HOUSTON – Not long after Hurricane Harvey crashed upon Texas shores, trial lawyers began publicly urging victims to file insurance claims before Sept. 1 – the date a new law aimed at ending weather-related lawsuit abuse goes into effect.
DOVER, Del. – Both the Delaware House and the Senate have passed a bill that determines how the state goes about collecting on abandoned and unclaimed properties.
MISSISSIPPI – On Aug. 18 a federal jury unanimously acquitted Texas attorney Mikal Watts and his two co-defendants on all counts in a criminal case that accused them of falsifying claims against BP following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
SAN ANTONIO – The trial for a well-known Texas lawyer accused of falsifying claims against BP in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is currently underway in Mississippi.
This Veterans Day, as we honor and thank the brave men and women who served in the United States military, the State Bar of Texas is keenly aware that more must be done to serve our veterans.
Four years ago, the Houston Chronicle described our state's new loser-pays law as “an all-out assault on the ability of consumers and small business owners to seek legal redress.”
The “loser pays” bill that the Texas Legislature passed and then-Gov. Rick Perry signed into law four years ago allows winning parties to recover litigation costs in dismissed cases without contractual agreements for attorneys’ fees.
In a recent article in Texas Lawyer, one of the architects behind authoring a tort reform bill passed in 2011 says the use of the “loser pays” component of the law has been a “surprise.”
Mike McKool a founder and chairman of McKool Smith, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Texas Lawyer at the 2014 "Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame" reception held in Dallas on Nov. 20.
The Jefferson County Bar Association will hold a free consumer law seminar for area veterans. The event will be held noon to 1:30 p.m., Friday, May 9, at the Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic, 3420 Veterans Circle, Beaumont.
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Knowing that it would be next to impossible to elect a Democrat, trial lawyers are now financing the political campaigns of Republicans seeking to usurp Texas’s current Supreme Court justices, according to a legal reform group.
"Superlawyer," "legend," "humanitarian," "business man," "philanthropist" -- these were the words Lamar University President James Simmons used to describe Beaumont attorney Walter Umphrey at a ceremony honoring Umphrey with an endowed scholarship in his name.
The Jefferson County Bar Association will host a clinic offering free legal advice for area veterans who may need assistance with benefits, consumer issues and other legal issues.
O'Quinn Almost 200 former silicosis clients of renowned Houston attorney John O'Quinn are now alleging the deceased lawyer's firm improperly charged expenses and continues to hold on to their settlement funds.
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.
In commemoration of Veteran's Day, the Jefferson County Bar Association will hold a free legal advice clinic for area veterans 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Beaumont Civic Center Meeting Rooms, 701 Main St.
