WASHINGTON - The state of Texas has sided against the State Bar of Texas, filing a brief in support of a trio of attorneys asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues.
AUSTIN - An attorney general opinion apparently can’t determine whether a banquet facility inside a stadium owned by the school district is a “building of a public school.”
HOUSTON — A man who suffered severe injuries after a large piece of scrap metal fell on his head at a metal recycling plant is claiming premises liability.
The following cases categorized as "other civil case" were on the docket in the Harris County Civil Court on Jan. 10. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The return of nuclear verdicts to Texas courts (and attorney television advertising) and the recently launched efforts of the medical malpractice plaintiff’s bar to convince the federal courts to strike down Texas’ cap on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases (which is likely to play out over several years) could potentially raise an issue for state lawmakers: is it time to consider codifying at least some objective standards and levels of proof for mental anguish damages?
WASHINGTON - The State Bar of Texas’ speech is government speech, so “the Free Speech Clause has no application” to its expressive activities, according to a petition the Bar’s Board of Directors recently filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
