Adolfo Pesquera

July 12, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Judge John Longoria, the local administrative judge for Bexar County Courts at Law, reported the jurist to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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July 11, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"Rather than declaring a limitation on illegal alien eligibility itself, the court's rule regulates states directly. In short, the district court applied an entirely different rule than the one Congress passed," the Fifth Circuit opinion said.

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July 11, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"Angela's record of experience in state government and expertise in litigation will help her oversee the Texas Attorney General's Office and serve as our state's top law enforcement officer as the Texas Senate conducts impeachment proceedings," Gov. Greg Abbott said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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July 10, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"This is a multi district litigation. So we're talking about thousands of claims. It's a pretty big deal to not have to try all those cases and be involved in all that discovery," Vinson & Elkins partner Chris Popov said.

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July 07, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Cobalt and GAMCO argue Illinois National cannot challenge a securities settlement that two federal courts found "was fair, reasonable and at arms' length," their brief states.

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3 minute read

July 06, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

On each tort claim, the appeals court said the Gibson parties' summary judgment motion "presented no ground to the trial court that disproved any element" of the Padua parties' claims.

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5 minute read

July 05, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Wells Fargo's alleged policy created a disparate impact for bilingual team members, causing significant financial hardship when in 2022 and beyond the mortgage industry was financially devastated by rising interest rates and other financial impacts, the complaint asserts.

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July 03, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Other attorneys faced suspensions and public reprimands.

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July 03, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Kraft Heinz alleges that because the company's health costs are self-funded, Aetna treats its expenses with less diligence, and includes hidden costs allegedly intended to benefit Aetna.

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4 minute read

July 03, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"The problem, as I see it, is not the standard, but the court's loose application of it to the record on appeal, which renders the narrow-construction mandate essentially tokenistic," Justice John Phillip Devine wrote in the dissent.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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