Underwood CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- The law firm that ran advertisements in the wake of the recent West Virginia mine tragedy is expecting an ethics complaint.
Breyer WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Legal challenges to the national health care overhaul signed last month by President Barack Obama will be heard eventually by the U.S. Supreme Court, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer predicted Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS, La. (Legal Newsline)- A federal judge in Louisiana may have set the standards for thousands of homes tainted with sulfur-emitting drywall imported from China.
SAN ANTONIO (Legal Newsline) - Gas station chain Valero has reached a settlement with 38 states and is implementing procedures the states say will curb tobacco sales to minors.
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.
Jon Bruning (R-Neb.) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-A group of at least a dozen Republican state attorneys general plan to file a lawsuit Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform passed by Congress.
BATON ROUGE, La. (Legal Newsline)-Louisiana has the second most unfair courts in the nation, a survey released today of top corporate lawyers and business executives indicates.
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline)-The legal climate in Texas has improved over the past seven years but Beaumont is still getting negative national attention, a survey released today of top corporate lawyers and business executives shows.
Abbott DALLAS (Legal Newsline)-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has been asked to opine as to whether Dallas County Commissioners have the authority to hire outside lawyers to represent the county in certain civil cases, his office said Friday.
GALVESTON - A Fort Bend married couple is suing two local non-profit organizations after the wife received an electrical shock during a stay last year at a hotel operated by the defendants, recent court documents say.
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline)-The identity protection company LifeLock Inc. has entered into an $11 million settlement with 34 state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission, resolving claims that the brand overstated the protections it provides consumers, officials said Tuesday.
A lawsuit faulting two local hospitals for a 70-year-old woman's death will continue, as appellate justices recently ruled that it's too soon for a judge to "look beyond the four corners of (a plaintiff's) expert report."
Abbott (R-Texas) WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-Three of the nation's highest profile state attorneys general are skipping the annual convention of their counterparts from around the nation.
Frank WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-An otherwise dreary Monday in the nation's capital turned especially bright yesterday for noted legal reformer Ted Frank after learning he helped to keep nearly $3 million out of the pockets of trial lawyers - at least for now.
Abbott WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The American Tort Reform Association says the country's state attorneys general have the opportunity to reform the way they handle contracts with private law firms.
As lawyers prepare to take a case to trial in Tarrant County, a Jefferson County judge has ordered a local law firm to supply the outside attorneys with court records related to the case.
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The Manhattan Institute's latest edition in its "Trial Lawyers, Inc.," series explores the effect the plaintiffs bar has on lawmakers at the state level and in Washington, D.C.
Peirce WHEELING, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Despite an asbestos firm's wishes, a federal appellate court will allow several groups to file amicus briefs in a lawsuit against it.
A Texas attorney is moving at full speed with a proposed class action against Toyota over accidents allegedly caused by stuck gas pedals, even as the automaker announced it has a remedy to put the brakes on the problem.