Miriam Rozen

May 26, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Department of Labor filed on May 25 a lawsuit alleging that the world's second largest chicken producer, Pilgrim's Pride Corp.,systematically discriminated against women, African-American and white job seekers at its plant in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

May 25, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Judge Catharina Haynes raised the prospect of Texas lawmakers meeting this summer for a special session to fix any flaws in the controversial statute.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

May 24, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Marc Calvert remembers when he recognized that his client, family physician Lilette Daumas, would have the stamina to defend herself successfully against a negligence claim at a trial.

By MIRIAM ROZEN

5 minute read

May 24, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

For Buddy Clark, what started as an acceptance to speak before a group of lawyers, ballooned into a five-year project and ultimately led to his new book about the history of the financing of the oil industry.

By MIRIAM ROZEN

2 minute read

May 23, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

A Houston state court has allowed discovery to proceed in a civil lawsuit against John Cracken from Dallas and Bob Hilliard from Corpus Christi, despite the two plaintiffs lawyers' motion to seek a stay in the litigation.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

May 19, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Get ready for a rematch between Samsung Electronics and Japanese inventor Masakazu Ushijima.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read

May 19, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Texas federal bankruptcy courts finally have surpassed others in the nation, including those in Delaware and New York, in terms of the cumulative debt they are administering in oil and gas bankruptcies, according to a report issued by Dallas' Haynes and Boone.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

May 17, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Plaintiff lawyers John Cracken from Dallas and Bob Hilliard from Corpus Christi have asked a Houston state court to stay a civil lawsuit filed against them. The lawsuit is based on allegations that Cracken and Hilliard helped falsify clients.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

May 17, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Texas deal lawyers are working fast and furiously on oil and gas industry mergers and acquisitions. But the total value of such deals in that industry nationwide dropped in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same time in the prior year.

By Miriam Rozen

13 minute read

May 12, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

No dramatic turns will take place in pending litigation simply because federal officials determined and announced this week that a criminal act triggered the explosion of a fertilizer plant in the Central Texas town of West in 2013, predicts Steve Harrison, a partner in Harrison Davis Steakley Morrison, a firm based in Waco, 30 minutes south of where the blast took place.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read