News published on Southeast Texas Record in October 2017

AUSTIN – Joining a bipartisan coalition of 25 states, Attorney General Ken Paxton on Oct. 24 called on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to reject a campaign by student loan servicers and debt collectors to dismantle state oversight of the student loan industry.

AUSTIN – Leading a coalition of 10 states, on Oct. 24 Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit supporting the Trump administration’s motion for a stay of a ruling blocking the latest travel ban.

There are people who've grown up in Port Arthur, Beaumont, or Corpus Christi and never been outside of southeast Texas, but most of us have traveled more widely, venturing into Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, if not all across the continental United States and beyond.

HOUSTON — A Pennsylvania resident is suing LTD Financial Services LP, a debt collector, citing alleged deceptive debt collection practices.

BEAUMONT – Chevron USA and the plaintiff that sued the company recently filed a joint motion for dismissal in an asbestos lawsuit brought in Jefferson County District Court.

BEAUMONT – A joint motion for dismissal was recently filed in an asbestos lawsuit filed in Jefferson County District Court.

BEAUMONT – A motion for contempt was recently filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

Readers of Law and Liberty may have noticed that I am a fan of Justice Antonin Scalia (for example, here and here). I am also an admirer of Robert H. Bork, whom my colleague John McGinnis has described as “the most important legal scholar on the right in the last 50 years.” Bork was a pioneer in both the field of antitrust law (with his influential 1978 book The Antitrust Paradox) and constitutional law, as the father of what we now call “originalism.” In his seminal 1971 article in the Indiana Law Journal, entitled “Neutral Principles and Some First Amendment Problems,”[1] and in his later best-selling books, The Tempting of America (1990) and Slouching Towards Gomorrah (1996), Bork eviscerated the “noninterpretive” theories of constitutional law that dominated the legal academy in the 1960s and 1970s.

MARSHALL – A federal judge on Oct. 16 ruled that patents for a medicinal product to alleviate a condition called dry eye were invalid after Allergan, a global pharmaceuticals company, attempted to extend the patents by transferring them to a Native American tribe in upstate New York.

HOUSTON – A non-Texas company may seek out and do business with Texas companies and pay Texas taxes but that isn't enough for that company to fall under the jurisdiction of Texas courts, according to a recent opinion from a state appeals court.

GALVESTON – A hearing is scheduled in a lawsuit accusing a local private school of preventing bullying, according to recent Galveston County District Court records.

HOUSTON – A seafood restaurant is blamed for a single-vehicle accident reportedly caused by a drunk driver.

GALVESTON – An alleged altercation at a Galveston Subway restaurant last year has prompted a local woman to initiate legal action.

MARSHALL DIVISION Oct. 12 CLEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC V. PROTECT AMERICA, INC. 2:17-cv-00694-RWS-RSP

GALVESTON – A Harris County woman claims she was hurt during a boat ride last year and has filed a lawsuit, according to recent Galveston County District Court records.

GALVESTON – Alleging he sustained injuries on the beach in Texas City last year due to a defective piece of kitesurfing equipment, Harris County resident Filip Crabbs has pursued legal action.

AUSTIN – On Oct. 19, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $120 million multi-state settlement with General Motors Company over allegations GM concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch-related defects in GM vehicles.

GALVESTON – A property management company whose advice went unheeded when recommending condominium owners up their insurance is not liable because coverage was insufficient following a fire at the complex, according to Texas’ First Court of Appeals.

HOUSTON – Houston attorney Jim Doyle, II and his law firm face a lawsuit from a client who claims they did not prosecute her motor vehicle accident case.

ROBERT DOUCET ET AL vs. AMOCO CHEMICAL COMPANY ET AL