Miriam Rozen

January 18, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

In his petition filed against Texas Tech University, Mike Leach, the school's former football coach, brings a number of claims against his former employer, including breach of contract, wrongful termination, defamation, fraud in the inducement and negligent misrepresentation. Leach also alleges Texas Tech violated the Texas Whistleblower Act and his constitutional right to due process, among other things.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

June 21, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Lawyer turned 25 in April. To mark our anniversary, each week the editorial department is looking back at the news we covered over the past 25 years and selecting one story to update for readers. This week, reporter Miriam Rozen updates "Three Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Lawyers Indicted," an article from the June 15, 2009, issue.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

March 24, 2004 | Law.com

Nine years after killing a woman and sexually assaulting the victim's mother, Texas death row inmate Anzel Keon Jones is hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will decide that executing someone who committed crimes while under 18 is unconstitutional. At least one other Texas execution has been halted pending a decision, and Jones' attorney expects all 27 of the state's death row inmates who were under 18 at the time of their crimes to seek stays.

By Miriam Rozen

14 minute read

June 17, 2008 | Law.com

Roughly 27 percent of Houston-based Bracewell & Giuliani's 418 lawyers are in out-of-state offices, and managing partner Mark Evans expects that percentage to grow over the next five years -- "Easily at least 35 percent," says Evans. His confidence about Bracewell's growth outside Texas reflects the enthusiasm expressed by managing partners of other big Texas firms about why they're happy to increase the size of their national and international footprints with a network of new offices.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and Miriam Rozen

32 minute read

July 25, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

In the 2011 legislative marathon in Austin that ended after a 30-day special session on June 29, Texas lawyers who lobby and their clients had to settle for what they could get. That's because state funding deficit woes and redistricting made getting attention for clients' wish lists a difficult proposition. John "Jack" Erskine of K&L Gates lobbied for The Boeing Co., Department of Public Safety Officers Association, and Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers among other clients.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

December 01, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

After a 42-day trial and eight-and-a-half days deliberating, a federal jury in Dallas convicted the five individual defendants in United States v. Holy Land Foundation, et al. on charges that they engaged in a conspiracy to help funnel at least $12.4 million to Hamas through a now-defunct Richardson-based Muslim charity.

By Miriam Rozen

10 minute read

August 24, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Judges and lawyers are among the millions of people using online social networking sites such as Facebook. But there are few rules to guide them in the legal arena. Should a judge set limits on what alleged juvenile offenders can post on their MySpace pages? Should a lawyer be wary about discussing clients and cases online?

By Miriam Rozen

11 minute read

September 21, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

On Sept. 14, University of North Texas System Chancellor Lee Jackson announced that he has selected a committee to help find a dean for the soon-to-be operational UNT College of Law. The search committee co-chairs are U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade of the Northern District of Texas; Marcos Ronquillo, managing partner of Dallas' Godwin Ronquillo; and DeMetris Sampson, a partner in the Dallas office of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

March 17, 2008 | The Recorder

The Cisco lawyer who anonymously blogged about Cisco cases has royally irritated the lawyers on the other side. And defamed them, if a matched pair of suits are to be believed.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, John Council and Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

July 21, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

In a joint motion, defendants in United States v. Holy Land Foundation, et al. seek to have U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis of the Northern District of Texas postpone a retrial, because the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has not paid most of the legal fees for four of the defendants' court-appointed lawyers since October 2007 when a mistrial in the case was declared.

By Miriam Rozen

11 minute read