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New York Law Journal

Jones Day Files Petition for Review After FCC Labels Huawei a Security Threat

Huawei also plans to argue that the FCC rule was unlawfully vague and violated the company's right to due process, according to the Jones Day attorneys.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Suit Alleges County Attorney Misused Funds, Had Intimate Relationship With Staffer

A former narcotics task force commander alleged he was fired for speaking out about a county attorney's alleged misuse of the funds and property his task force seized from suspected drug traffickers and other alleged criminals. He alleges the county attorney used the funds to grant donations to community entities, hoping they'd turn into her own political supporters.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Small Firm MP Charged With Attempted Sexual Assault at His Firm

William Ramey, managing partner of a small intellectual property firm in Houston, has been charged with attempting to sexually assault a co-worker in the firm's office.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

1 Step From Partner? Austin Lawyer Claims Firm Fired Him to Prevent Advancement

Austin lawyer Raul Sandoval alleges that national family law firm Cordell & Cordell, a "father's rights" firm that represents men in divorce and child custody matters, fired him before he could make partner because the firm didn't want to allow a Latino attorney to break into the ranks of the all-white partnership there. Cordell & Cordell denies the allegations.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Ex-Judge in Hot Water for Saying Black Defendants Disrespect Laws, Police

Former District Judge Michael McSpadden told a newspaper reporter that black defendants got bad advice from their parents and Black Lives Matter to resist law enforcement and disrespect the rule of law. Now the ex-judge was sanctioned for the comments.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How Many Times Can a Firm Talk Merger? Midsize Texas Firm Bows Out After 4 Tries

Texas firm Hiersche Hayward Drakeley Urbach's experience with unsuccessful merger talks illustrates the pressures midsize firms face in the heated Dallas legal market.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ouch! Miami Lawyer Surrenders $1.3 Million, as Greenberg Traurig Settlement Looms

Yolanda Suarez was dismissed with prejudice as a defendant in the litigation, which had alleged that the Florida attorney's "fingerprints are all over the Stanford Ponzi scheme from beginning to end."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Littler Hit With Negligence Suit for Providing Too Much Discovery

A Houston company alleges Littler Mendelson and one of its Pittsburgh shareholders provided contact information for too many potential litigants in an underlying FLSA suit, costing it excess legal and settlement fees.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

There's a Courtroom Fight Brewing That Could Affect Texas Voters

The ruling means the defendants must keep fighting to defend the constitutionality of the state's ballot access laws for minor party and independent candidates, but also, the plaintiffs will have to meet a Dec. 9 deadline to pay filing fees or submit voter petitions.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Firm Claims Holy Kombucha Owes $164K in Unpaid Attorney Fees

Fermented tea maker Holy Kombucha Inc. was hit with a $164,000 lawsuit in which Dallas firm Munck Wilson Mandala alleged the company failed to pay its attorney fees.
2 minute read

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