Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
June 18, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Prosecutors, Present and Past, Face New Exculpatory Evidence RuleThe duty of prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence was the most commented on proposed rules of any since the Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda was formed in 2017, former committee member Claude Ducloux said.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 17, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Court Gives No Relief to Energy Companies Slammed by Winter Storm Price HikesThe court of appeals strayed from its lane by inquiring whether the orders could have used competitive rather than regulatory methods to any greater extent than it did, Chief Justice Nathan Hecht said.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 17, 2024 | Law.com
A Court Just Restored $8.5 Billion in Claims in This Massive Bankruptcy CaseBondholders said the decision reinstating their claims restores the municipal market's understanding of the proper functioning of special revenue bonds.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 14, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
New Judges, New Courts: Appointees Named in Houston, San AntonioWith the appointments this week of two judges to each of five new business courts for the Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and San Antonio judicial regions, Gov. Greg Abbott has fulfilled his duty under H.B. 19.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 14, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Army of Lawyers Suit Up for Price-Gouging Antitrust Class Actions"Eleven nearly identical putative class action complaints have been filed against defendants, alleging a conspiracy to constrain the production of shale oil to increase the price of oil products," the oil company defendants said.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 14, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Oil Field Supplier Gets Stay on USDOT Ban on Transport of ExplosiveHad the agency carefully reviewed the evidence, it would have realized its findings were overwhelmingly contradicted by that evidence, the U.S. Fifth Circuit noted.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 13, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Changes Wanted on Law Firm Supervisor Role and Prohibited Client Transaction RulesThe proposed rule on supervisory responsibility imposes a duty on lawyers who are in firm management to create and implement firm-wide policies and procedures to supervises others in the firm.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 13, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Who Will Preside? Judges Named for New Business Courts in Dallas, Austin, Fort WorthThe courts will be tasked with handling high-dollar complex civil litigation cases that require jurists with experience in such matters.
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June 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
'Blunder': Litigant Compels Arbitration, Then Seeks to Vacate $5.5M Award"GPM's 'strategic move'—blunder—is one of bad faith and is designed to force the Smotherman family to incur more costs and delay," the Ferguson Law motion for plaintiffs states.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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June 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Meet the First Judges Appointed to New 15th Court of AppealsS.B. 1045 requires the Fifteenth District panel be comprised of a chief justice and two justices for the first three years and it must have five justices thereafter.
By Adolfo Pesquera
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