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***FOR PRINT***U.S. SC says federal court erred in drawing Texas redistricting plans
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a federal district court in San Antonio went too far in drawing interim redistricting plans for Texas. -
**USE THIS ONE FOR PRINT***Supreme Court hears Texas redistricting arguments
Attorney General Abbott speaks to the media outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building following Monday's argument on Texas' redistricting maps. -
Supreme Court to hear Texas redistricting arguments
Attorney General Abbott speaks to the media outside of the U.S. Supreme Court building following today's argument on Texas' redistricting maps. WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court today will step into the fight over Texas' redistricting maps. -
U.S. SC issues stay on interim Texas redistricting maps
Abbott WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's request to stay an interim redistricting plan created by three federal judges. -
***FOR PRINT *** U.S. SC issues stay on interim Texas redistricting maps
Abbott WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's request to stay an interim redistricting plan created by three federal judges. -
Trial lawyers upset with proposed med-mal reform
Obama WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A national trial lawyers group is railing against what they're calling an "extreme" medical malpractice reform bill that was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday. -
Bill seeks cash gusher from oil spill
What is it with acronyms? It seems like every other bill coming out of Washington these days has a title with the first letters of every word spelling out a message word. -
Trial lawyer tax break attracts attention of two dozen senators
Thune WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - One-quarter of the U.S. Senate has expressed concern that the U.S. Department of the Treasury may be planning to issue an order giving trial lawyers tax breaks on contingency fee lawsuits. -
House passes bill that would curb state AG powers
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-State attorneys general powers are limited in a bill that narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday. -
Survey: Medical malpractice threats hamstring doctors
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (Legal Newsline)-The overwhelming majority of U.S. physicians say the threat of medical malpractice litigation is influencing their practice of medicine, a recent survey found -
House approves health care overhaul; Democrats eschew tort reforms
Eric Cantor (R-Va.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a landmark health care overhaul that changes the way the nation's medical insurance companies do business. -
Climate change policy will kill clean energy
Jones (R) Well, now we know. To no surprise, the biggest government boondoggle in modern times was narrowly passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, thanks to some good old-fashioned horse trading. -
House unanimously votes for Judge Kent's impeachment
Kent Judge Samuel Kent may be taking his time resigning from the federal bench, but the U.S. House of Representatives took only 30 minutes to vote for his impeachment. -
Kent reports to jail, impeachment process makes way through House
Kent Former federal judge Samuel Kent began an almost three-year prison term on June 15, while the U.S. House of Representatives cleared its calendar to consider Kent's impeachment. -
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to address Energy Museum Blowout
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich will join a list of world leaders as keynote speaker for Blowout 2009, the annual fund-raiser of the Texas Energy Museum in Beaumont. -
Poe collecting Christmas cards for troops
WASHINGTON, DC � U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX2) will be collecting Christmas cards to distribute to American service men and women who are bravely serving the country. -
A Core Right, Reaffirmed
As we celebrate Independence Day this year, we can also celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms. -
Judicial Two Step
Efforts to establish sanity to the civil justice system are under siege. State legislatures across the nation have enacted laws aimed at creating a balance in the civil justice system particularly in medical malpractice claims. However, the courts have begun to systematically impose their own interpretation of tort reform efforts.