Miriam Rozen

August 08, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The family of an ironworker who drowned in 2014 won a more than $19 million final judgment, based on a jury verdict against Austin Bridge & Road, a subcontractor that helped erect a football stadium project for Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

August 05, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

For lawyers who once worked at Texas state agencies but now want to challenge their terminations, Philip Durst might be an obvious person to call. In practice for 30 years, Durst has represented a number of state lawyers challenging their agencies in employment and whistleblower litigation. One of his victories for such a client has received plenty of attention recently.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read

August 03, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Lawyers for Waller County, Texas, and individually named defendants in the civil rights litigation filed by Sandra Bland's mother have asked the court for a protective order sealing all the deposition testimony and barring plaintiff's counsel from giving discovery material to third parties.

By MIRIAM ROZEN

5 minute read

August 02, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In product liability litigation targeting Chrysler Group, the heirs of a man who died in an accident with a Jeep Wrangler are battling the automaker's motion to dismiss their claims as a sanction for his widow's alleged spoliation.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

August 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The State of Texas Wednesday filed an agreement in federal court that will allow its citizens to cast regular ballots in the November 8 general election without the documents required by its controversial voter ID law.

By John Council and Miriam rozen

6 minute read

August 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In an immigration case in a Brownsville, Texas, federal court, which pits Texas and 25 other states against the Obama administration, U.S. Department of Justice lawyers this week filed, under seal, their submissions responsive to presiding U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's May 19 sanctions order calling for them to undergo ethics training.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

August 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Did geographical distance, or the dazzle of his roster of professional baseball and football playing clients--including former New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, San Francisco Giants' Jake Peavy, and former Texas Rangers' Roy Oswalt—allow an investment advisor to hide from his management for more than half a decade an alleged pyramid scheme?

By MIRIAM ROZEN

9 minute read

July 29, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a race-based employment discrimination complaint in San Antonio federal court against two oil-patch services companies.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

July 27, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

A Galveston, Texas, judge tossed a more than $400 million judgment, which an ex-wife had previously won against her former spouse and his family's business, based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The judge tossed the judgment after the ex-husband's lawyer alleged she engaged in incessant forum shopping.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

July 25, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

San Antonio plaintiffs' lawyer Mikal Watts attempted at his federal criminal trial in Mississippi to marshal evidence to counter the testimony against him provided by well-known claims fund administrator Ken Feinberg on a key point: Did Watts' firm provide Feinberg when asked with client contracts for the BP claimants it purported to represent?

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read