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.
Supreme Court Says Pipeline Companies Must Prove Status to Tap Eminent Domain
Refusal to rehear case likely means more court disputes with landowners
Texas Supreme Court Shoots Down Challenge to Business Tax
Justices unanimously rejected Nestle's argument that tax treats businesses unequally and uniformly.
U-Haul Case Could Redefine Gross Negligence
Texas Supreme Court reviews $45 million Dallas jury award to a man crushed when a parking brake failed on a U-Haul truck.
Texas Businesses Again Challenge Texas Supreme Court on Franchise Tax
Nestle says the tax fails to treat businesses equally and uniformly and wants the Legislature to start over.
Texas Supreme Court Tackles Major Land Condemnation Dispute
Case is being closely watched by utilities, pipeline companies and property rights advocates.
Texas AG and Johnson & Johnson Battle in Opening Statements
In opening statements today in the state’s $1 billion false drug marketing case against Johnson & Johnson, a lawyer for the company said he will present “real world” evidence that the antipsychotic Risperdal was widely used by medical professionals on adults and children because it works better than competing products.