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Impact Player of the Year: Mike Caddell, Waco Warrior
When Mike Caddell filed a suit five years ago against the federal government on behalf of the Branch Davidian survivors over the siege on the Mount Carmel, Texas compound, even his friends thought he was out of his mind. But after an investment of some $3.5 million in time and resources, Caddell's case caused what a previous criminal trial and congressional hearings couldn't -- a hole in the government's denials that they had no complicity in the massive loss of life at Waco.Fen-Phen Talks Don't Deter Texans
Texas plaintiffs lawyers handling fen-phen suits say recent settlement overtures by American Home Products Corp. will not distract them from taking suits to trial in Texas this summer and getting the nation's first fen-phen verdict. Eight Texas plaintiffs lawyers say they are open to talking with the mass-tort litigation's primary defendant, American Home Products, about settling their individual suits, but they aren't expecting any speedy national settlement.In four issues, appellant Harry Lemaire challenges a take-nothing judgment in favor of appellees Don J. Davis, Golden Gate, Inc., NuCorp, Inc., Cage, Hill & Niehaus, L.L.P., Ronald R. Niehaus, Hal
From high court heavyweights, highlights of the 2010 term
Hostility towards big litigation, a passionate embrace of First Amendment speech protection, and a vigorous new dissenting voice marked a relatively low-key, sixth term of the Roberts Court.Texas Lawyers Are Diving Into a Wider, Deeper Bonus Pool at Largest Firms
The bonus pool at the largest firms in Texas was wider and deeper in 2011. Interviews with firm leaders show that the range of paid bonuses stayed the same, but firms paid more overall, because more associates qualified or earned bonuses on the high end of the range.When a Union is Part of the Bargain
The U.S. economy is being fueled by mergers and acquisitions that continue to grow in size and complexity. When the target company has unionized employees, the purchaser must cope with a legal framework that was drafted for the business world of the 1930s, but that must be interpreted in light of business practices of the 1990s. There are two main issues in considering how the National Labor Relation Board and the courts apply the National Labor Relations Act in the context of corporate mergers.Trending Stories
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