Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Testimony began Wednesday in the long-simmering St. Mary Cemetery dispute in which plaintiffs allege a landowner desecrated a portion of the historic African-American cemetery in rural Ellis County in order to carve out more cropland.
The Texas Supreme Court, using the state constitution and a case involving eyebrow threaders, expanded the rights of Texans to be free of “unreasonably burdensome” economic regulations. In adopting a new standard of review for measuring business regulations, lawyers involved in the case say the court delivered a ruling to match the state’s vaunted reputation as a frontier of economic freedom.
The Magna Carta is one of the most influential and important documents in the history of the written word. Traveling nine hours to celebrate a legal document signed eight centuries ago might not be everyone’s idea of a perfect vacation. There was no place I would rather have been. It was a once-in-a-lifetime honor that my family and I will never forget.
Energy Future Holdings is spending more than $600,000 a day – including weekends and holidays – in legal and financial advisory fees and expenses as part of its restructuring efforts in federal bankruptcy court, putting the case on track to be one of the costliest bankruptcies in U.S. history. Since filing for reorganization under Chapter 11 in April 2014, lawyers and financial advisers have charged EFH $230 million through June 1. More than 50 lawyers, including 29 from Kirkland, are charging EFH more than $1,000 an hour.
London-based Willis Group Holdings and Arlington, Virginia-based Towers Watson announced Tuesday that they have agreed to join forces through an all-stock, $18 billion merger.
London-based Willis Group Holdings and Arlington, Virginia-based Towers Watson announced Tuesday that they have agreed to join forces through an all-stock, $18 billion merger.
Minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage Friday, lawyers across Texas say their phones starting ringing with business clients asking a simple question: What do they need to do now? The unanimous answer, according to legal experts, is they need to do a lot and they need to do it fast or possibly pay the consequences. The good news for Texas businesses is that the changes they need to make are neither complicated nor expensive.
Minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage Friday, lawyers across Texas say their phones starting ringing with business clients asking a simple question: What do they need to do now? The unanimous answer, according to legal experts, is they need to do a lot and they need to do it fast or possibly pay the consequences. The good news for Texas businesses is that the changes they need to make are neither complicated nor expensive.
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