BEAUMONT- A Texas appeals court issued a split ruling in suit filed against the city of Beaumont by a man severely injured when the bicycle he was riding struck a water valve street cover.
BEAUMONT -- A Texas appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling refusing to dismiss a lawsuit by an incapacitated man who sold his annuity payments to a structured settlement company.
BEAUMONT – The Ninth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment in favor of the city of Beaumont in a lawsuit brought by its former fire chief, Billy Fratus.
While a lower court denied the City of Houston’s plea to the jurisdiction in Bobby Terry’s case against it, an appeals court reversed that ruling and dismissed the case altogether.
A man who escaped a fire that killed his son and girlfriend failed to appear in court in his lawsuit against the homeowner. That move caused the appeals court to affirm the dismissal of the case.
NEW ORLEANS – Norman Varner’s record of conviction won’t be amended to reflect his new name – Kathrine Nicole Jett, as the Fifth Circuit recently shot down the transgender woman’s appeal – a case that one group says illustrates the absurdity of gender identity politics.
A messy legal battle between the City of Houston and Hope For Families, Inc. continues as an appeals court affirms in part and reverses in part a trial court’s ruling that denied the city’s motion to dismiss the case because of immunity.
BEAUMONT -- An appeals court has ruled that a non-compete clause in an employment agreement is irrational, as it affirmed summary judgment for a woman sued for breach of contract and tortious interference after she quit her job and started working with a direct competitor.
Bradley is pleased to announce the launch of its Cannabis Industry team, a multi-disciplinary group of attorneys dedicated to meeting the specific needs of cannabis industry clients, including hemp companies.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) recently met with a group from the Texas Access to Justice Commission to discuss future funding for the Legal Services Corporation.
In the two years since Congress overhauled trade secret laws, a spike of court filings and a record-setting judgement could signal the opening of a new frontier in misusing intellectual property law reminiscent of patent trolling which has become a drag on economic growth.
As the era of legal e-filing came close to replacing the hand delivering of documents, one process-serving business knew it had to find the right partner.
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. According to the National Federation of Independent Business (NIFB), America’s leading small business association, small businesses in this country employ about half of private-sector employees, have generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade, and create more than half of nonfarm private gross domestic product. Yet these businesses are increasingly targeted with frivolous lawsuits by plaintiff’s attorneys that use ev
There ought to be a law!How many times have you heard that one?The funny thing is, when people say it, there often is a law: a law already in existence that prohibits, restricts, regulates, taxes, or otherwise penalizes the very action or practice they think there ought to be a law for.
If someone spilled hot coffee on you or you accidentally suffered some other horrible instantaneous pain or injury, would it take you two years to react?
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