plaintiffs attorneys and the man President Barack Obama wants to head a key consumer protection agency is targeted in a new report by the Manhattan Institute.