BEAUMONT -- A Texas appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling refusing to dismiss a lawsuit by an incapacitated man who sold his annuity payments to a structured settlement company.
A Delaware-based asbestos law firm has expanded into Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, increasing its presence along the Gulf Coast. According to an Oct. 5 press release, Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson added 32 attorneys, all of whom focus their practices on toxic tort litigation, products liability and environmental litigation. “Our goal, from the very founding of our firm, has been to become the premier mass toxic tort firm in the country – this move helps get us there,” said James J.
The Austin-based Mitratech, a provider of enterprise legal management solutions, recently announced the acquisition of the CaseTrack product line from Economic Analysis Group – its second acquisition of a solution provider in the past two months.
A group of workers filed a class action lawsuit against their Houston-based employer for bad faith and labor law violations between 2012 and 2015, when the firm allegedly avoided paying them overtime wages. Jose de Jesus Oviedo Hernandez, Donaciano Nieto, Lorenzo Vega, Javier Santillan, Hose Leonel, Hernandez Henriquez et al filed a complaint against Robert Dering Construction LLC in Galveston County District Court June 13, claiming violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to the
A dental practice accused of discrimination in a “frivolous” $10 million lawsuit recently had its motion for admission pro hac vice granted – a legal term referring to adding an attorney from an outside jurisdiction.
GRETNA – A local law firm is being sued for alleged mishandling of property records in a divorce hearing and allegedly advising a client to declare bankruptcy.
The Spindletop Spin, the annual fundraiser for the Jefferson County Bar Association Foundation, was held June 7 and featured a new start/finish location.
NEW ORLEANS – An Alabama man has been ordered to return hundreds of thousands of dollars he received in an alleged scheme to defraud the claims program in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill program.
Michael J. Truncale, a partner in the law firm of Orgain, Bell & Tucker LLP in Beaumont, recently received a Diploma in International Arbitration from the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIArb), and was made a Fellow in the CIArb.
NEW ORLEANS – An attorney at one of the largest plaintiff’s firms in Louisiana was sent to the hospital recently after being attacked by the husband of a co-worker who alleged the two were having an affair.
