An unusual U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that religious social services agencies are protected under the First Amendment, despite municipal allegations that religious views open gateways to discrimination.
BEAUMONT – A final judgment was recently entered in a lawsuit that resulted in a $113 million jury verdict against United of Omaha Life Insurance last month.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Divya L. Kannegenti has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology group as an associate in the Houston office, which also welcomed Mexican Counsel Ana Cecilia Ibarra-van Oostenrijk and Director of Diversity and Inclusion Krystal Studavent Ramsey earlier this year.
Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that the firm has earned a 2021 Gold Standard Certification from the Women in Law Empowerment Forum.
Shook has joined other large law firms in the United States and Canada in participating in the Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certification process, which launches July 15, 2021.
HOUSTON – The First Court of Appeals recently affirmed a summary judgment win in favor of the Atlantic Richfield Company in an asbestos lawsuit alleging wrongful death.
AUSTIN – Attorney Mark Lanier, who stands to make millions of dollars for his work on Texas’ antitrust lawsuit against Google, has donated $25,000 to Attorney General Ken Paxton, campaign finance records show.
AUSTIN - Determining residency for purposes of the Election Code involves consideration of both a person’s physical presence and current intention to reside in a particular location, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton.
HOUSTON – It’s not a nepotism issue for Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee’s father-in-law to keep providing collection services for the county, according to an opinion issued by Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Bradley is pleased to announce that Stephanie G. Gaston, a partner in the firm’s Houston office, has been elected as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds a recent Supreme Court of Texas ruling that Facebook can be held liable for the actions of sex traffickers who use its platform to recruit and prey on children.
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that it will join more than 160 large law firms from the U.S. and Canada in participating in Diversity Lab’s Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certification process launching July 15, 2021.
FORT WORTH – A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 in February that killed her husband.
HOUSTON - A pediatrician has filed a brief in opposition to a federal magistrate’s recommendation to dismiss her lawsuit against a state judge alleging racketeering and estate trafficking of her 91-year-old mother who died under court-appointed guardianship.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is applauding the Texas Supreme Court's decision to protect Academy Sports and Outdoors from liability in the devastating Sutherland Springs church shooting in 2017.
HOUSTON – Demetra Liggins has joined McGuireWoods’ Restructuring & Insolvency Department as a partner in Houston, bringing more than two decades of experience in business finance and restructuring for public and private companies, a press release states.
