0 results for 'undefined'
Texas law professor fights for for data on impact of 700-mile fence along Texas-Mexico border
A University of Texas clinical law professor is asking a federal court to order federal officials to comply with a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request for documents that would show the full impact of the controversial 700-mile fence being built along the Texas-Mexico border. Prof. Denise Gilman, represented by the Public Citizen Litigation Group, filed a FOIA request last April for records showing where the fence would be built, including maps, surveys and appraisals of affected properties. She also sought information about the criteria for deciding where segments of the wall would be built and agency assessments of the impact of the wall on surrounding communities.View more book results for the query "*"
FJD Considers Discovery Court For Criminal Cases
For all the years that Judge D. Webster Keogh, Judge Sheila Woods-Skipper and Joseph Lanzalotti have been working in the city's criminal justice system, they say that discovery often remains unfinished by the time cases are scheduled for trial.A Tougher Stance on Securities Law
Recent 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals opinions have implied that hindsight is more than 20-20 when determining whether an alleged material misstatement by a company adversely affected its shareholders' investments. In everything from press releases regarding planned transactions to analysts' misstatements to keeping fellow high-level officers honest, the 5th Circuit is imposing heavy burdens on management in the realm of securities law.Does a Month-to-Month Tenancy Wither Away? Perhaps Not
Victor S. Faleck, Deputy Chief Court Attorney at the Appellate Term, Second Department, writes that although a number of New York courts have held that a nonpayment proceeding will not lie against a month-to-month tenant who holds over without paying rent, a recent Appellate Division ruling casts doubt upon the validity of this line of cases.More defendants seek to blast out of patent 'rocket docket'
Intellectual property lawyers are reporting an upswing in motions to transfer patent infringement cases out of the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas in the wake of two U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decisions that chastised the Texas federal court for not transferring cases.Trending Stories
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250