Miriam Rozen

November 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"I have a firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made. That mistake has been exacerbated by the extended delay that has occurred in deciding this 'expedited' appeal. There is no justification for that delay," Fifth Circuit Judge Carolyn King wrote in her dissent about a majority opinion in immigration case that pits Texas and 25 other states against the Obama administraton. Why would a dissenting judge so starkly scold her peers in the majority as pokey?

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Texas OAG welcomes three-judge panel's denial of civil rights plaintiffs' request for a temporary injunction to stop the use of 2013-enacted maps. Civil rights plaintiffs counsel express disappointment but point to language that may hint that judges will soon issue a ruling on merits in long-running case.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

November 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Following a dismissal by a federal judge in Sherman of a civil rights suit against Collin County Court at Law Judge Barnett Walker, Nathan Burgess, the plaintiff, has filed a motion for reconsideration.

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"I have a firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made. That mistake has been exacerbated by the extended delay that has occurred in deciding this 'expedited' appeal. There is no justification for that delay," Fifth Circuit Judge Carolyn King wrote in her dissent about a majority opinion in immigration case that pits Texas and 25 other states against the Obama administraton. Why would a dissenting judge so starkly scold her peers in the majority as pokey?

By Miriam Rozen

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Texas OAG welcomes three-judge panel's denial of civil rights plaintiffs' request for a temporary injunction to stop the use of 2013-enacted maps. Civil rights plaintiffs counsel express disappointment but point to language that may hint that judges will soon issue a ruling on merits in long-running case.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

November 09, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Big Brother might have just moved a little closer to home in Bowie County. On Oct. 28, the Office of the Texas Attorney General received a request from Bowie County DA Jerry Rochelle. In his letter, Rochelle asked the state's top lawyer to rule on the legality of a plan to roll out a photographic insurance enforcement system.

By Miriam Rozen

2 minute read

November 06, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"Whenever attorneys start quoting historians, you know things have started going sideways," said one lawyer in the Dallas federal court battle that began with a motion to quash a supboena and has led to a motion for sanctions and contempt.

By Miriam Rozen

2 minute read

November 06, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

"Whenever attorneys start quoting historians, you know things have started going sideways," said one lawyer in the Dallas federal court battle that began with a motion to quash a supboena and has led to a motion for sanctions and contempt.

By Miriam Rozen

2 minute read

November 04, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

Big Brother might have just moved a little closer to home in Bowie County. On Oct. 28, the Office of the Texas Attorney General received a request from Bowie County DA Jerry Rochelle. In his letter, Rochelle asked the state's top lawyer to rule on the legality of a plan to roll out a photographic insurance enforcement system.

By Miriam Rozen

2 minute read

November 02, 2015 | Texas Lawyer

A straight defense verdict in a patent infringement case in Marshall federal court has halted a potentially monopolistic force in the reflective insulation industry.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read