Texas trial lawyers surpassed their 2008 benchmark for campaign spending, shelling out $13.6 million so far in 2010, with famed Houston hurricane attorney Steve Mostyn providing almost half the cash.
Barbier Two big names among Texas trial lawyers are among the 17 attorneys named by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to serve in leadership roles in the federal multidistrict litigation against BP and other companies associated with the Deepwater Horizon explosion and ensuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Let's face it - life in general, and the legal system in particular, would be a lot more
boring without the comic relief provided by the occasional criminal defendant, litigant, or even lawyer making mistakes.
WASHINGTON-Motley Rice LLC, one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' litigation firms, today announces that trial lawyer Nathan D. Finch has joined the firm as a member in its Washington, D.C. office.
Keller AUSTIN � On Aug. 16, Texas Supreme Court justices denied emergency relief to Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller in her bid to erase a public warning over her conduct on the occasion of a killer's execution.
Jindal BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline) - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has selected what some are calling "a most unlikely" law firm to represent the state in litigation against oil giant BP.
Goodwin CHARLESTON, W. Va. -� U.S. District Judge Goodwin cancelled a unique hearing with four other judges - including a state judge from Orange County, Texas - on the qualifications of experts in litigation over the heart medicine Digitek.
Barbier NEW ORLEANS � U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier, responsible for all oil spill suits filed in federal court, met privately with hundreds of plaintiff lawyers on Friday, Aug. 13.
Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana is scheduled to speak at a conference sponsored by the Louisiana Association for Justice (LAJ), formerly the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (LTLA), on Friday at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans.
Abbott AUSTIN(Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday charged BP Products North America with "illegally emitting" close to 500,000 pounds of pollutants from its Texas City refinery for more than a month.
Fundum LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - One of the country's leading writers of insurance policies for businesses is partnering up to launch a first-of-its-kind contract litigation insurance policy to protect defendants from "loser pays" provisions.
Floyd's Cajun Seafood in Beaumont A group of seafood restaurant owners claim they face economic difficulties after facing deprived access to their usual supplies of fresh seafood due to the sinking of a BP oil rig.
Riders pass over the Maury Meyers Bridge during the Spindletop Spin fundraiser for the Jefferson County Pro Bono Program on June 5. When riders gathered between the arches on Crockett Street for the start of the Spindletop Spin last Saturday, bicycles were packed wheel to wheel along the brick-paved street.
Edwards Tort reformers and trial attorneys usually don't agree on much, but both groups recently joined forces to urge Texas lawmakers to help put an end to the practice of "ambulance chasing" in the state.