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Recent News About New York Supreme Court
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Locke Lord has promoted five lawyers representing the Firm’s Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New Orleans and New York offices to Partnership level, effective Jan. 1, 2021.
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After California municipalities filed suit against ExxonMobil for contributing to the alleged effects of climate change, Exxon petitioned Tarrant County District Court for pre-suit discovery for a potential lawsuit of its own against the plaintiffs. The municipalities unsuccessfully challenged the trial court’s jurisdiction.
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When are the California municipalities suing ExxonMobil over the alleged effects of climate change going to trot out Greta Thunberg as a star witness?
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FORT WORTH – Last January, an appellate court heard arguments on whether ExxonMobil can use Texas courts to pursue counter-litigation against the public officials and private lawyers who teamed up to sue the oil industry in California over the alleged effects of climate change.
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Well, that was a gigantic waste of time and money, and New York Attorney General Letitia James should be held accountable for it.
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Lawyers don’t just automatically become full-fledged attorneys the moment they receive that piece of sheepskin with “Doctor of Jurisprudence” on it.
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In both civil and criminal trials, the legal system depends on expert witnesses to assist the judge and the jury in understanding and ruling reasonably on what may be complex technical or scientific issues. In courtrooms across the country, expert witnesses offer opinions on virtually any subject.
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It's no secret that judicial salaries are low compared to what judges could command as attorneys working in the private sector.
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Last week, I wrote about judges who missed their calling, judging by the content of some recent orders and opinions from around the country.
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Like most trial lawyers, I spend a fair amount of time appearing in front of and interacting with judges. With most of them, it's hard to imagine them as anything but judges � issuing rulings from the bench in all their black-robed, gavel-wielding glory.
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As regular "Legally Speaking" readers know, the subject of ethical lapses by lawyers and judges is a recurring one.
