Provost Paul Ludden appointed Albert W. Niemi to lead the search committee to replace Dedman Law Dean John Attanasio. Other search committee members include law school faculty, law students, members of the Board of Trustees, law school executive board members and law school alumni.
Five Tips for Fifth Circuit Business Cases in 2013
Pleading requirements, relationships that create personal jurisdiction, insurance coverage and the limited availability of mandamus relief greatly influences how a case develops, and the Court’s restrictive attitude about mandamus may mean finality for district court decisions about them.
Bickel & Brewer Disqualified in Paid Witness Dispute
A Dallas judge has booted Bickel & Brewer from a big dollar international civil lawsuit because the firm and its Chilean co-counsel hired a former executive from the opposing side who claims the law firms agreed to pay him $1 million over three years to provide insider privileged information about the case.
Lawyers for the hard-charging law firm say its lawyers acted within ethical guidelines and plan to immediately appeal state District Judge Carlos Cortez’s order.