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Actavis to pay Texas $170M for Medicaid scam
Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) -- A Travis County jury on Tuesday returned a record-setting $170 million verdict for damages, finding that Actavis Mid-Atlantic LLC misrepresented its drug prices to the taxpayer-funded Medicaid program. -
Barbier says no to separating state, federal government claims from private BP suits
Barbier U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier rejected pleas from the federal government and 15 states to separate their suits over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill from private civil suits. -
New Ala. AG fires private firms handling BP case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has fired the two plaintiffs' firms handling the state's lawsuit against oil giant BP and has named himself lead counsel, according to reports. -
Chamberlain Hrdlicka marks new year with new attorneys
HOUSTON � (January 24, 2011) � The Houston office of national law firm Chamberlain Hrdlicka is challenging the national trend of law firm contraction by hiring a new crop of talent to serve its clients. With the New Year, the firm has brought three new attorneys on board to keep up with the demand. Paul Masters and Heather Pesikoff have both joined Houston's office as senior counsel, while -
State AGs resist plaintiff steering committee in BP litigation
McDaniel NEW ORLEANS - Fifteen states - including Texas - join Louisiana and Mississippi in resisting representation by the plaintiff steering committee U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier picked to lead litigation over the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. -
New Braunfels wholesaler ordered to stop sale of unapproved devices
Abbott SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged a New Braunfels-based medical devices wholesaler with acquiring, stocking and selling products that were not approved for sale in the United States. -
TWIA information on Ike settlement shows $44M to Southeast Texas lawyers
Beach houses reduced to pilings and slabs by Hurricane Ike. Sixty-four attorneys from Southeast Texas received an estimated $44 million from settlement agreements with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, according to recent documents from TWIA. -
Abbott sworn in for third term as Texas AG
Greg Abbott, right, takes the oath of office for his third term as Texas attorney general. Administering the oath is Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson, left, while Abbott's daughter, Audrey, middle, holds the Bible. AUSTIN � Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday formally began his third term as the State's chief legal officer and top law enforcement official. -
Abbott, feds settle with Mylan
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that the Texas Medicaid program will receive $23 million of a $65 million state/federal settlement with a drug manufacturer that allegedly reported inaccurate drug prices. -
Gulf Coast AGs warn oil spill claimants
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DOJ recognizes two from Eastern District of Texas
Holder WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice held its 27th annual Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) Director's Awards Ceremony on Dec. 8, during which 159 award recipients from more than 45 districts were recognized for their dedication to carrying out the mission of the Department of Justice. -
Texas Times: Protecting The Most Vulnerable This Season
This holiday season, while many of us are fortunate to spend quality time with our loved ones enjoying the spirit of the season, there are many children across Texas and the country who are subjected to a much different experience. -
Criss lifts ban on release of TWIA information
Criss State District Judge Susan Criss (D - Galveston) issued an order Thursday dissolving her injunction prohibiting the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association from releasing information about a $189 million settlement with Hurricane Ike victims. -
TWIA chief won't defy Judge Criss' order banning release of settlement information
Criss Despite his belief that the information should be available to requesters, the head of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association told Texas lawmakers that he would not defy the order of a Galveston judge prohibiting the release of documents relating to Hurricane Ike settlements. -
'Helhole' report looks at AGs, state high courts
McCollum State attorneys general and state supreme courts received a share of the attention in the American Tort Reform Association's annual Judicial Hellholes report released Tuesday. -
***FOR PRINT*** Work of AGs, supreme courts explored in 'hellhole' report
McCollum WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - As usual, state attorneys general and state supreme courts received a share of the attention in the American Tort Reform Association's annual Judicial Hellholes report. -
Frivolous suit-filing inmate shut down by appeals court for third time
A Jefferson County inmate, who has filed more than four dozen lawsuits during his tenure at the Mark Stiles Unit, lost his third appeal in two years, as Beaumont justices refused to lift sanctions against him. -
Abbott names George Mason professor as Texas solicitor general
Mitchell AUSTIN � A faculty member from George Mason University in Virginia has been appointed as the chief appellate lawyer for the state of Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Friday.