Adolfo Pesquera
Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
August 05, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Koch's Houston Lawyer Violated Rule in Attempt to Avoid Texas Jurisdiction, Court Finds"Triten Corporation is under siege from Koch Industries," and related defendants, said Lexie White in her brief for the plaintiffs before the First District.
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August 04, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
New Criteria: Does Bankruptcy Trustee Have Standing to File Personal Injury Suit for Original Plaintiff?Moser v. Dillon Investments is one of just two recent cases to rely on a Texas Supreme Court 2020 ruling that clarified a distinction between a party's standing to sue versus their capacity to sue.
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August 02, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
After Years of Delay, Houston Attorneys Optimistic About New RulingThe university relied on the reports of three local police departments, the state police and the FBI. Every law enforcement agency concluded Carter acted in good faith, but relied on Carter's statement to the exclusion of other evidence.
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August 01, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
'Watch Me': 2 Lawyers Were so Moved by a Case that They Learned New Practice AreaReid Collins attorneys Keith Cohan and Ryan Goldstein typically handle financial fraud and other business torts, but the George Floyd killing so affected them they resolved to get involved in police brutality cases.
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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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