Adolfo Pesquera

December 05, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"It's not enough to say, 'It's too much.' You have to say it's not authorized by Congress," FCC associate general counsel Jacob M. Lewis argued.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

December 02, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"PNC [cannot] have it better than the lender whose shoes it stepped into. If they stepped into Keds sneakers, they don't get to walk away with Air Jordans." said Julia F. Pendery of Cowles & Thompson.

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5 minute read

December 01, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Mayo was to secure a final hearing and order for a minor's name change, but the matter was dismissed due to inactivity. He continued to misrepresent the case status as "still pending" for about two years.

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7 minute read

November 30, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas Supreme Court considered two questions related to a constitutional challenge over a local law requiring Houston firefighters receive the same pay as Houston police officers.

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4 minute read

November 29, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"No lawyer should be permitted to place himself or herself, in a position where, even inadvertently, they could be tempted to take advantage of confidences placed in that lawyer," wrote counsel for the former head of a publicly traded REIT in a disqualification motion.

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3 minute read

November 28, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"When a court wades into the sensitive area of a blanket exposure of a minor's mental health records there has to be some basis for that," said plaintiffs attorney Mark Sparks.

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5 minute read

November 28, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"The plaintiffs in this suit have not plausibly alleged that they're any worse off financially because defendants' fraud allowed Southwest and American Airlines to keep flying the MAX 8 during the class period," the Fifth Circuit said.

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3 minute read

November 23, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"There must be consequences for Pfeiffer. Otherwise, his malicious campaign will not stop. To that end, in an effort to stop Pfeiffer once and for all, defendants respectfully seek damages and sanctions," Berg & Androphy wrote in response to an attorney's lawsuit for unpaid wages.

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4 minute read

November 23, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The final judgment in WCW Houston Properties LLC v. Texas REIT LLC includes an award of more than $6.9 million in favor of WCW, in addition to a rolling interest rate of 18% as of April 18, 2022.

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2 minute read

November 22, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Daniel D. Gartner and his firm, Gartner Law Firm, sought about $71,000 in attorney fees.

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3 minute read