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John Long to Moderate Infractions Panel at Nacda Convention.
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HOUSTON - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a public admonition and order of additional education for Judge Darrell Jordan, who presides over Harris County’s Criminal Court at Law No. 16.
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HOUSTON — A Harris County homeowner alleges the contractor he hired and paid for disaster remediation failed to secure the proper permits and abandoned the job.
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HOUSTON - Yesterday, the 14th Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a medical-malpractice claim against the Crescent Continuing Care Center Company for failing to timely serve an expert report.
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HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals recently dismissed a lawsuit brought against the city of Houston over a police officer’s automobile collision.
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HOUSTON — A woman alleges lack of safety measures at a manufacturing plant led to her father's wrongful death.
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HOUSTON — A painter alleges his fall was the result of poor training, and a lack of safety protocols on the job site.
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HOUSTON — A tenant who was robbed and shot at his Houston apartment is alleging the complex owners negligence for lack of proper security.
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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.
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AUSTIN - On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court reversed a judgment denying a strip club’s motion to compel arbitration in a wrongful death lawsuit.
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HOUSTON - The 14th Court of Appeals recently reversed a ruling denying the Harris County Flood Control District governmental immunity in a lawsuit brought by a man who was injured when a tree he was cutting fell and struck him.
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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.
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HOUSTON — A worker alleges he was forced to lift heavy materials while on a ladder which caused him to fall and suffer injuries.
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AUSTIN - While California municipalities bringing climate change lawsuits argue Texas courts lack jurisdiction over litigation brought by ExxonMobil, one group is arguing that their suits are “actually part of a coordinated, nationwide campaign targeting Texas businesses.”
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Legal scholars continue to explore the frontier of constitutional interpretation, with recent books by Ilan Wurman (The Second Founding; A Debt Against the Living), Kurt Lash (The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship; The Reconstruction Amendments), Randy Barnett (The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; Our Republican Constitution), and many others.
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HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals recently reversed a ruling denying Huntington Ingalls’ special appearance in litigation brought by insurers seeking to determine their obligations under insurance policies for asbestos suits brought against the company.
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First of all, don’t mess with Texas. Second, if you’re foolish enough to try that, plan on messing with Texas in Texas, because our state’s long-arm statute gives us the home-field advantage.
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AUSTIN - While the California municipalities bringing climate change lawsuits against oil companies are arguing Texas courts lack jurisdiction because of a lack of contacts within the state, ExxonMobil contends their use of “lawfare” has in fact established sufficient contacts “to be held to account here.”
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AUSTIN - An attorney general opinion apparently can’t determine whether a banquet facility inside a stadium owned by the school district is a “building of a public school.”
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HOUSTON — A man alleges he suffered injuries at an LA Fitness gym in Houston due to defective equipment.