SHERMAN, Texas—Today, a federal jury ruled that Vicki Baker is entitled to $59,656.59 in damages after a SWAT team destroyed her McKinney, Texas, home while pursuing a fleeing fugitive in July 2020. The ruling is a victory for Vicki, who joined forces with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a lawsuit in March 2021, after the city refused to pay for the damage that had been caused.
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urging reversal of a lower court’s decision to vacate the largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history, a press release states.
BEAUMONT – The Ferguson Law Firm has added another talented attorney to its already-impressive roster of trial attorneys with the addition of Harrison Tatum, a Southeast Texas native who joined the firm last month, a press release states.
AUSTIN - The Railroad Commission rescinding an approval letter for proposed injection wells did not deprive the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of its jurisdiction to grant the permit application, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday.
AUSTIN –Attorney General Ken Paxton resolved an enforcement action against pharmaceutical manufacturer Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) for allegedly reporting inflated drug prices to the Texas Medicaid program, a press release states.
Attorney General Paxton Calls Attention to Reimbursements Available Under the “Crime Victims’ Compensation Program” for Victims of Uvalde Tragedy.
AUSTIN –Today Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation against Twitter for potentially false reporting over its fake bot accounts in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a press release states.
HOUSTON – Former Harris County Commissioner Steve Radack has voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit he filed against Harris County Commissioners Court alleging Commissioners Court violated the Open Meetings Act during county redistricting.
AUSTIN - The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a pair of taxpayers have standing to assert their claims that the Houston mayor and city council members allegedly misallocated tax revenue in fiscal year 2020 in violation of the City Charter.
DALLAS – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings has announced that in the 2022 edition of the Chambers USA legal industry referral guide, independent research company Chambers and Partners has highly ranked five of the firm’s attorneys in Texas and ranked Bradley as one of the top firms in the state for the practice areas of Construction and Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds).
HOUSTON – Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee, along with the Attorney General of Texas, resolved an environmental enforcement action against Sesco Cement, Corp. for violations of state environmental laws at a cement packaging and distribution facility in East Harris County, a press release states.
