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Lender had to know about hurricane lawyers' scheme, class action plaintiff argues
HOUSTON - A lender that fronted millions of dollars to a legal marketing company caught up in allegations property owners were taken advantage of by a Texas law firm shouldn't be let off the hook, the plaintiff in a class action lawsuit says.
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AG Paxton sues Travis County, claims taxpayer funds were improperly used for voter registration efforts
AUSTIN – State Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed legal action against the Travis County Commissioners Court, arguing that the government body improperly used taxpayer funds to employ a third-party organization to encourage voter registration efforts without having the lawful authority to do so.
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Circuit split: Fifth, 'gritting' its teeth, follows 1980 precedent in poaching case against personal injury lawyer
NEW ORLEANS - Houston state court is the place for a dispute between a personal injury lawyer and his former employer, a reluctant federal appeals court has found in creating a 2-2 split on a technical issue.
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Texas the venue for lawyer suing ad firm over award-nominated 'kicking the crap out of insurance companies' campaign
HOUSTON - A Houston personal injury lawyer won't have to travel to Delaware to pursue his lawsuit against an advertising firm he says cheated him - though their campaign of "kicking the crap out of insurance companies" was nominated for an attorney marketing award and he thanks the company on his website.
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AG Paxton says license not needed for paid intermediaries negotiating leases for wind power
AUSTIN – State Attorney General Ken Paxton has opined that under Texas law, someone being paid to negotiate a lease for the development of a wind power project is not required to possess a license from the Texas Real Estate Commission, since wind “is not a mineral or mining interest.”
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Harris County Attorney Menefee petitions TCEQ to follow federal air quality laws
HOUSTON - Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee is formally petitioning the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to update its air quality rules to comply with federal law.
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Sworn complaint information filed with TEC not subject to open records requests, Texas AG opines
AUSTIN - Sworn complaint information filed with the Texas Ethics Commission is not subject to the Public Information Act and may not be disclosed to a legislator requesting the information, Attorney General Ken Paxton recently opined.
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Locke Lord Strengthens Tax and Private Wealth Capabilities With Addition of Isreal Miller as Partner in Dallas
DALLAS – Isreal J. Miller has joined Locke Lord’s Dallas office as a Partner in the Firm’s Private Wealth Practice Group. Miller’s robust tax and estate planning background will further enhance Locke Lord’s complex tax capabilities and add depth to the Firm’s burgeoning Private Wealth and Tax Controversy teams, a press release states.
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Counties can require private medical facilities to pay application filing fees, Texas AG opines
AUSTIN - When it comes to private mental hospitals, a county may require medical facilities that are not governmental entities to pay application filing fees, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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VA appeals $2.9M med-mal verdict over botched surgery, National Trial Law representing veteran
LITTLE ROCK - The U.S. has filed a notice of appeal after a federal court awarded nearly $3 million to an Arkansas veteran who suffered permanent brain damage due to medical errors during a routine spinal surgery at the VA hospital in Little Rock in 2018.
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Ferguson Law partners Chip Ferguson and Cody Dishon secure record-breaking $7.75 million settlement for mild traumatic brain injury
BEAUMONT - Two partners from The Ferguson Law Firm recently recovered a record-breaking settlement in a mild traumatic brain injury case.
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Hallett & Perrin attorney Jesse Beck joins International Association of Defense Counsel
DALLAS – The International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) has announced that Jesse Beck, an attorney at Hallett & Perrin, P.C. in Dallas, Texas, has accepted an invitation to join the IADC, the preeminent invitation-only global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests, a press release states.
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Death at Frito-Lay facility results in $71.95 million verdict against Walker Engineering
DALLAS - A jury in Dallas County has found Irving-based Walker Engineering liable in the death of a worker on one of its job sites, awarding his widow and four children $71.95 million, states an Aldous Walker law firm press release.
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Municipal judge can’t simultaneously serve as a constable, Texas AG opines
AUSTIN - A court would likely conclude that a municipal judge may not simultaneously serve as a constable, according to an opinion issued by Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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Lawyer in hot water over insurance claims deserved a hearing, Fifth Circuit rules
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who worked at a Houston law firm that has run afoul of the law will get a second chance to show he shouldn't have been suspended for nine months.
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First Court denies law firm’s bid to stop 3M pre-suit depositions over dust mask clients
HOUSTON - The First Court of Appeals has denied a petition challenging an order granting the 3M Company’s request to take pre-suit depositions and to obtain documents from attorney Michael Martin and the Martin Walton Law Firm.
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Ferguson Law settles Orange County crash case for $2.1M
BEAUMONT - The Ferguson Law Firm has resolved a personal injury case on behalf of an Orange County woman for $2.1 million, a press release states.
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AGs argue Texas Bar’s action against OAG staff member will ‘open the floodgates’
AUSTIN - Several attorneys general are arguing that if the Texas Supreme Court decides to allow a disciplinary action against First Assistant AG Brent Webster to continue it will “open the floodgates.”
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Eversheds Sutherland adds George Bernhardt as real estate counsel in Houston
HOUSTON - Eversheds Sutherland has announced that George P. Bernhardt has joined the Real Estate Practice Group as counsel in the Houston office, and will enhance the team’s global work by supporting clients on critical real estate industry developments, with a strong focus in the energy and technology sectors, a press release states.
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Texas AG announces $6.6M settlement with Intercontinental Terminals Company for injuries to natural resources resulting from 2019 Deer Park fire
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas and the U.S. have reached a settlement to recover natural resource damages caused by the March 2019 fire at the Deer Park facility owned by International Terminals Company, a press release states.