Healthcare Lawyers: Supreme Court Decision “Anti-Climactic” and Business As Usual
Ruling leaves Texas scrambling to implement law and employers debating whether to continue providing coverage for their worker.
Oncor Wins Ruling in Condemnation Dispute with DART
Texas Supreme Court says 2011 law extended utilities’ power to run lines over commuter railway
Federal Judge: Arbitration has Failed to Live Up to Billing
U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez says arbitration is no longer faster or less expensive.
Texas Supreme Court Rules for Johnson & Johnson in Fraudulent Marketing Case
Justices reverse $4.8 million jury award to patient who said promotional video failed to disclose lupus could be a side effect of drug she was taking for Crohn’s disease.
Mandatory Pro Bono Best Way for Lawyers to ‘Pass it Forward,’ says Supreme Court’s Medina
All six of the other candidates running for the Texas Supreme Court say free legal representation should be voluntary. Only half of Texas lawyers are doing pro bono work, meeting a mere 20 percent of low-income Texans’ civil legal needs.
Judges & Lawyers Try to Explain High Appellate Reversal Rates
Dallas Appeals Court Chief Justice says Bench has no bias against jury verdicts or plaintiffs.
Texas Courts of Appeal Appear Distrustful of Civil Jury Verdicts
Haynes and Boone study shows that appellate judges are especially hostile to verdicts for plaintiffs.
UT Hires Latham & Watkins To Argue Discrimination Case
University of Texas pays Los Angeles-based firm $1 million to argue landmark case at the U.S. Supreme Court. Legal team will include a former solicitor general under the Bush administration and two lawyers who won a 2003 case for the University of Michigan Law School.
Fifth Circuit Panel Appears Skeptical of Challenge to Open Meetings Law
Fifteen elected city leaders in Texas claim law suppresses their free speech.
Texas Supreme Court Rules for Private Beachfront Property Owners
Justices say public beaches may become private when a hurricane alters the coast line.
Greg Abbott’s Fingerprints All Over Healthcare Law National Challenge
Texas Attorney General played pivotal role in shaping SCOTUS legal arguments.
Fifth Circuit: Inherited IRAs Protected in Bankruptcy
Case of first impression expected to have widespread impact.