NEXT
Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'Rusty Hardin'

You can use to get even better search results
August 01, 2011 | Law.com

Former Silicosis Clients Sue Lawyers, Firms and Insurer

Now that Houston plaintiffs attorney Warren Todd Hoeffner has struck a deal with federal prosecutors in a criminal case, civil litigation against the silicosis lawyer and others is heating up. Harry Scarborough (pictured) represents 93 plaintiffs suing Hoeffner and others.
5 minute read
February 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

The dicey nature of high-profile cases

Discipline orders for federal judges, although public, are not widely disseminated and often difficult to locate. Yet when misconduct allegations emerge, they provide insight into how the judiciary polices itself.
3 minute read
August 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

He Never Saw "Shawshank"?: Imprisoned Ex-Judge Shocked, Shocked to Discover Rape and Stuff

Graphic allegations in former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent's court documents Former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent alleges the Federal Bureau of Prisons has been "subjecting him to conditions tantamount to psychological and physical torture" since he began serving a 33-month prison sentence in June 2009.
4 minute read
November 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Doctors, hospitals duke it out

Legal battles between physician-owned hospitals, clinics and surgical centers and traditional full-service hospitals are heating up as more doctor-owned entities accuse their rivals of violating antitrust laws to keep them out of the markets.
6 minute read
May 03, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

I Hear That Whistle Blowing . . . : Fired GC Files Defamation, Qui Tam Case

Pauline Higgins, who was fired on Feb. 23 as general counsel of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (Metro), has filed a defamation and whistleblower suit that names Metro and Frank J. Wilson, its president and chief executive officer, as defendants.
4 minute read
August 09, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Samuel B. Kent Asks Judge to Vacate, Set Aside or Correct His Sentence

The Federal Bureau of Prisons isn't saying why it transferred former U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent (pictured) to the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections to serve his 33-month prison sentence, a location change Kent's criminal-defense attorney and others say is highly unusual.
4 minute read
November 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

An outbreak of hospital antitrust suits

Legal battles between physician-owned hospitals, clinics and surgical centers and traditional full-service hospitals are heating up as more doctor-owned entities accuse their rivals of violating antitrust laws to keep them out of the markets. Since the federal government lifted a moratorium on Medicare payments to doctor-owned specialty hospitals a couple of years ago, those businesses have been bringing cases against their mostly nonprofit competitors running community hospitals.
6 minute read
May 03, 2010 | Law.com

Ex-GC Brings Defamation, Whistleblower Suit Against County Transit Authority

Pauline Higgins, who was fired as general counsel of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, has filed a defamation and whistleblower suit against the agency and its president, alleging in her petition that the case involves "cut-throat politics and cronyism."
4 minute read
August 09, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Judge to Finish 33-Month Jail Term at Home

After being in and out of prisons over the past few weeks, Samuel Kent, a former federal judge in Galveston, was released on Aug. 1, according to one of his attorneys, to head to West Texas, where he will finish his 33-month prison sentence at home.
3 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources