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These Judges Are Under Fire as Lawyers Challenge Their Authority

The suits cite the holding from Jarkesy that the Seventh Amendment requires the SEC to bring civil penalty proceedings for security fraud in federal court, where the defendant is entitled to a jury, rather than do so in an in-house administrative proceeding.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

'Inflated Fuel Prices?': Baltimore Targets Big Oil Companies in Antitrust Class Action Trend

Similar to other antitrust lawsuits against major oil companies, Baltimore alleges that it has "paid artificially inflated prices for light petroleum products sold in the U.S., resulting from output restrictions in the crude oil market by cartel members."
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Veteran Professor Seeks $2.5M In Compensatory Damages in Discrimination Suit Against Texas Southern University

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in federal and state courts.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Steve Benesh's Top Goals Include Helping Lawyers in Crisis

On a listening tour for his candidacy, an issue that kept coming up was the need for attorneys to take over the dockets of lawyers being treated for mental illness or substance abuse.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

V&E Energy Regulatory Partner Jumps to Kirkland in Houston

Damien Lyster, an energy regulatory partner at Vinson & Elkins, moved to Kirkland & Ellis' Houston office at what he said is a "fantastic time" to be involved in energy regulatory work.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Circuit Vacates Labor Department Final Rule on Tip Credit

The Fifth Circuit reversed a district court order allowing enforcement of an hourly wage rule regulating when employers can take the tip credit when paying services workers at the federal minimum $2.13 per hour.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Former CVS Exec Faces Trade Secrets Suit for Allegedly Helping Chickasaw Nation Case

Former CVS executive Adam Korn allegedly divulged confidential information about the company's reimbursement practices to support a suit filed by the Chickasaw Nation.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyer Killed: Prominent San Antonio Attorney Found Dead

According to the medical examiner, the attorney's death was ruled a homicide, the result of multiple gunshot wounds.
1 minute read

Texas Lawyer

15th Court of Appeals Declared Constitutional on Eve of Opening

The county's main argument was that the state constitution requires every court of appeals district is limited to a subdivision of the state's territory.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Lawyers Assemble Across Country for Securities Class Action

The complaint filed Wednesday alleges an unexpected shakeup of the company's top executives on Sept. 13, 2023 caused Orthofix stock to fall by more than 30%.
3 minute read

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