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Erisa Litigation: What Have We Learned? on March 31, 2022
Erisa Litigation: What Have We Learned? on March 31, 2022. -
O’Melveny Continues Texas Expansion with Arrival of Leading Trial Lawyer Tim Durst in Dallas
DALLAS—September 1, 2021—Continuing its expansion in Texas, O’Melveny announced today the arrival of Chambers-ranked trial lawyer Timothy S. Durst as a partner in the firm’s new Dallas office, a press release states. -
The ABA's Long March Continues
Nothing better exemplifies the Gramscian “long march through the institutions” than the role of the American Bar Association in transforming America’s legal establishment. -
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Announces Appointment of Judd Stone to Solicitor General and Departure of Kyle Hawkins
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the departure of Texas Solicitor General Kyle Hawkins and the appointment of Judd Stone to fill this vital role within the Office of the Attorney General. -
HOLLAND & KNIGHT: Holland & Knight Announces 37 New Partners
Steven Sonberg, Managing Partner of Holland & Knight, announced that 37 attorneys in the firm have been elected to partnership effective January 1, 2021. -
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP: Quinncy McNeal Joins Husch Blackwell as Pro Bono Counsel
Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Quinncy McNeal has joined the firm in the newly established position of Pro Bono Counsel in its Houston office. -
BAKER & HOSTETLER: BakerHostetler Announces 17 New Partners.
BakerHostetler announced that 17 lawyers have been elected to the partnership. -
Texas woman's lawsuit claims debt collector harassed her and others over student loans
LUFKIN — A Texas woman is claiming a third-party debt-collection agency "bombarded" her with student loan debt-collection calls on her cell phone as well as called her husband and his former wife in attempts to collect. -
Plain Talk about Law School Rot
The legal academy is a strange place. It differs from other intellectual disciplines in that legal scholarship is published mainly in student-edited law reviews, not peer-reviewed journals. Most faculty members at elite law schools have never practiced law, or have done so only briefly and usually without professional distinction. The curricula at many of the nation’s law schools are larded with trendy courses devoted to identity politics and social issues du jour. Elite law schools eschew the teaching of “nuts and bolts” fundamentals, deriding such practical instruction as resembling a “trade school.” -
Law prof: Chief justice, attempting to please, disappoints in ObamaCare ruling
Presser WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Northwestern University law professor says U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts did his best to keep the court from seeming like another political body - at the expense of federalism. -
House subcommittee revisits class action lawsuit reform
Redish WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Some class action lawsuits are only benefitting unharmed parties, a Northwestern University professor said Friday during a House subcommittee hearing on 2005's Class Action Fairness Act. -
***FOR PRINT***U.S. SC accepts ObamaCare appeal
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hear the appeals in a 26-state lawsuit that challenges President Barack Obama's federal health care reform law. -
A survey for Record readers
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