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Rove tells grassroots supporters 'reform works'
Keynote speaker Karl Rove and Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse-Central Texas Chairman Cliff Collier at the CALACTX sixth annual fall fundraiser in Austin. -
Report: Obama nominee, some AGs too close to plaintiffs bar
Cordray NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) � The relationship between plaintiffs attorneys and the man President Barack Obama wants to head a key consumer protection agency is targeted in a new report by the Manhattan Institute. -
Texas AG asked about service fees
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - One Texas lawmaker wants to know if a retail establishment, like a fast food restaurant, can legally charge an itemized "service fee" or offer a cash discount on a consumer transaction. -
5th Circuit gives okay to continue beach vegetation line suit
NEW ORLEANS � Carol Severance can continue to challenge a decision that Hurricane Rita turned her Galveston Island properties into public beaches, even though she sold the properties, U. S. Fifth Circuit appellate judges ruled on Sept. 28. -
Governor Perry Announces Key Staff Changes
Boyd Gov. Rick Perry has named Jeff Boyd chief of staff and David Morales general counsel. He also named Allison Castle communications director, Josh Havens deputy press secretary, and Jonathan Hurst director of Budget, Planning and Policy. -
***FOR PRINT*** Texas AG secures reimbursem​ent from roofing contractor
Abbott SINTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Friday that a Rosenberg-based roofing contractor has agreed to reimburse all homeowners who improperly paid the company's "liquidated damages" contracts. -
Texas AG secures reimbursem​ent from roofing contractor
Abbott SINTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Friday that a Rosenberg-based roofing contractor has agreed to reimburse all homeowners who improperly paid the company's "liquidated damages" contracts. -
All That Glitters: Gold-Related Investment Scams
by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott -
Senate confirms Obama nominee Bales as US Attorney for east Texas
Bales On Jan. 26, 2003, John Malcolm Bales had just been named chief of the criminal division for the federal Eastern District of Texas Lufkin office. -
**FOR PRINT***The science of asbestos: A variety of definitions
Carbone WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Asbestos litigation has become a multibillion-dollar industry -- bankrupting large corporations, enriching lawyers and courts and providing much needed relief to victims of the deadly diseases that exposure to some types asbestos in specific amounts will cause. -
Abbott sues EPA over air pollution rule
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Thursday filed legal action against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its "flawed" Cross State Air Pollution Rule. -
****FOR PRINT*** Abbott sues EPA over air pollution rule
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Sept. 22 filed legal action against the federal Environmental Protection Agency over its "flawed" Cross State Air Pollution Rule. -
Texas furniture store faces lawsuit
Abbott LAREDO (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a lawsuit on Monday against a Laredo, Texas, furniture store and its owners for allegedly violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. -
Texas 'stripper tax' is constitutional, high court rules
AUSTIN � The $5 cover charge at Texas nude bars is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 26. -
Abbott asked to challenge new EPA rule
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Railroad Commission asked Attorney General Greg Abbott in a letter Tuesday to challenge the federal Environmental Protection Agency's recently adopted Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. -
***FOR PRINT***Abbott asked to challenge new EPA rule
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Railroad Commission asked Attorney General Greg Abbott in a letter Tuesday to challenge the federal Environmental Protection Agency's recently adopted Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.