The news over the past few years has offered little to cheer about, but a recent story reporting an unprecedented 43 percent decline in membership in the Boy Scouts of America from 2019 to 2020—from 1.97 million Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts to 1.12 million—was especially dispiriting.
An unusual U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that religious social services agencies are protected under the First Amendment, despite municipal allegations that religious views open gateways to discrimination.
HOUSTON — It was a woman’s own negligence that caused her to slip off a handicapped toilet seat in the bathroom of a H-E-B, according to an answer recently filed by the grocery company.
HOUSTON – It’s not a nepotism issue for Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee’s father-in-law to keep providing collection services for the county, according to an opinion issued by Attorney General Ken Paxton.
HOUSTON – At a public comment session hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee proposed reinstatement of chemical disaster rules rolled back by the Trump administration, and enhancing rules to address Harris County’s unique vulnerability to chemical disasters.
Bradley is pleased to announce that Stephanie G. Gaston, a partner in the firm’s Houston office, has been elected as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
FORT WORTH – A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 in February that killed her husband.
AUSTIN – Lone Star attorneys who object to how the Texas Bar spends the mandatory dues it collects are left “on the hook to fund ideological activities” they do not support, according to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday.
HOUSTON – Demetra Liggins has joined McGuireWoods’ Restructuring & Insolvency Department as a partner in Houston, bringing more than two decades of experience in business finance and restructuring for public and private companies, a press release states.
AUSTIN – There may be some good news for Texas attorneys who no longer wish to fund the state Bar’s ideological agenda, as a challenge to mandatory Oklahoma Bar dues has been reinstated.
HOUSTON — A pallet supply company employee working on a Texas Department of Transportation property had his ear sliced after a gate fell on top of him as he was exiting the property.
The Pandemic Liability Protection Act provides COVID-19 liability protections for health care providers, businesses, non-profits, religious institutions, and schools that made good-faith efforts to follow safety protocols during the course of the public health emergency declared by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Corporate, M&A and Securities Partner David Allen has joined Holland & Knight's Dallas office. He advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and general corporate matters.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a preliminary injunction motion to force the Biden Administration to comply with Title 42, a law designed to prevent illegal aliens who threaten public health from entering the U.S., a press release states.
