Miriam Rozen

Miriam Rozen covers the business of law and focuses on how lawyers preserve and expand their client roster. Contact her at [email protected]. Twitter: @MiriamRozen.

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June 07, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Buzbee to Host Trump Fundraiser

Houston litigator Tony Buzbee has scheduled June 17 fund raising event for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

By Miriam Rozen

1 minute read

June 07, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Judge Stays Order Calling for DOJ Ethics Training

The Brownsville, Texas, federal judge who presides in the immigration battle between Texas and 25 other states agreed to stay until at least Aug. 22 an order he issued last month requiring, among other things, five years of ethics training for U.S. Department of Justice lawyers.

By MiRIAM ROZEN

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June 07, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Brownsville Texas Judge Stays His Own Sanctions Order Targeting DOJ Lawyers

During much of a June 7 hearing, U.S. District Judge Hanen and DOJ lawyers revisited what communication had taken place between each other. Both sides addressed the question of whether the DOJ lawyers lied to the judge about number of immigrants who had participated in Obama administration waiver to work programs at various. The DOJ said they hadn't lied or misrepresented. Hanen concluded they did.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

June 06, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

'School's Out' for DOJ Lawyers in Row With Texas Judge

The Brownsville, Texas, federal judge who on June 7 stayed his sanctions order calling for U.S. Department of Justice lawyers to undergo ethics training said he would never send "the entire DOJ to school again."

By Miriam Rozen

2 minute read

June 02, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Yelp Review of Pet-sitting Company Protected by Free-Speech, Defendants Argue

Dog and fish owners told a Dallas court on June 2 that the breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by a pet-sitting company violates their free-speech rights. The pet owners asked the court to toss the lawsuit.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

June 02, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Tony Buzbee to Paxton's Defense Team: Get Before a Jury

"I haven't really seen any immediately appealable issues of the sort that we had in the Perry case," Buzbee wrote.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

June 02, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Susman Godfrey Wins $14M for Hospital

Chalk up a win for hospitals over insurers in the fight over out-of-networking billing.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

June 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Texas AG Ken Paxton Solicits Campaign Funds After Suing Obama Administration

Only one week passed between when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration about its directive on transgender people's bathroom access in public schools and he used the litigation to beat the drum for campaign contributions.

By Miriam Rozen

2 minute read

May 31, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Pricetag for Judge Hanen's Ethics Training Order: Possibly $8 Million

On May 31, the federal government asked for a stay of Brownsville federal judge's order, calling for ethics training for DOJ lawyers.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

May 26, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Nearly $200K Final Judgment in Sex Discrimination Case

A nurse who filed sex discrimination and retaliation claims against her former employer, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, won on May 24 a final judgment that includes $115,000 in damages and $84,000 in attorney fees. She alleged she witnessed a supervisor giving a colleague a pop-up penis doll.

By Miriam Rozen

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