Decline In Civil Jury Trials: The Cheese Has Moved And That's Okay
Decline in jury trials is a positive development. Our system addressing disputes is working better than ever before.
Texas Caps on Non-Economic Damages is Constitutional
U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap of Marshall Upholds Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003.
Fish & Richardson Wins Defense Verdict in $85 million Patent Trial
Jury in Tyler rejects CEATS case against airlines and online ticketing companies.
Judge Solis: OSU, Pickens Weren't Tricked into Buying Life Insurance
A federal judge in Dallas has ruled that neither Oklahoma State University athletic officials nor its fund-raisers were tricked or defrauded into buying huge life insurance policies on elderly alumni in hopes of generating revenue when they died.
Civil Jury Trials Plummet in Texas
The number of jury trials conducted in 2011 are one-third the number held in 1996.
Expediting Trials
Proposals would streamline discovery and costs of disputes under $100,000.
Three Prominent Litigators Start Austin Litigation Boutique
Butch Hayes, Geoff Weisbart and Julie Springer to employ "team approach" to trial work.
Supreme Court Says Pipeline Companies Must Prove Status to Tap Eminent Domain
Refusal to rehear case likely means more court disputes with landowners
Johnson & Johnson Settles Texas Medicaid Fraud Suit for $158 million
Texas and whistleblower sued J&J for false marketing of its antipsychotic prescription medication Risperdal.
Baker Botts, McKool Smith & Lidji Dorey Lead Dr Pepper and Dublin Bottler Settlement
The 1970s Dr Pepper commercial was catchy: “I’m a Pepper, he’s a Pepper, she’s a Pepper, wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper, too?”
State’s Billion-Dollar Case Against Johnson & Johnson Goes to Trial Today in Travis County
Allen Jones was an investigator for the Pennsylvania Inspector General a decade ago when a routine inquiry exposed a pattern of pharmaceutical companies lavishing trips, meals and other perks on state officials who were in positions to influence which drugs would be used to treat patients under Medicaid.
Email Scam Ensnarls Dallas Lawyer and Houston Bank
The State Bar of Texas and the Texas Department of Banking issued dozens of notices during the past few years about scams that target lawyers and financial institutions.