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August 16, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

Delays Need Attention

Delays in the testing of biological evidence at the Texas Department of Public Safety crime lab in Corpus Christi have slowed the wheels of justice in numerous criminal cases. Judge Sandra Watts says she anticipates the backlog in DNA cases at the crime lab could force her to release capital murder defendants while they're awaiting trial.
10 minute read
August 08, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Minority Lawyers' Groups Issue Diversity Report Card

Representatives of two minority attorney groups say Austin's 25 largest firms are making progress in hiring minority lawyers but that some firms aren't trying hard enough.
7 minute read
October 10, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Carpe Diem: High-Energy Grande Communications GC Makes Every Day Count

With his rapid-fire speech and barely contained energy, Andy Sarwal, the recently named senior vice president and general counsel for San Marcos-based Grande Communications, leaves the impression that he�s a man who likes to be up and doing things, accomplishing goals.
8 minute read
February 20, 2001 | Law.com

City's Documents Confidential Under Texas Open-Records Law

The Texas Supreme Court issued its first interpretation of the recent changes the Texas Legislature made in the state's open-records law. The court ruled documents privileged or confidential under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or Texas Rules of Evidence also meet the test for being kept confidential under the new public information law.
6 minute read
August 03, 2001 | Law.com

Locke Liddell Agrees to Settle Suit Over Alleged Ponzi Scheme

Dallas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class action suit alleging it aided a client in defrauding investors through a Ponzi scheme. The firm and former lawyer Phillip Wylie are settling with a plaintiffs' class who invested with former Locke Liddell client Brian Russell Stearns, an Austin, Texas, businessman serving 30 years in prison for money laundering and securities fraud.
7 minute read
August 05, 2002 | Law.com

Number of Big-Firm Minority Lawyers in Austin Increases

Austin, Texas' largest firms continued to show gains this year in the number of minority lawyers employed. Of the almost 1,200 attorneys employed by the city's 26 largest firms, 126 -- or 10.6 percent -- are black, Hispanic, Asian or Native-American, according to figures compiled by the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin and the Austin Black Lawyers Association. That's up from 9.8 percent in 2001.
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January 09, 2001 | Law.com

Texas Supreme Court to Decipher Changes to Open Records Law

The Texas Supreme Court, hearing arguments in In Re: The City of Georgetown, et al., faces its first chance to interpret recent changes in the Texas Public Information Act. The act says a report done for or by a governmental body cannot be withheld from the public unless the information is "expressly confidential under other law." Statewide, cities concerned they could be at a disadvantage in litigation are watching the case.
6 minute read
April 24, 2000 | Law.com

Locke Liddell Settlement Serves as Warning to Other Firms

Dallas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp's agreement to pay $22 million to settle a suit alleging it aided a client in defrauding investors is expected to serve as a warning to other firms that they must take action when they learn a client's alleged wrongdoing may be harming third parties.
5 minute read
July 24, 2001 | Law.com

Percentage of Minority Lawyers at Austin Firms Increases -- Slightly

The percentage of minority lawyers hired by Austin, Texas' 26 largest law firms edged up this year, but the numbers still are too low, two minority attorney groups say. Of the 1,211 lawyers employed by the 26 firms, 119 -- or 9.8 percent -- are African-American, Hispanic, Asian or Native American, according to a "report card" issued July 16 by the Austin Black Lawyers Association and the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin.
6 minute read
July 25, 2000 | Law.com

In the Minority

Texas' largest firms don't reflect the diversity of the population of lawyers in the state, according to a recent study. "The bottom line is the firms don't really think diversity will help them increase their dollars," says Alfredo Silva, president-elect of the Mexican-American Bar Association in Dallas. Big firm hiring attorneys, however, say they're trying.
9 minute read

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