Miriam Rozen

October 03, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

With a wide range of agendas and goals, lawyers have waded into the troubled waters of how universities should best cope with allegations of sexual assault on campus.

By Miriam Rozen

14 minute read

October 03, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

"This is the latest setback to the president's attempt to expand executive power and another victory for those who believe in the Constitution's separation of powers and the rule of law," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said about U.S. Supreme Court ruling to not rehear immigration case.

By MIRIAM ROZEN

3 minute read

September 29, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Even in-house counsel for plaintiff had to leave the courtroom at times.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

September 28, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Benjamin Hall, lead trial counsel, said he welcomes the big verdict despite lack of punitives.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

September 26, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

At a civil deposition, two Dallas defense lawyers—Gregory Shamoun and Stephen Khoury—engaged in "outrageous, shocking and offensive behavior," according to a plaintiffs motion seeking sanctions. Their alleged tactics included objecting more than 500 times during the seven-hour session and, in Shamoun's case, making attempts to direct the witness by mouthing words to him, the plaintiffs motion filed Sept. 23 alleges.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

September 23, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade ordered Exxon Mobil Corp. and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to mediate within the next 16 days their dispute that brought them into his Dallas federal courtroom earlier this month.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

September 23, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The number of lawsuits nationwide filed by workers in energy industry seeking unpaid overtime pay declined sharply over the past year, with less than half as many actions being filed when compared with the previous 12 months.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

September 21, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade, although folksy in his manner, kept tight control of a hearing in his Dallas courtroom this week that pitted Exxon Mobil Corp. against Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

By Miriam Rozen

17 minute read

September 21, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

A Corpus Christi federal judge ruled Sept. 20 that Texas officials must get approval from challengers to its voter identification law, including the federal government, for all its press releases, polling location posters and advertisements targeted at educating voters of court-revised identification rules.

By Miriam Rozen

7 minute read

September 20, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In another legal challenge to Obama administration policies, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with 20 other states' AGs, filed a lawsuit in a Sherman, Texas, federal court, alleging that a new federal regulation that doubles the salary threshold for overtime pay is unconstitutional.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read