AUSTIN – The California municipalities bringing climate change lawsuits against oil companies seek to benefit from suppressing Texas free speech and attacking Texas policy, according to ExxonMobil’s recently filed brief.
As someone who lived in California and Texas for nearly my entire adult life, I read Kenneth P. Miller’s new book, Texas vs. California (2020), with considerable anticipation.
Our regular readers will recall our extensive coverage of the patent troll problems in the Western District of Texas, but it’s fair to say patent trolls find fertile ground in courts across the Lone Star State.
The national litigation boutique Lehotsky Keller LLP has added Katherine C. Yarger as a partner in Denver, CO. The firm, started Feb. 1, has already grown to ten lawyers across three offices—Washington, D.C., Austin, TX, and Denver—and five of the firm’s lawyers clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court.
AUSTIN - Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a historic $26 billion agreement that will bring desperately needed relief to Texans who are struggling with opioid addiction. The agreement includes Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – and Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and marketed opioids. The agreement also requires significant industry changes that will help prevent this type of crisis from ever happening again.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP Litigation Practice Shareholder Bina Palnitkar has been recognized as one of 40 top young lawyers nationwide in Bloomberg Law’s inaugural edition of “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40.”
HOUSTON – At a public comment session hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee proposed reinstatement of chemical disaster rules rolled back by the Trump administration, and enhancing rules to address Harris County’s unique vulnerability to chemical disasters.
Reed Smith is pleased to announce that David Cunningham, one of the leading minds in legal services strategy and innovation over the past 30 years, has been named to a newly created leadership role at the firm, Chief Innovation Officer.
Seventeen attorneys from the Environmental Practice of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are recognized in The Legal 500 United States 2021 Guide.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that our firm has been named for the fifth year as one of the 2021 Best Law Firms for Women by Seramount (formerly Working Mother Media), in recognition of “utilizing best practices in recruiting, retaining, promoting, and developing women lawyers.”
