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Trial lawyer: Design flaw makes e-cigarettes dangerous
Though e-cigarettes are being marketed as a safer alternative to tobacco smoking, design flaws in the products can cause severe injuries or even kill their users, an attorney representing several plaintiffs in personal-injury cases said. -
Libertarian Judicial Activism Isn’t What the Courts Need
Were the Founding Fathers anarchists? Did the ideas contained in John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, published in 1859, somehow inspire the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787? Does the Constitution contemplate Robert Nozick’s minimal state, presaging his 1974 magnum opus Anarchy, State, and Utopia? -
Don't Thread on Me
The Texas Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Patel v. Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, striking down a state law requiring at least 750 hours of training in order to perform commercial “eyebrow threading”—a form of hair removal mainly performed in South Asian and Middle Eastern communities—has generated substantial notoriety for the court and for the Institute for Justice, which brought the lawsuit challenging the law. -
Texas attorney general warns about scammers trying to capitalize on Dallas shootings
AUSTIN – Scammers take a ghoulish interested in tragedies, which has prompted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to warn state consumers to be cautious about charitable appeals in the wake of the police shootings in Dallas. -
Armstrong settles suit over $3M in bonuses for Tour de France wins
Although his legal troubles are far from over, Lance Armstrong has one less lawsuit to worry about. -
Abbott says DOJ ignoring 10th Amendment by suing Texas over voter ID
Despite the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that Texas was no longer required to get preclearance from the federal government before making any changes to its voting laws, the Obama administration is suing the state to stop its new voter identification laws. -
Texas actress indicted for sending ricin letters to president, others
A Texas woman has been charged with federal violations for allegedly sending ricin-laced letters to the president. -
Feds join civil fraud suit against Lance Armstrong
The federal government has joined a civil lawsuit against Lance Armstrong alleging that the cyclist committed fraud by taking performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France and other events for the U.S. Postal Service team. -
Legally Speaking: Firing the Sugar Plum Fairy-A Christmas Tale
Twenty-nine-year-old Laura Coppinger has been a fixture of the annual Christmas Traditions festival in St. Charles, Mo. -
Texas Times: Texas, Underground
The Natural Bridge Caverns take "deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country" to a whole new meaning. -
Legally Speaking: Standing Up to Class Action Bullies
In a recent column, I discussed the often-outrageous attorney fee claims in class action lawsuits, where lawyers pocketed huge sums while achieving little, if anything, for the consumers in whose names they waged war in the legal trenches. -
AG Caldwell back in the national spotlight
Caldwell (D) BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline)-Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell is back in the national spotlight for the second time this year, capturing headlines across the nation. -
Patent landscape changing rapidly as reform act moves to Senate floor
Supporters of a push to enact federal legislative reform of patent rules in the United States hope the third time is the charm. -
Letter to the Editor: UTSA alum reacts to Browning's column
As a UTSA Alum, I am dismayed by Mr. John Browning's recent article in the Southeast Texas Record (Legally Speaking: The World Turned Upside Down-Part 1). -
Attorney says publication reaching 32 million not sufficient notice of Sunbeam settlement
George McLaughlin TEXARKANA � Although Sunbeam agreed to a settlement regarding the safety of its electric blankets, an attorney said the company's announcement of the settlement through the mail and in two national newspapers was not a sufficient way to notify plaintiffs. -
Judge's son withdraws from Nissan odometer class action
T. John "Johnny" Ward Jr. MARSHALL -- Longview attorney T. John Ward Jr., son of federal judge T. John Ward, withdrew from class counsel on Aug. 28 in a suit against Nissan for inflated odometer mileage. -
Preliminary approved settlement in Sunbeam class action
TEXARKANA, Ark. � Arkansas Circuit Court Judge Jim Hudson has granted a preliminary settlement order in the Sunbeam lawsuit.