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The family of Rosa Esparza, who died July 19 when she fell while riding the Texas Giant rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Texas, sued the amusement ride theme park Tuesday for wrongful death and negligence. The lawsuit accuses Dallas-based Six Flags of knowing “for decades the real risks and extreme dangers” posed by some of their rides but not doing anything to make them safer.

Texas’ senior justice has served on the state’s highest court for 25 years, authored more than 350 opinions and is scheduled to become the longest serving justice in Texas history in 2014. In three weeks, he will move his office 50 feet down the hall as he takes over as the state’s next chief justice. Gov. Perry made Hecht’s appointment official Tuesday. The Texas Lawbook has a full interview with the next chief justice, including whether Hecht plans to run for re-election next year.

The liquefaction tolling agreement is with SK E&S, South Korea’s first private company to import shale gas from U.S. soil.

The liquefaction tolling agreement is with SK E&S, South Korea’s first private company to import shale gas from U.S. soil.

In one of the largest “data breach” cases ever, hackers broke into the computers of Heartland Payment Systems, a credit card processor, and stole confidential information about millions of cards.