(Aug. 6) – Purdue Pharma needed a new chief legal officer to lead the privately held drug maker through a mountain of litigation it faces over the opioid crisis. Lawyers
Appeals Court Revives Dallas Probate Case Over Alleged Judge/Attorney Misconduct
(Aug. 6) – A $100 million business divorce case in which a Dallas probate judge is accused of having a secret relationship with an attorney in the case is headed
SEC Closes Climate Change Probe into ExxonMobil
(Aug. 3) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ended its two-year inquiry into ExxonMobil and how the oil giant factors climate change into the valuation of its corporate
More TX Business Groups Oppose AG Paxton’s Litigation against DACA
The Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Restaurant Association and eight other pro-business groups and companies filed federal court papers late Wednesday joining 13 other organizations opposing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit seeking a court order ending the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, continues to increase.
Richard Stewart Sr.: A Father of Integrity, Courage and Inspiration
By Richard G. Stewart Jr. (Aug. 1) – Richard G. Stewart, Sr. was a member of the Greatest Generation, World War II veteran, breaker of racial barriers, entrepreneur and community
For Law Librarians and Firms, LexisNexis Dispute Could Have Serious Ramifications
Last summer, LexisNexis began tying access to standalone products such as Law.com to subscriptions to its Lexis Advance platform. In response, the American Association of Law Librarians has argued that these tactics are anti-competitive and violate AALL guidelines. Greg Lambert, past president of the AALL executive board and chief knowledge services officer at Jackson Walker, explains what is at stake.
Q&A with State Bar of TX Chair Laura Gibson on Future of the Bar & the Legal Profession
(July 31) – The State Bar of Texas has faced significant criticisms during the past two years – much of it from its own ranks. This occurs at the same
DBJ: DOJ wants Bench Discussions between AT&T and Judge Unsealed
The U.S. Justice Dept. wants a federal appeals court in the AT&T case to make public conversations conducted at the bench between the trial judge and lawyers for both sides in the recent antitrust trial. The DOJ asks that all “all non-confidential portions of the trial transcript, including the district court’s bench conferences throughout trial, be unsealed and released to the public,” the filing said. The Dallas Business Journal has the full story.
Technology and the Lawyer’s Lot: Some Observations from History
For generations technology has been replacing human manual labor. But today’s innovations are capable of doing increasingly complex “intellectual” tasks. Technology has already reshaped the practice of law, but will it ever make lawyers obsolete? Randy Gordon of Crowe & Dunlevy provides an analysis.
TX Businesses File Legal Brief Supporting DACA, Opposing Texas AGs Assault on Immigration Program
A federal lawsuit by Texas state officials seeking to order the end of the federal immigration program called the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will have “immediate, irreparable injury” to Texas businesses and cost the state’s economy billions of dollars, according to a coalition of pro-business organizations.