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Mikal Watts Sues Princess Cruise Lines Over COVID-19 Outbreak

The lawsuit, brought on behalf of a Missouri couple who were passengers on the Grand Princess, alleges gross negligence over the cruise line's "lackadaisical approach" to ensuring the safety of its passengers of the ship, quarantined off the coast of California. The suit is the first to be filed by a firm other than Chalik & Chalik Injury Lawyers, which filed four similar cases last week.
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Texas Lawyer

Texas Lawyers Brace for Business Changes as Coronavirus Leads to Court Cancellations

What are trial lawyers supposed to do with the sudden free time that opened when their hearings and trials got canceled because of COVID-19? To answer the question, Texas Lawyer distributed an online survey to trial lawyers to ask how court cancellations have impacted their cases, law firms and work lives.
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Texas Lawyer

As Oil Prices Slip, Texas Firms Are Adding Bankruptcy Lawyers

"We've seen this coming for quite a while," said Jason Cohen, a restructuring partner at Bracewell in Houston.
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Texas Lawyer

Texas Judge Self-Quarantines After Defendant Claims Coronavirus Exposure

"As far as we know, no one present in ... court ... this morning has been symptomatic or tested positive for COVID-19," a court spokesman said.
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Texas Lawyer

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG): Next Steps for Energy Commodities Marketing and Trading Companies

To be attractive to investors, lenders and other stakeholders, there are several things energy commodities marketing and trading companies need to do.
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Texas Lawyer

'You Should Die in a Locked Closet,' Judge Said, But Appellate Court Finds No Bias

The case shows how carefully judges must choose their words from the bench.
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Texas Lawyer

Here Are the Latest Updates From Texas Courts Regarding Coronavirus

Stay abreast of updates and notices of courts' responses to coronavirus.
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Texas Lawyer

No More Civil Jury Trials This Month in Harris County Due to Coronavirus

The move to stop calling jury trials for March came about "in response to the growing public health concerns and to protect the due process rights of all residents of Harris County."
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Corporate Counsel

Conflict? Guyana Hires Exxon Mobil's Lobbyist to Rewrite Country's Petroleum Law

One business ethics professor called the conflict of interest obvious. A World Bank representative said the organization doesn't see it, and is just trying to help a poor country improve its legal and institutional frameworks.
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Texas Lawyer

Class Action Targets NCAA Coaches for Alleged Sexual Contact With College Athletes

The lawsuit proposes a class of NCAA student-athletes, male and female, spanning back to 1992, which will get quite large, considering that 460,000 student athletes compete in NCAA sports every year.
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