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Shivers: Stop lawyers from exploiting hurricanes
Shivers In 2008, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) was hit by three hurricanes -- Dolly, Ike and personal injury trial lawyers. -
Texas Times: Buckner International--A Legacy Of Compassion
On a hot July day in 1877, Baptist minister R.C. Buckner gathered concerned citizens around an old oak tree in Paris, Texas, to ask for their help in meeting a local need: a home for orphans in North Texas. -
JK Harris
Abbott HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) -- South Carolina-based income tax consulting firm JK Harris & Co. must pay $800,000 in refunds to its Texas customers, the Texas Attorney General's Office said Tuesday. -
Oil exploration companies want stay vacated so drilling can begin
Feldman NEW ORLEANS � On March 15, four days before U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman would have required him to issue permits to oil and gas explorers, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and won a stay. -
Government files appeals brief in ObamaCare challenge
Obama TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Legal Newsline) - The federal government, in an appeals brief filed Friday, called the judgment of a district court striking down President Barack Obama's federal health care reform "indefensible." -
Abbott: School board can't use funds for contingent fee lawyers
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Attorney General's Office, in an opinion requested by the state Board of Education, says state law doesn't allow the board to hire private attorneys to file a lawsuit on its behalf. -
**** FOR PRINT ****Abbott: School board can't use funds for contingent fee lawyers
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Attorney General's Office, in an opinion requested by the state Board of Education, says state law doesn't allow the board to hire private attorneys to file a lawsuit on its behalf. -
Abbott's opinion sought on lobbyist's place on school board
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - The chairwoman of Texas' Board of Education is seeking the opinion of Attorney General Greg Abbott on a newly elected board member. -
***FOR PRINT *** Seroquel settlement worth $68.5M
Abbott WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Thirty-eight state attorneys general, including Greg Abbott of Texas, announced a record-breaking $68.5 million agreement with a drug company Thursday over allegations of improper marketing practices. -
Texas AG, Verizon in tandem with lawsuits
Abbott PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Phoenix on Monday outlining what they call "an ongoing scheme" using premium text-message services to defraud the company and its customers. -
** FOR PRINT ** Texas AG, Verizon in tandem with lawsuits
Abbott PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Phoenix on Monday outlining what they call "an ongoing scheme" using premium text-message services to defraud the company and its customers. -
Texas AG settles with five motels over Hurricane Dolly price gouging
Abbott MCALLEN � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today resolved five price-gouging cases he filed against South Texas motel operators for their improper conduct during Hurricane Dolly. -
Legally Speaking: Dead Men Tell No Tales -- Except in Court
I don't do probate cases, due perhaps in part to the somewhat creepy summary explanation that my Wills & Estate professor in law school gave to that area of law, calling it "present events controlled by a cold dead hand from the grave." -
Texas AG probing diabetes drug
Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued civil investigative demands to drug makers Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Eli Lilly & Co. for information related to diabetes drug Actos. -
Legally Speaking: The Least of My Brothers
In 2009, the "Legally Speaking" column "Brother, Can You Spare a Lawyer?" spotlighted the crisis in funding for legal aid to the poor. Back then, in the depths of the economic crisis, a perfect storm had been created. -
Lamar wins jurisdiction appeal but professor's tenure suit continues
Late least year, Lamar University filed an appeal in the Ninth Court of Appeals of Texas, hoping to reverse a ruling denying it sovereign immunity in a discrimination lawsuit.