After two years, the extraordinary government measures—federal, state, and local—taken in response to the COVID pandemic, some of which were supposed to be temporary, have finally begun to abate, along with the fear and panic that inspired them.
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.
Nine months after the Great Freeze of 2021, after a full legislative session, three special sessions, resignations from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and a complete leadership turnover at the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC), the powers that be in Austin have still not learned the right lessons or taken sufficient steps to prevent a repeat of that unnecessary disaster.
AUSTIN - Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney running for Texas attorney general, recently tweeted that “Kyle Rittenhouse was not” entitled to self defense.
False Claims litigation is a unique practice area with fascinating trends that reflect multiple factors including patterns in government, attorney, and court behavior.
HOUSTON — The parents of a nine month old who suffered a traumatic brain injury after falling off play equipment and onto a tile floor while at a daycare are claiming negligence.
DALLAS and HOUSTON – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that nine partners in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices have been named to the 2021 edition of Texas Super Lawyers, a press release states.
HOUSTON – A lawsuit accusing Duc Dinh, a well-known member of the Vietnamese community, of rape has been abated while litigation Dinh brought prior to his accuser’s lawsuit finishes playing out.
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that the firm has earned a 2021 Gold Standard Certification from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum.
