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Anti-SLAPP Dismissal Doesn't Apply to Criminal Conspiracies, Court Rules

In anti-SLAPP motions to dismiss, the defendants argued that free speech and association applied to them because "conspiracies necessarily involve communications," the opinion said. Houston's Fourteenth Court of Appeals disagreed that the Texas Citizens Participation Act's protections were so broad.
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Texas Lawyer

As El Paso Walmart Reopens, Lawyers Represent 36 Plaintiffs After Mass Shooting

Walmart's defense counsel, Laura Enriquez of El Paso, is facing off against a group of plaintiffs attorneys from across Texas who have been seeking pre-lawsuit discovery about potential claims that Walmart was negligent by not providing proper security for the El Paso store.
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Texas Lawyer

Houston Judge, Indicted for Wire Fraud, Gets Suspended Without Pay

An order of suspension noted that the judicial conduct commission reviewed a copy of 164th District Judge Alexandra Smoots-Thomas' indictment, and concluded that because she's charged with seven counts of wire fraud, she should be suspended without pay from the district court.
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Texas Lawyer

Citi: Texas-Based Firms Managed Expenses, But Collections Slipped

The collections cycle slowed by 5% for the first nine months of 2019 at homegrown Texas firms, according to a new Citi report.
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Corporate Counsel

UNT Lawyer Says She Resigned Amid Racial Slur Outrage to Protect School's Top Attorneys

Caitlin Sewell told Corporate Counsel that she stepped down after two members of the university's legal department refused a directive to terminate her or demand her resignation.
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The American Lawyer

Davis Polk, Norton Rose to Lead Big Milk Producer Through Chapter 11

Dean Foods Co., America's largest milk producer, filed bankruptcy papers in Texas on Tuesday.
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Texas Lawyer

Tech Company Behind EFileTexas Hit With Patent-Infringement Claim

Tyler Technologies Inc., the company that operates e-filing systems in Texas, Georgia, California, Florida and 17 other states, was sued for patent infringement by a company that's hit 17 other companies with lawsuits since 2018.
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Texas Lawyer

Texas Law Pioneer, 'Father of ADR,' Has Died

Former First Court of Appeals Chief Justice Frank Evans, known as "the father of alternative dispute resolution," died Nov. 9 in Bastrop. He was 91.
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Texas Lawyer

Locke Lord, Dallas Partner Face $30 Million Malpractice Lawsuit

The defendants, Locke Lord and Dallas partner Roy Hardin, did not disclose conflicts of interest, and they put their own financial interests over the client's, the petition said. If Retractable Technologies Inc. had known about the defendants' conflicts, it would have terminated the representation. Locke Lord claims the allegations are meritless.
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Law.com

Appeals Court Grants Review of 'Negotiation' Class Action Over Opioids

In dual orders Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted interlocutory appeal of a Sept. 11 order by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster approving certification of a "negotiation" class of potentially 33,000 cities and counties suing opioid companies.
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