Adolfo Pesquera

October 04, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The facts of the underlying case involved a couple, Clyde and Dorothy Burt of Cleburne, who sold their residence to their daughter and were living in a rental before going to a nursing home. They then purchased a 50% interest in the home sold to the daughter, but the commission refused to recognize it as their home.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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October 03, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"It seems obvious that taking state party cases out of the Third District is going to shift the outcomes because of the nature of the justices sitting on this court," said political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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October 03, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Hyster-Yale chose not to offer any occupant restraint system or occupant compartment enclosure even though safer alternative designs existed, the plaintiff's amended complaint asserted.

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October 02, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Leonard Girling neglected the legal matter entrusted to him by failing to file an answer to the lawsuit, causing the complainant to default in the matter and resulting in a judgment entered against the complainant, the State Bar report said.

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October 02, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Senior U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn said the FTC's expert witness testimony was not supported by the evidence and concluded "the FTC provides no other evidence to show that the brand partner purchases should be uniformly treated not as sales to ultimate users."

By Adolfo Pesquera

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September 29, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The incident occurred, Nationstar alleges, because "ACI misused Nationstar's nonpublic personal customer information to conduct quality assurance testing ... in a live production environment, instead of a walled-off testing environment."

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September 28, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The issues before the court of appeals were limited to jurisdictional challenges, and did not reach the merits.

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September 27, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The city's unilateral amendment ... would disenfranchise Dallas voters in contravention of state law, and deprive ERF members of their right to bilateral administration of the ERF trust—one of the pensioner's most sensitive and valuable rights, Locke Lord attorney Thomas Loose said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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September 26, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"Bailey misappropriated nearly $4.1 million for personal expenses and additionally misused over $900,000 for unauthorized purposes, including nearly $670,000 of undisclosed Ponzi-like payments to other investors," the SEC complaint alleges.

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September 22, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay said, "Plaintiffs' theory of breach relies on the content of a federal regulation that was not explicitly referenced by name in the (contract)."

By Adolfo Pesquera

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