Miriam Rozen

December 22, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Now that the Oval Office expects a new Republican occupant, the question arises: What will happen to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's brand as a White House challenger and --more significantly--to all those lawsuits?

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

December 22, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Why not learn from winners? Texas Lawyer asked Texas litigators who won at trial in 2016 what they would each recommend as three litigation tips for 2017.

By Miriam Rozen

18 minute read

December 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

John Zavitsanos never intends to return to the old-fashioned style of jury selection. The partner in Houston's Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing won last September a $5.3 million verdict against a union for his employer, based on allegations of wrongful disparagement and tortious interference.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

December 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday issued an opinion concluding that an American Bar Association Rule of Professional Conduct barring discriminatory conduct by its members would violate First Amendment rights if applied in his state.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read

December 19, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

A Dallas federal judge offered no explanations for multiple orders he issued on his own this month in Exxon Mobil Corp.'s battle with Massachusetts and New York Attorneys General. But the effect of those orders could be that when Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson seeks Senate confirmation as secretary of state, the process will not be competing for attention with his company's battle with the attorneys general.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

December 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Deploying at times over-the-top rhetoric and a healthy dose of sarcasm, the American Tort Reform Association Thursday issued its annual report on what it calls the country's “judicial hellholes,” denouncing overly plaintiff-friendly conditions in a variety of jurisdictions of every size from coast to coast.

By Miriam Rozen

15 minute read

December 15, 2016 | National Law Journal

Deploying at times over-the-top rhetoric and a healthy dose of sarcasm, the American Tort Reform Association Thursday issued its annual report on what it calls the country's "judicial hellholes," denouncing overly plaintiff-friendly conditions from coast to coast.

By Miriam Rozen

15 minute read

December 15, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

A Texas federal judge got it wrong and overlooked controlling precedents when he determined employers should evaluate job duties alone to decide if an employee is exempt from the nation's overtime laws, according to an appeal brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by the Obama administration's Department of Labor.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

December 15, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Texas tort reformers couldn't have hoped for more favorable confluence of events. One month before Texas lawmakers are scheduled to start a new session, during which tort reformers are expected to lobby to curb hail-damage lawsuits filed against insurers, a Texas federal judge issued a stern warning to Steve Mostyn, a well-known Houston plaintiffs lawyer who files such suits and financially supports Democratic candidates. And then on Thursday the American Tort Reform Association issued its annual report on "judicial hellholes."

By Miriam Rozen

13 minute read

December 14, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In Texas, if you are 17 and older and commit a criminal offense you will, if sentenced to serve time, go to an adult rather than juvenile facility. That could change.

By Miriam Rozen

11 minute read