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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. -
TxDOT appeals $1.1M verdict in wrongful death suit
Last June, a Jefferson County jury hit 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. -
States win challenge of EPA rule
Abbott WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - For the second time in two weeks, a federal court has reversed the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a pollution ruling involving the state of Texas. -
EPA overlords suffer another defeat
As Daniel Webster wisely warned, "The power to tax is the power to destroy." Likewise, the power to regulate. -
Medina loses seat on Texas Supreme Court to tea party candidate
Devine Republican incumbent Justice David Medina lost his Texas Supreme Court Place 4 re-election bid to former Houston district court Judge John Devine in one of the Republican Party's upsets in Tuesday's runoff elections. -
Former Galveston County employees file whistleblower suit
Padgett GALVESTON - Three local men previously employed by Galveston County claim the county retaliated against them in response to their blowing the whistle on possible misuse of government funds. -
Gov. Perry: The sovereign state of Texas rejects Obamacare
It would have been nice if the U.S. Supreme Court had declared Obamacare unconstitutional, but it's probably better, in the long run, that it didn't. -
Texas AG says Google withholding evidence
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is seeking a court order to force search engine giant Google to hand over documents in an ongoing probe over possible antitrust violations. -
***FOR PRINT*** Texas AG says Google withholding evidence
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is seeking a court order to force search engine giant Google to hand over documents in an ongoing probe over possible antitrust violations. -
Former client sues Galveston attorney Griffin for losing case
Tolin A Jefferson County man claims his former attorney caused him to lose a court case for sexual discrimination damages after the attorney failed to timely file required paperwork. -
Discovery underway in religious discrimination suit against Lamar
Although no answer is on file, discovery is underway in litigation brought by an instructor who alleges Lamar University discriminated against her after she failed to attend a performance embracing homosexuality. -
Texas company ordered to pay $10M, restitution in Colorado
Suthers DENVER (Legal Newsline) - Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced a final agency order for civil penalties on Wednesday against a Dallas-based company for alleged unregistered and unlawful debt management practices in the state. -
Corpus Christi attorney and case runner sentenced for barratry
Corpus Christi attorney Benito Garza must surrender his law license after being charged with barratry for trying to make a sales call at a grieving woman's home in the middle of the night. -
Abbott says he can't resolve dispute over racing funds
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, in an opinion issued last week, said he cannot resolve a "factual dispute" between two state officials over funds going toward Formula One races held in Austin starting this year. -
Mother sues federal government for wrongly deporting daughter; Suit seeks $15M
HOUSTON - A Dallas County woman is suing the federal government for $15 million after her teenage daughter was deported to South America. -
Supreme Court candidates land on opposite sides of tort reform issue
Willett Three of the nine justices on the all-Republican court are seeking re-election, Justice Don Willett, Place 2; Justice David Medina, Place 4; and Justice Nathan Hecht, Place 6. -
Beaumont attorney asks court to force BISD to comply with TPIA requests
De Cordova For years, Beaumont attorney David Vann De Cordova Jr. claims he has been diligently submitting Texas Public Information Act requests to the Beaumont Independent School District, hoping to unearth the inner workings of district. -
Thirty-one states join antitrust suit against Apple
Abbott WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) - A group of 31 state attorneys general have joined a lawsuit against Apple Inc. and two other e-book publishers for allegedly violating federal and state antitrust laws.
