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Judge Carl Barbier gets a slapdown
We've often wondered if law schools offer special courses in demeanor to ensure that future attorneys develop that air of superiority so prevalent in their profession. -
***FOR PRINT***U.S. SC says federal court erred in drawing Texas redistricting plans
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a federal district court in San Antonio went too far in drawing interim redistricting plans for Texas. -
Texas AG's Risperdal settlement worth $158M
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has settled his lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceutical over the marketing of its prescription antipsychotic drug Risperdal. -
DOJ objects to 6% attorney reserve in BP litigation
Barbier NEW ORLEANS � The Department of Justice burst an $840 million bubble for the Plaintiff Steering Committee in Deepwater Horizon litigation, wrecking their plan to reserve 6 percent of settlements at BP's Gulf Coast Claims Facility. -
***FOR PRINT***Texas AG's Risperdal suit goes to trial
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's case against Janssen Pharmaceutical over its prescription antipsychotic drug Risperdal was scheduled to go to trial Tuesday. -
Texas AG's Risperdal suit goes to trial
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's case against Janssen Pharmaceutical over its prescription antipsychotic drug Risperdal was scheduled to go to trial Tuesday. -
Androvett Legal Media & Marketing's Top 10 North Texas Legal Stories of 2011
The flagging U.S. economy caught up with several high-profile North Texas companies during the past year, creating a logjam of bankruptcy cases in Androvett Legal Media & Marketing's list of the Top 10 North Texas Legal Stories of 2011. Bankruptcies for American Airlines, Blockbuster and the Dallas Stars earned spots on the annual list of the area's top legal news. Others include the ongoing corruption -
**USE THIS ONE FOR PRINT***Supreme Court hears Texas redistricting arguments
Attorney General Abbott speaks to the media outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building following Monday's argument on Texas' redistricting maps. -
Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting arguments
Attorney General Abbott speaks to the media outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building following today's argument on Texas' redistricting maps. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court today will step into the fight over Texas' redistricting maps. -
Judge grants 6 percent charge to lawyers for oil spill settlements
Barbier NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier exiled Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell from Deepwater Horizon litigation and granted plaintiff lawyers a 6 percent charge on $14 billion in future settlements at BP's Gulf Coast Claims Facility. -
**FOR PRINT***Judge grants 6 percent charge to lawyers for oil spill settlements
Barbier NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier exiled Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell from Deepwater Horizon litigation and granted plaintiff lawyers a 6 percent charge on $14 billion in future settlements at BP's Gulf Coast Claims Facility. -
Appeals court grants stay of new pollution rule
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a decision on Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to grant the state's request to stay the cross-state air pollution rule. -
Appeals court lifts Starvin Marvin's noise ordinance injunction; dissenting opinion issued
Despite the objections of one justice, the Ninth Court of Appeals lifted an injunction against the city of Beaumont on Dec. 22, effectively reinstating a noise ordinance aimed at silencing live music at Starvin Marvin's Bar and Grill. -
Texas senators want Abbott to weigh-in on tax break
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Two Texas state senators are asking Attorney General Greg Abbott for his opinion on a pollution control tax break for a San Antonio-based refinery. -
Texas Times: Texas accounts of Christmas past
If you ever wonder how our predecessors in Texas' early days spent their holidays, you need only look to a 1941 entry in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44. -
Philly again the biggest 'Judicial Hellhole': Eastern Texas on 'watch list'
Joyce WASHINGTON - Philadelphia's civil courts system has been named the nation's worst by the American Tort Reform Foundation for a second consecutive year. -
Local attorney says suit against him was in error
Juhan Beaumont attorney Jonathan Juhan says a suit against him by the State Office of Risk Management was filed in error. -
Barbier rejects state, city government damage claims against BP
Barbier NEW ORLEANS � In a recent ruling, U. S. District Judge Carl Barbier rejected most Deepwater Horizon damage claims of state and local governments and deflected many remaining claims to a BP agency outside his jurisdiction. -
U.S. SC issues stay on interim Texas redistricting maps
Abbott WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's request to stay an interim redistricting plan created by three federal judges.