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July 24, 2000 |

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." Last week, Holland & Knight's Martha A. Barnett became the president of the American Bar Association; Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon's Robert Hirshon was voted president-elect of the ABA at the annual meeting in London; and New York's Proskauer Rose hired two partners to its labor and employment law practices.
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January 02, 2006 |

VerdictSearch

Texas seaman's parents barred from recovery due to Jones Act. Former wife claimed escrow agent kept money in IOLTA account. Law firm's namesake sued for breach when stock sale soured. Former employee awarded $1.37M on defamation, conversion claims. Company sanctioned for bringing suit against employee trying to collect benefits. Motorist was right to dispute severity of injuries in wreck.
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August 20, 2012 |

The 2012 Go-To Guide Finalists

Ninety Texas lawyers have been selected as finalists for The Go-To Guide, a magazine that includes the Lone Star State's leading lawyers in 18 practice areas.
4 minute read
August 27, 2007 |

I Like Being a Lawyer!

John Allen Chalk Sr. lists the top five reasons he likes being a lawyer.
1 minute read
March 01, 2004 |

Onward, Christian Lawyers

When Mark Lanier testified in 2003 against tort reform measures, he was shocked at how Texas legislators stereotyped and dismissed trial lawyers. Now, to improve the profession's image and show that attorneys can be successful while having religious values, he's starting the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, possibly the first such group in the country. Says Lanier: "I'd love the public to start associating trial lawyers with Christians."
6 minute read
December 24, 2007 |

Developments in the Substantive Law

The year's developments in administrative law, appellate law, banking law, bankruptcy law, business law, constitutional law, corporate governance, criminal defense, criminal prosecution, energy law, environmental law, family law, health law, immigration law, insurance law, intellectual property, international law, labor and employment, legal malpractice, maritime law, personal injury, real estate law, securities law, tax law and trusts and estates.
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March 22, 2010 |

Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Post-Arbitration Appeal Rights

On March 12, the Texas Supreme Court held that the state's arbitration law allows an interlocutory appeal of a trial court order that denied confirmation of an arbitrator's award, vacated the award and directed the dispute to be arbitrated anew with key findings of fact already made by the judge. The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision came in East Texas Salt Water Disposal Co. Inc. v. Werline, which involves a dispute between an oilfield service business and a petroleum engineer who the company had employed.
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February 23, 2004 |

Texas Christian Trial Lawyers Association Formed

The organizer of the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, envisioned as a do-good group of trial lawyers with Christian values, says the group would be the first of its kind in the country.
6 minute read
June 06, 2005 |

VerdictSearch

Waffle House waitress recovers $3. 9 million on sexual harassment claim. Houston's first female motorcycle cop recovers $600,000 on sex harassment claim. Restaurant employee wasn't fired for having diabetes, jury finds. Oxygen deprivation and brain injury unforeseeable, jury concludes. Mental patient committed suicide; estate settles with hospital for $1.1M. Alzheimer's resident properly hydrated, timely transferred, jury finds.
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October 24, 2005 |

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