Adolfo Pesquera
Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
February 22, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Supreme Court Questions Limits of Governor's Authority on Mask Mandates"In a state with 254 counties we don't have the governor taking all the shots on the basketball court," attorney Douglas Alexander said. "It's not a limiting provision. If anything, it's granting authority."
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
February 22, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
$29M Verdict: Houston Jury Returns Award for Personal Injury Claims in Refinery ExplosionThe Abraham Watkins team presented evidence alleging ExxonMobil had known for decades the byproduct was extremely hazardous.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
February 21, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Court Hears Jurisdiction Fight in Volkswagen Emissions Scandal"[VW Germany] is not permitted to sort of say, 'Well, we're going to reject the idea of dual sovereignty.' They have to take that as a given," said Solicitor General Judd Stone.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
February 17, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
Lawyers Are Not Insurance Umpires, South Texas Appeals Court Tells JudgeState Farm asserted that requiring it to participate in an appraisal with an 'incompetent' umpire that it did not contractually agree to will result in extra costs and delay.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
February 16, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Sues Feds Over $1.7 Trillion 2023 Omnibus Spending LawTexas bases its constitutional arguments on definitions of "quorum," "attendance" and "assembly" as the Founding Fathers would have understood them.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
February 15, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
Too Much Fervor? What Lawyers Can Learn From Giuliani, Paxton, Pomerantz and BraggThe Saul Goodmans of this world may be in the minority, but they are not such an outlier as to be considered insignificant to the profession.
By Adolfo Pesquera
7 minute read
February 14, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
Foreseeable? Texas Court Divided on Issue of Proximate Cause"If that belt falls off during an officer's restraint of a suspect, especially a violent suspect, in my opinion, it is easily foreseeable that the suspect may escape and harm or kill someone," Justice Gisela Triana said.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
February 13, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
Bogus Lawsuits? Judges Penalize Law Firm Over Hundreds of Insurance CasesMonson showed an alleged pattern of the law firm McClenny, Moseley & Associates in Houston of preparing hundreds of hurricane damage claims based on alleged unethical practices.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
February 09, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
New Cause of Action: 5th Circuit Asked to Expand ADA Precedent"If there is any hole in the evidence here, it is the state's doing by denying her the basic service of preserving the evidence," Holt M. Lackey wrote.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
February 08, 2023 | Texas Lawyer
'This Is the Mother of All Pre-Enforcement Actions': Religion Versus Workplace Discrimination"This is the mother of all pre-enforcement actions, is it not? We're almost close to the taxpayer suit challenging whatever Congress does that the taxpayer doesn't like," Judge Cory T. Wilson said.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
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