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Three Husch Blackwell Attorneys Selected to 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs
Three Husch Blackwell Attorneys Selected to 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Programs. -
Federal judge issues $230 million verdict against U.S. for Sutherland Springs shooting
SAN ANTONIO - Federal district court judge Xavier Rodriguez issued a verdict yesterday against the U.S. in the amount of $230,000,000 for the government’s role in causing the shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church on Nov. 5, 2017, a press release states. -
Nick Monaghan Appointed to Serve as Managing Member of Dykema’s San Antonio Office
Nick Monaghan Appointed to Serve as Managing Member of Dykema’s San Antonio Office -
Does the Written Constitution Matter?
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. -
Old Dog, New Tricks
The concept of a public nuisance goes back to old English criminal laws making it, for example, a crime to obstruct the king’s highway. -
Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin Attorney Christine Dixon Elected President of San Diego Defense Lawyers
Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin Attorney Christine Dixon Elected President of San Diego Defense Lawyers. -
TWIA not a state agency prohibited from using appropriated funds for lobbying, Texas AG opines
AUSTIN - The Texas Windstorm Association is not a state agency subject to a government code prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for lobbying activities, Attorney General Ken Paxton recently opined. -
Attorney asks Texas Supreme Court to ‘condemn’ appellate court’s ‘political statements’ in Exxon climate change case
AUSTIN - A Houston attorney is asking the Texas Supreme Court to “condemn” the asserted “political statements” the Second Court of Appeals made in its opinion concerning ExxonMobil’s climate change case. -
Jones Day partner Courtney Carrell named a Texas Lawyer "On the Rise"
Jones Day partner Courtney Carrell named a Texas Lawyer "On the Rise". -
Ogletree Deakins Expands Houston Office with “Go-To” Litigators
Ogletree Deakins Expands Houston Office with “Go-To” Litigators. -
Emma R. Keyser Joins Polsinelli’s Houston Office, Bolstering Growth in Texas
Emma R. Keyser Joins Polsinelli’s Houston Office, Bolstering Growth in Texas. -
State of Texas backs attorneys in legal battle over mandatory bar dues currently before SCOTUS
WASHINGTON - The state of Texas has sided against the State Bar of Texas, filing a brief in support of a trio of attorneys asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues. -
California municipalities use of ‘lawfare’ establishes sufficient Texas contacts, Exxon argues in climate change case
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.” -
A Foundation for Innovation
Texas’ road from Spindletop to Tesla seems unlikely, but in reality, it was inevitable. -
Husch Blackwell Welcomes New Generation of Partners in Recent Leadership Moves
Husch Blackwell Welcomes New Generation of Partners in Recent Leadership Moves. -
Time to Revisit the Standards for Awarding Mental Anguish Damages?
The return of nuclear verdicts to Texas courts (and attorney television advertising) and the recently launched efforts of the medical malpractice plaintiff’s bar to convince the federal courts to strike down Texas’ cap on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases (which is likely to play out over several years) could potentially raise an issue for state lawmakers: is it time to consider codifying at least some objective standards and levels of proof for mental anguish damages? -
Update on Vaccine Mandates on January 13, 2022
Update on Vaccine Mandates on January 13, 2022. -
Texas Bar argues Free Speech Clause doesn’t apply to its activities in mandatory dues case before Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - The State Bar of Texas’ speech is government speech, so “the Free Speech Clause has no application” to its expressive activities, according to a petition the Bar’s Board of Directors recently filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. -
Weslaco ISD asks OAG to approve contingent contract, district says law firm needed to analyze Hanna claim
AUSTIN - The Weslaco Independent School District has sent a request to the Office of the Attorney General to enter into a professional services agreement with legal counsel regarding an insurance claim dispute concerning Hurricane Hanna's effects on its facilities. -
The $1B verdict is the new $1M – Forensics of a Nuclear Liability Verdict on January 11, 2022
The $1B verdict is the new $1M – Forensics of a Nuclear Liability Verdict on January 11, 2022.