Adolfo Pesquera

August 16, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"I applaud the legislature for recognizing the need to protect the public servants who work in court facilities, and I fully support this measure to keep those who help whose duties are performed in the public administration of justice, as well as their family members, safe," Travis County 250th District Judge Karin Crump said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 15, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Judge Crump, in her findings, said there was no reasonable basis for the legislature to classify a county with a population of over 3.5 million for the purpose of requiring abolition of its elections administrator, but that counties whose population surpass 3.5 million after Sept. 1 may keep their administrator.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

August 14, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"The required inclusion of these [mental health] messages is performative and useless," according to a lawsuit seeking to halt an age verification law for sex-oriented websites.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

August 14, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

FMC Technologies Inc. sought almost $40 million in damages, as well as exemplary damages and injunctive relief against Richard Murphy and Dril-Quip Inc. in a dispute involving undersea crude oil-recovery technology.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

August 11, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Prior to the jury trial, attorneys for Doe obtained a default judgment on liability. However, co-counsel Jacob Schiffer said they put on evidence and witness testimony as if they still had to prove liability.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 09, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"Because we have no evidence as to the exact interest, the appellants have not proved such a duty exists," Chief Justice Tracy Christopher said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 08, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The secured creditors' arguments would render the main point of the plan, and the last three years of litigation, meaningless, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

August 07, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The law is essentially a description of VSP's Premier Edge program, the plaintiffs assert, adding, "The statute may as well read 'VSP shall not operate its Premier Edge program'—that would be a lot shorter, and means the same thing."

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 04, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The complaint chronicles years of inadequate performance on the part of Godinich and his firm, alleging he never visited Carter in jail, never filed a substantive motion, and never responded to Carter's requests for information about his case.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 04, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"Regardless of whether Ferebee's comments strayed off topic, he was performing his job duties as the city attorney," First District Justice Gordon Goodman said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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