Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
July 29, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
The 'Money Had Piled Up': Attorney/Musician Secures $45M in Unclaimed RoyaltiesThe trustees collected royalties on an annual basis that they were obligated to distribute to plaintiffs and the class and other Fund beneficiaries.
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July 28, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
New Court Ruling Sheds Light on Texas Governor's Executive OrdersAt issue in opinions from the San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and El Paso courts of appeal are Abbott's executive orders GA-38 and GA-39, regarding local controls over mask and vaccine mandates, respectively.
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July 27, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Jury Blasts Through Statutory Cap to Award $7B in Punitive Damages Against Spectrum Cable"Obviously, it's a substantial amount, but it's a large company and (the verdict) is in line with the standards under Texas law," said trial attorney Ray Khirallah.
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July 26, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
'Sweeping and Unprecedented': Court Strikes School Mask Mandate InjunctionA dissent argued the plaintiffs established standing, but the majority ordered the trial court to dismiss without prejudice for lack of subject-matter standing.
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July 26, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
How a Lawyer Revived a Suit for Family Allegedly Victimized by Flawed Paternity DNA TestShield's affidavit included the statement, "I raised (Wilson) without child support and spent years not knowing how the DNA paternity test showed that (Heck) was not my son's father."
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July 25, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Central Issue Emerges as US Manufacturers Sue SEC Over Regulation of Proxy Advisory Firms"NGS has been forced to file supplemental proxy statements in response to this misleading proxy advice in seven of the past nine annual proxy seasons," Natural Gas Services alleged.
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July 22, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
'We Vacate Them All': Federal Court Blasts Commission for Meddling in Energy CasesThe Fifth Circuit said it would not defer to the energy commission's "bizarre view" of contract rejection, even if the commission somehow had the power to administer the Bankruptcy Code.
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July 20, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
'Surprise Switcheroo': 2 Circuits Align in Defense of FDA Rule Against Flavored E-CigarettesFDA did consider petitioners' device type, and it concluded (reasonably) that what truly impacts youth smokers is flavor preference, not device preference, the Fifth Circuit said.
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July 20, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
New Opinion Allows Governments to Abuse the Public, Dissenting Justice SaysThe lawsuit, considered a case of first impression by the appellate court, asked whether a dispute over cost could be considered a refusal to make information available.
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July 19, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
'False, Dishonest and Deceitful': State Bar Says AG Paxton Politicized His Ethics CaseA State Bar commission, responding to Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to dismiss an ethics complaint, said it was Paxton that politicized the case and his arguments of lack of jurisdiction and a separation of powers violation are without merit.
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