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Justices wipe out $1.1M verdict against TxDOT in uncut grass suit
In June 2011, a Jefferson County jury nailed the Texas Department of Transportation with a $1,145,000 judgment, finding that uncut grass obscured a woman’s vision and caused her to steer into oncoming traffic. -
Legally Speaking: Still crazy, after all these years
Not long ago, while “talking shop” with several other lawyers, the conversation turned to a colleague’s rather unusual, even foolhardy, strategic choices about how to proceed in a case. -
Texas AG announces settlements with Pfizer and Endo
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced two civil settlements on Friday with Pfizer Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals to resolve allegations of Medicaid fraud. -
Abbott: BISD, other districts not in compliance with safety standards
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said he was “shocked to learn” that 78 Texas school districts, including the Beaumont Independent School District, have failed to meet state-mandated safety measures. -
State's turn to present arguments in Texas school funding trial
AUSTIN – After nearly two months of testimony from plaintiffs, the state of Texas began its arguments in the ongoing trial over the state’s school funding system. -
Spending the tobacco settlement on everything but anti-tobacco programs
We’re not going to gloat and say we told you so, even though we could because we did. -
Discovery begins in suit against BISD over public information requests
Discovery is underway in litigation brought by Beaumont attorney David Vann De Cordova Jr., who continues to submit Texas Public Information Act requests to the Beaumont Independent School District, hoping to unearth the inner workings of district. -
Perry picks chief of staff to fill spot on Texas Supreme Court
With a vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court, Gov. Rick Perry had to look no further than his own chief of staff, Jeffrey S. Boyd, to fill the seat. -
Texas compounding pharmacy to pay $200,000 for illegal drug manufacture
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced the resolution of the state's action on Tuesday against a compounding pharmacy and pharmacist that allegedly compounded illegal drugs. -
Texas Supreme Court still in Republican hands
AUSTIN -- Two incumbents and one new Republican justice have been elected to the Texas Supreme Court, retaining the GOP hold on the state's highest court. -
Texas AG Abbott resolves claims against BlueHippo
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced an agreed judgment on Friday against a now-bankrupt Maryland telemarketer that allegedly engaged in the unlawful marketing of personal computers to low-income consumers. -
Texas AG announces $19.9 million agreement with Novartis
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a settlement Tuesday with the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Novartis to resolve a civil fraud enforcement action that alleged unlawful and deceptive marketing. -
Judges should stick to judging and let legislators legislate
“No society can exist unless the laws are respected to a certain degree, but the safest way to make them respected is to make them respectable.”--Frederic Bastiat, political economist. -
Texas school finance trial underway in Austin
AUSTIN – The trial against the system to finance public schools in Texas is underway. -
Abbott takes rejection of redistricting maps to US Supreme Court
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal panel’s rejection of the state’s redistricting maps. -
Greg Abbott: Lawsuits against Obama are taxpayer bargain
By Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott -
Texas voter ID law struck down by federal court
The Texas law requiring voters to present a government-issued photo identification card at the voting booth would keep minorities from the polls, a federal appeals court ruled. -
Texas A&M-Galveston wants harassment suit transferred to Brazos County
GALVESTON - A local university at the center of a sexual harassment lawsuit is asking a state district judge for a change in venue. -
AGs settle with Janssen for $181M
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A $181 million multistate agreement was announced by a group of attorneys general on Thursday with Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.
