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.
January 26, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Law Targeting Landlords Prompts Shelter Provider to Sue State OfficialsTwo Texas landlords who do not ask tenants to prove their immigration status filed a legal challenge to a state law that targets individuals who provide shelter to undocumented residents.
By Miriam Rozen
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January 25, 2016 | Law.com
Prior to Selecting a Jury, T. Boone Pickens and a Son Settle DisputeT. Boone Pickens and his son Michael Pickens reached a settlement on Jan. 25, the day scheduled for jury selection to start in a trial pitting them against each other, according to the elder Pickens' lawyer Leland de La Garza.
By Miriam Rozen
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January 25, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Baker Botts Scores $8.2M Verdict in Eastern District of Texas Patent Infringement BattleA patent infringement battle between two rival companies selling Voice over the Internet protocol (VOIP) technology has led to an $8.2 million jury verdict for Baker Botts' client GENBAND U.S.
By Miriam Rozen
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January 22, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Dallas Women Lawyers, Deans Offer 'Speed Mentoring' to Female High School StudentsUnder the career credo of "it's never too young to start planning," this weekend 25 Dallas high school students, three Dallas law school deans and almost two-dozen women lawyers are scheduled to gather for a symposium.
By Miriam Rozen
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January 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Immigration: Former Ted Cruz Aide Set to Argue at U.S. Supreme CourtTexas Solicitor General Scott Keller, a one-time student and former aide to the U.S. Senator from Texas and Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, will argue for the state in a controversial case in which Texas has taken on the Obama administration's proposed immigration reforms.
By Miriam Rozen
5 minute read
January 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
A Bench Trial Scores $49,600 in Attorney FeesIn a Jan. 12-issued final judgment, 165th District Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield in Houston awarded William Harmeyer's client, PMB Precision Medical Billing, $37,500 in damages, as well as pre-judgment interest, and $49,600 in attorney fees.
By Miriam Rozen
3 minute read
January 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
A Bench Trial Scores $49,600 in Attorney FeesIn a Jan. 12-issued final judgment, 165th District Judge Debra Ibarra Mayfield in Houston awarded William Harmeyer's client, PMB Precision Medical Billing, $37,500 in damages, as well as pre-judgment interest, and $49,600 in attorney fees.
By Miriam Rozen
3 minute read
January 19, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Court Denies Motion for Sanctions Against Burlington Northern Santa FeA Fort Worth federal magistrate denied a race-discrimination plaintiff's motion for sanctions against Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
By Miriam Rozen
2 minute read
January 19, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Court Denies Motion for Sanctions Against Burlington Northern Santa FeA Fort Worth federal magistrate denied a race-discrimination plaintiff's motion for sanctions against Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
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January 18, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
$1.19M in Attorney Fee Awarded, but Only $218K DamagesIn a final judgment, U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas in Sherman this month awarded $218,900 in damages and $1.193 million in attorney fees to Baylor Frisco Medical Center, based on the hospital's summary judgment motion, prepared by its lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright.
By Miriam Rozen
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