Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
A federal appeals court reinstated a million-dollar jury verdict for a severely disabled Keller Independent School District student who had been abused by a former special education teacher. In doing so, the Fifth Circuit provided litigants and judges a much clearer road-map about when parents or other parties may bring civil claims on behalf of minors who are unable to competently make legal decisions on their own.
Pipeline giant the Williams Cos. has sued its potential acquirer Energy Transfer over a private equity offering, the company announced Wednesday.
Pipeline giant the Williams Cos. has sued its potential acquirer Energy Transfer over a private equity offering, the company announced Wednesday.
A lawyer’s career will have some peaks and plenty of valleys, writes Winstead shareholder Talmage Boston. Boston looks to the valleys two Texas Rangers position players found themselves in last season as case studies in dealing with adversity. One completely turned around his season at the plate after a conversation with his wife. Another is hoping a new hitting approach and perspective will help him rebound from a disappointing end to his major league debut.
Craig Budner grew up “one heck of a baseball fan.” His walls were filled with autographed pictures and baseballs signed by the likes of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins and Connie Mack. His great-grandfather traveled for one month of every season for 48 years with the Philadelphia Athletics and was named “The Greatest Fan in Baseball” by Sporting News. As the global integration and strategic growth partner at K&L Gates, Budner works with lawyers across the globe on professional and client development efforts. What does Opening Day have to do with practicing law in an increasingly global and complex profession? Budner explains.
A North Texas federal jury has rewarded two businessmen with a nearly 6,800 percent return on their $1,500 investment four years ago in a Dallas-based gaming channel on YouTube. A four-woman, three-man jury ruled Friday that Videogames YouTube Channel and two of its owner/operators conspired together to breach their contract agreements with two outside investors and defraud the men of profits from the business they were promised.
© 2015 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate (April 4) – A federal jury in Austin on Thursday awarded $15.8 million to a Buda, Texas woman and her family for
The high cost of operating the historic John Minor Wisdom federal courthouse in New Orleans has led the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to publicly disclose for the first time that the judges appear ready to move their headquarters. Terlingua, Texas may be a little more out of the way, but the move clearly solves one of the biggest complaints of federal appellate lawyers: insufficient parking.
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