AUSTIN – A number of tort reform measures were heard yesterday by Texas House members, including bills on public nuisance, loser pays and paid or incurred.
AUSTIN – The parties accused of orchestrating climate change “lawfare” against the energy sector are feigning shock that their attempts to chill speech and commandeer public policy could be subjected to personal jurisdiction in Texas courts, ExxonMobil argues in a recently filed brief.
Mary-Olga Lovett, Senior Vice President of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has joined the Board of Directors of South Texas College of Law (STCL) Houston.
A group of California cities and counties are waging a legal battle in California state court against ExxonMobil and 17 other Texas-based energy companies. The municipalities allege that the companies are engaging in activities that have caused or are causing an imminent rise in sea levels, and seek billions of dollars in damages from the companies, allegedly to address this risk.
HOUSTON — The primary inventor of Shear Frac technology has filed a suit against his business partners alleging their efforts to seize control of the company and his intellectual property.
Joseph F. Coniglio, managing shareholder of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Dallas office, spoke at the virtual 27th Annual Course on Advanced Medical Torts on March 25 at 3:00 PM CT.
AUSTIN—The Keep Texas Trucking Coalition has released its latest video, highlighting the devastating impact abusive lawsuits have on Texas small businesses.
A pair of bills making their way through the Texas Legislature will bring much-needed and sensible reforms to a litigation system run amuck. House Bill 19 and its companion in the Senate aim to rein in excessive lawsuits that deliver big paydays for lawyers while threatening jobs for one of the state’s most important industries, and driving up insurance rates for everyone else.
DALLAS (March 23, 2021) – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that six attorneys across the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices have been named by Super Lawyers as Texas Rising Stars for 2021 for their work in a wide range of practice areas.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 23, 2021 – Super Lawyers® has recognized Butler Snow attorney Karson K. Thompson as a Rising Star in its 2021 edition of Texas Super Lawyers®. Thompson was named a Rising Star in business litigation.
AUSTIN – The Senate Business & Commerce Committee held a hearing on the Pandemic Liability Protection Act today, during which the bill’s author, Sen. Kelly Hancock, assured all who were present that “bad actors” won’t be protected from litigation.
BEAUMONT – The Provost Umphrey Law Firm has announced that Matthew Matheny has been made an equity partner. Matheny, who has been with the firm for 18 years, is widely recognized as a top personal injury lawyer in Texas.
AUSTIN – A trial court abused its discretion by determining pre-arbitration discovery was warranted in a discrimination lawsuit, the Supreme Court of Texas opined on Friday.
Alyssa Ortiz Johnston, a Litigation Practice associate in the Dallas office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been accepted to the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) 2021 Latina Leadership Academy.
Bradley is pleased to announce that partners Tripp Haston and Richard A. Sayles have been named as among the world’s leading litigation attorneys in the 2020 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Litigation.
