Adolfo Pesquera

May 24, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The appellate court recognized that an insurance carrier is entitled to recover all benefits paid to an injured worker out of the "first money" recovered from a liable third party.

By Adolfo Pesquera

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May 23, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Attorney Lance C. Kassab said that in recent years his firm has had to defend against an onslaught of TCPA motions from lawyers and law firms in response to legitimate legal malpractice claims.

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May 22, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

This is the first case squarely about Chapter 114, the legislative waiver of immunity for state construction contracts. - Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas amicus curiae

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May 19, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

In reaching the sanctions decision that killed the litigation, the judge went through a long list of deliberate inactions by the Iron Oak parties and their attorney.

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May 19, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes said many social media companies include a provision in their terms of service to require any actions against them be made in states that are beneficial to the social media companies.

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May 19, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The Supreme Court has urged the lower-level appellate courts to accept more permissive appeals, but recognizes it does not have authority to mandate that they do so.

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May 18, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Allegedly unbeknownst to the firm, the associate filed a motion to withdraw, and told the presiding judge that the client had retained other lawyers, the complaint claims.

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May 18, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

As a matter of public policy, Lancium should not have the ability to monopolize a regulatory standard intended for broad adoption of ERCOT," OBM Inc. CEO Dan Lawrence said.

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May 17, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The city argued the amended petition was untimely because it asserted new causes of action. The city argued it was therefore not the same cause of action.

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May 16, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The district court's summary judgment order is the first time any Texas court has confirmed under state law that wind rights are a severable property interest in the surface estate, and that such rights can be subject to trespass, attorney Corey Wehmeyer said.

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