Angela Morris

January 15, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"He would say often that it's the legislature that should take the lead in making public policy and the courts should play a limited although important role in enforcing the rule of law," said former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.

By Angela Morris

7 minute read

January 15, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"He would say often that it's the legislature that should take the lead in making public policy and the courts should play a limited although important role in enforcing the rule of law," said former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.

By Angela Morris

7 minute read

January 14, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

In connection with a case in which a Dallas-area family sued lawyers, firms and others, alleging they conspired to illegally solicit the family's car accident case, two defendants were indicted criminally.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

January 14, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

In connection with a case in which a Dallas-area family sued lawyers, firms and others, alleging they conspired to illegally solicit the family's car accident case, two defendants were indicted criminally.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

January 13, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"We try not to take cases that we think we are going to lose—we are not idiots—but we do lose some of the cases we take on contingent fee," said John Judge, shareholder in Judge, Kostura & Putman in Austin.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

January 13, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The Third Court of Appeals ruled that F. Michael McMillen's claim failed because he reported it internally to Texas Health and Human Services Commission personnel, who didn't have authority over federal Medicaid law.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

January 13, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"We try not to take cases that we think we are going to lose—we are not idiots—but we do lose some of the cases we take on contingent fee," said John Judge, shareholder in Judge, Kostura & Putman in Austin.

By Angela Morris

2 minute read

January 13, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The Third Court of Appeals ruled that F. Michael McMillen's claim failed because he reported it internally to Texas Health and Human Services Commission personnel, who didn't have authority over federal Medicaid law.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

January 12, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

The state wove itself into a tangle by requiring a Dallas hair-braiding teacher to meet regulations for a barber school. Now the braider has won a federal ruling that those regulations are unconstitutional as applied to her.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read

January 12, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

After negotiating for a settlement totaling $50,000—with half of the money for their lawyer—the two remaining plaintiffs, former administrative law judges Carol Birch and Carol Wood, dismissed their lawsuit.

By Angela Morris

4 minute read