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Did U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas’ 15th Congressional District violate ethics rules that prohibit House members from “engaging in professions that provide services involving a fiduciary relationship, including the practice of law”?

TCJL today filed an amicus brief in a matter pending before the Texas Supreme Court regarding a key provision of the 1995 reforms to the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA).

AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Ray Chester, an Austin attorney who is a defendant in a lawsuit involving the Mitte Foundation, has donated money to the re-election campaign of the judge in the case and was listed on her website as a supporter, according to public records.

The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activity on Oct. 6 in the suits below:

The following cases categorized as "damages or injury (auto)" were on the docket in the Jefferson County District Court on Oct. 6. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:

The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activity on Oct. 5 in the suits below:

The following cases categorized as "judgment nisi" were on the docket in the Jefferson County District Court on Oct. 6. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:

The following cases categorized as "judgment nisi" were on the docket in the Jefferson County District Court on Oct. 5. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:

HOUSTON – Most Texans don’t look forward to a trip to the Department of Public Safety, and for Bruce Gaible his trip to renew his license actually resulted in a trip and fall in a DPS parking lot.

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton’s staff blindsided him when they publicly attacked him earlier this month, a move he says was made to set the narrative.

Amidst all the other tribulations visited upon these United States in 2020, we find ourselves—like a frog in the proverbial pot of boiling water—immersed in the suddenly-ubiquitous delusion of wokeness. With startling abruptness, concepts and terminology previously at the periphery of popular culture—“white privilege,” “systemic racism,” “unconscious bias,” and the like—have become household terms. Once seemingly limited to the fever swamp of academia, and even then mainly confined to a few humanities disciplines, the death of George Floyd catapulted the long-simmering (and frequently-ridiculed) rhetoric of wokeness into the headlines. Without warning, fringe organizations like Black Lives Matter unexpectedly became mainstream—complete with corporate sponsorships and celebrity spokesmen.

Bradley is pleased to announce that nine of the firm’s partners have been named by Who’s Who Legal as among the world’s leading construction lawyers.

Bradley is pleased to announce that 53 of the firm’s partners have been recognized in the 2021 edition of Benchmark Litigation, which also listed Bradley as a “highly recommended” firm.

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has reportedly closed an investigation of possible abuse surrounding the FBI raids of Nate Paul's home and offices last August – a maneuver that set off a harsh reaction from Paul's attorney on Sunday.

Effective internal investigations are one of the most critical components in the area of employment law liability prevention.

Texas Lawyer has selected Cynthia Bast, a member of Locke Lord's Board of Directors and Leader of the Firm's Affordable Housing and Community Development Section, Don Glendenning, Partner in Charge of Corporate Responsibility and Charitable Giving and Co-Chair of Locke Lord's Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Whit Roberts, Dallas Office Deputy Managing Partner, as 2020 Texas Trailblazers.

Please join the Harvard University and Harvard Business School Club of Dallas, as well as members of the Holland & Knight Digital Healthcare Initiative, for a virtual panel discussion on Current Perspectives on Digital Healthcare Trends.

The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activity on Oct. 2 in the suits below:

The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by Brianne Godfrey against Lowes Home Centers LLC on Oct. 8.

The Jefferson County District Court reported the following activities in the suit brought by State of Texas against Aa Best Bail Bonds ***license No. 149**, Albert Saenz and Matthew Dwayne Bourgeois on Oct. 7.