Mary Alice Robbins

August 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

Three days after Karl Rove, White House deputy chief of staff, announced he will resign at the end of August, a former staff attorney for the Texas Office of the Secretary of State filed a suit in Texas state court, alleging that she was fired for making comments to a reporter that embarrassed Rove and other Republicans. Elizabeth Reyes claims that she didn't know she was speaking to a reporter when she discussed whether Rove's ownership of rental cottages in Texas' Kerr County allowed him to vote there.

By Mary Alice Robbins

3 minute read

July 30, 2008 | Law.com

Miami firm Greenberg Traurig, which has offices in Houston and Dallas, will open an office in Austin on Aug. 1 with seven lawyers, including three who are leaving Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's Austin office. Douglas Atnipp, Greenberg Traurig's managing shareholder in Houston, says the firm has eyed Austin since it opened its Houston office in 2005. Separately, on July 1, Hunton & Williams, based in Richmond, Va., announced it had hired eight Akin Gump labor and employment attorneys.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Mary Alice Robbins

2 minute read

April 17, 2006 | National Law Journal

A federal jury in Marshall has returned an almost $74 million verdict for TiVo Inc. in its patent infringement suit against EchoStar Communications Corp.

By Mary Alice Robbins

3 minute read

April 24, 2006 | National Law Journal

A jury awarded $32 million to the family of a 71-year-old man who suffered a fatal heart attack in 2001 after taking Vioxx for almost a month, an attorney for the family says.

By Mary Alice Robbins

3 minute read

May 21, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

By Mary Alice Robbins

3 minute read

November 09, 2007 | National Law Journal

Responding to sharp criticism, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has created an e-mail filing system for urgent pleadings in death penalty and other cases. About 300 attorneys from across the state petitioned the CCA in response to news reports about Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's decision not to keep the court clerk's office open past 5 p.m. on Sept. 25 so that attorneys representing death row inmate Michael Richard could file a motion to stay his execution. The state executed Richard later that day.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

October 17, 2005 | National Law Journal

The 5th U.S. Circuit has held that an insurer can intervene post-judgment in a suit against its insured, because the insured abandoned his appeal. The decision reverses a $10 million judgment awarded to an African-American family victimized by a cross-burning incident.

By Mary Alice RobbinsTexas Lawyer

3 minute read

September 22, 2003 | National Law Journal

With the passage of Texas' Proposition 12, the next step is likely to be limitations of noneconomic damages in all types of civil cases, opponents of the constitutional amendment say.

By Mary Alice RobbinsAmerican Lawyer Media News Service

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August 22, 2005 | National Law Journal

In a case of first impression, the court reversed a $10.3 million judgment against Veggie- Tales creator Big Idea Productions Inc., holding that Lyrick Studios Inc. doesn't have enough in writing to show that it had a deal for exclusive distribution.

By Mary Alice Robbins

4 minute read

June 06, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

With little comment on June 5, the state's Sunset Advisory Commission unanimously approved its recommendations to the Texas Legislature for changes in the state agency responsible for disciplining judges. The recommendations would require a constitutional amendment to authorize the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to use its full range of sanctions after initiating formal proceedings against a judge.

By Mary Alice Robbins

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