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Committee - Trade/Business
3923 BADEN ST, Houston, TX 77009
Recent News About Other Things
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HOUSTON - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a public admonition and order of additional education for Judge Darrell Jordan, who presides over Harris County’s Criminal Court at Law No. 16.
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Addressing Burnout in the Legal Profession | Katie Rose Guest Pryal.
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BEAUMONT - The United Parcel Service was recently hit with a lawsuit alleging the company created an environment that required a employee who complained of sexual harassment to be in close daily contact with the very supervisor who harassed her.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s ill-informed comments and questions at the recent oral argument in the challenge to the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccination mandate case (National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor) provide a timely reminder that the hyper-elite legal talent on the nation’s High Court is not always what it is cracked up to be.
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AG Paxton Urges Federal Trade Commission to Outlaw Impersonation Scams.
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AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton released a formal attorney general opinion concluding that performing certain “sex-change” procedures on children, and prescribing puberty-blockers to them, is “child abuse” under Texas law.
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AUSTIN - The Texas Windstorm Association is not a state agency subject to a government code prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for lobbying activities, Attorney General Ken Paxton recently opined.
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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?
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AUSTIN - A trial judge cannot refuse a surety’s affidavit to surrender a principal, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opined today.
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HOUSTON – Anyone considering hiring Frederick McGuire to file a lawsuit on their behalf might also want to consider the attorney has now sued two of his former clients for posting bad reviews of him online.
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A group of California cities and counties are waging a legal battle in California state court against ExxonMobil and 17 other Texas-based energy companies. The municipalities allege that the companies are engaging in activities that have caused or are causing an imminent rise in sea levels, and seek billions of dollars in damages from the companies, allegedly to address this risk.
