Opinions
Reforming Texas courts: HB 1875 is a win-win for the Texas judicial system
Recently, several law firms prevailed in a case that demonstrates the need for some common-sense reforms to the Texas legal system.
‘Paid or incurred’ means actually ‘paid or incurred’
Does anyone in Texas think that conniving plaintiffs and attorneys should be allowed to cash in on fraudulent claims, aside from said plaintiffs and attorneys?
Migrant Situation is Overwhelming Texas Court System
What effect will the recent influx of immigrants have on our court system?
Considering legislation to reform law enforcement introduced in the Texas Legislature
Several bills introduced in the Texas Legislature are identified as necessary reforms of Texas law enforcement.
TCJL: Texas Supreme Court should hear Exxon's petition over climate change litigation
A group of California cities and counties are waging a legal battle in California state court against ExxonMobil and 17 other Texas-based energy companies. The municipalities allege that the companies are engaging in activities that have caused or are causing an imminent rise in sea levels, and seek billions of dollars in damages from the companies, allegedly to address this risk.
Keep Texas Trucking along by protecting against excessive lawsuits
A pair of bills making their way through the Texas Legislature will bring much-needed and sensible reforms to a litigation system run amuck. House Bill 19 and its companion in the Senate aim to rein in excessive lawsuits that deliver big paydays for lawyers while threatening jobs for one of the state’s most important industries, and driving up insurance rates for everyone else.
Yes, Virginia, There’s Voter Fraud in Texas
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner tweeted out a bold statement on Tuesday: “We don’t have voter fraud in Texas…”
Working moms are independent workers too, and we need flexibility and benefits
I am proud to say that I’m a working mom who has earned three college degrees and owned multiple businesses. I’ve worked hard all my life, and I recently found the perfect way to earn an income while taking care of my daughter -- independent, app-based work. I started driving for Uber Eats about a month ago, and I haven’t looked back.
Keep on trucking, Texas!
“The litigation environment for owners and operators of commercial or company vehicles has reached a tipping point that, unless addressed by the Texas Legislature, will result in growing small business failures, increased costs of doing business for the companies that survive, and increased costs for goods and services purchased by all Texans.”
That doesn’t sound good.
There’s a major bottleneck in Texas family courts, and it’s getting worse
Due to COVID-19 safety and social distancing mandates, very few family law issues are being heard by judges in person at the Texas family courts. Unfortunately, many Texas citizens and their children now face serious financial and emotional consequences due to delays getting to court—as much as two years! How did we get in this mess, and what can we do about it? The state, judicial branch and family law attorneys need to work together—and aggressively—to find a resolution.
Here come the storm lawsuits
May God bless first responders! They all deserve our gratitude: the police, the firemen, the EMTs, the doctors and nurses, the utility company workers, and all the rest who risk their lives and log long hours to keep us safe and put things right as fast as possible after a natural or man-made disaster.
Some people never learn
One of the most memorable expressions of Gomer Pyle, the dimwitted Mayberry mechanic who became a bumbling Marine, was this gem:“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”
Let’s reopen for business, not for lawsuits
If there was ever a case where the cure was worse than the disease, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is surely it.
Law enforcement Veteran Asks Supreme Court to Protect His Rights - and the Constitution
Jose Oliva, a 75-year-old Vietnam veteran and grandfather, spent his life serving his country. After years in the U.S. Air Force, he worked for more than three decades in law enforcement at federal, state, and local agencies. Now, he is fighting for his constitutional rights—and the rights of others like him—after he was violently assaulted by federal police officers.
Student steamed after being burned by Rice University
The average price for Super Bowl tickets last year was $5,511. This year, with “social distancing” enforced and fewer tickets available, the average price was $14,110.
Let them eat fusion burritos! South Padre Island needs to let food trucks roll in
The Institute for Justice (IJ) defends the rights of entrepreneurs against arbitrary and capricious state and local lawmakers. Their clients are ordinary people trying to make a living, only to see their American Dream obstructed or destroyed by licensing laws or permit requirements that protect a privileged class of more-established businesses.
Union Tide Rises Under Biden
President Joe Biden has for decades depicted himself as a blue-collar guy from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and part of his political persona is an appeal to the lunch bucket crowd—working-class voters.
Counties and school districts should not resort to contingency-fee contracts
Do you want your kids to smoke cigarettes or vape? If not, then tell them no. Don’t expect someone else to do it for you.
Brent Coon got into deep water
“[W]e led the charge against British Petroleum following the 2005 explosion at the BP Texas City Refinery that killed 15 people,” Beaumont attorney Brent Coon declared on a website launched five years later to exploit the subsequent tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. “Now, we’re preparing to take on the oil giants once again.”
For lawyers, “creative” is synonymous with self-serving
“Preparing wrongful death claims and securing their payment requires creativity,” Beaumont attorneys Mitchell Toups and Richard Coffman assert on their website.