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.
More Stories
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’
ETP & Enterprise Battle before the Dallas Court of Appeals
Oral arguments took place Wednesday regarding the 2014 landmark Texas jury verdict that legally established a business version of common law marriage and resulted in a $500 million judgment against Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise asked the Dallas Court of Appeals to reversed the trial court, saying there were “serious legal flaws with this verdict.”
Not true, argued lawyers from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, who noted that, “This is a big dollar case because Enterprise stole a big dollar opportunity from us.”
ETP & Enterprise Battle before the Dallas Court of Appeals
Oral arguments took place Wednesday regarding the 2014 landmark Texas jury verdict that legally established a business version of common law marriage and resulted in a $500 million judgment against Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise asked the Dallas Court of Appeals to reversed the trial court, saying there were “serious legal flaws with this verdict.”
Not true, argued lawyers from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, who noted that, “This is a big dollar case because Enterprise stole a big dollar opportunity from us.”