U.S. IPO activity in Q1 fell to its lowest level since the height of the financial crisis in 2009.
Lawsuit Claims Dallas Bar Exam Prep Company Violated ADA
Dallas-based BarBri, Inc. continues to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to properly accommodate blind law students who use BarBri’s online and other services to prepare for the bar exam, a lawsuit filed today in Dallas federal court claims.
Federal Judge Rejects $500 million Case against Pilgrim’s Pride
A federal judge in East Texas Friday threw out a decade-long litigation brought by hundreds of chicken farmers seeking a combined $500 million against Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. for allegedly manipulating poultry prices with the intent of shutting down some of the chicken growers and unfair trade practices. The case is a huge win for Dallas lawyer Clayton Bailey.
Jury Invalidates Deathbed Will in Multimillion-Dollar Estate Dispute
A 72-year-old man wrongfully convinced his terminally ill second wife of 24 years to revise her will on her deathbed to favor him over an earlier version that favored her three children, a Dallas jury ruled Tuesday.
Texas Law Grads Struggle to Land Lawyer Jobs
Despite paying as much as $200,000 for their legal education, nearly one-fourth of the 2,072 Texas law school graduates of 2015 are unemployed or underemployed, according to new data compiled by The Texas Lawbook. More than 13 percent of newly-minted Texas lawyers are unemployed, which is actually worse than the nine percent of 2010 Texas law school graduates who could not find a job after graduation – the year the Great Recession impacted the Texas legal industry the most. This article has all the details.
FuelFix: Feds Charge Houston Oil Trader & Outside Consultant with Bribery
A federal grand jury in Houston has charged that a Chevron oil trader and a Houston energy consultant engaged in international commercial bribery scheme and funneled the money they received from kickbacks into offshore bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Thursday.
FuelFix: Feds Charge Houston Oil Trader & Outside Consultant with Bribery
A federal grand jury in Houston has charged that a Chevron oil trader and a Houston energy consultant engaged in international commercial bribery scheme and funneled the money they received from kickbacks into offshore bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Thursday.
FuelFix: Feds Charge Houston Oil Trader & Outside Consultant with Bribery
A federal grand jury in Houston has charged that a Chevron oil trader and a Houston energy consultant engaged in international commercial bribery scheme and funneled the money they received from kickbacks into offshore bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Thursday.
Federal Judge Rejects Exxxotica’s Plea
© 2015 The Texas Lawbook. By Mark Curriden (April 21) – U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater Thursday morning rejected efforts by Three Expo Events to override the City of Dallas’
Hermes Law Promotes Gino Rossini to Partner
Rossini, a University of Texas School of Law graduate, focuses his practice on handling post-trial and appellate matters in state and federal court.