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December 31, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Malpractice Suit Filed Against Weil, Gotshal, Two Partners

A Dallas businessman has sued Weil, Gotshal & Manges, alleging that the firm and two of its partners took advantage of him as a client by lessening his interest in a deal while he was undergoing treatment for cancer. "The facts are simply not as alleged," says Glenn West, managing partner of Weil, Gotshal's Dallas office.
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August 25, 2003 | Law.com

Jones v. Raytheon Aircraft Services Inc.

Because New Zealand is a forum in which this action involving a plane crash in that country would more properly be heard, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to exercise jurisdiction.
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June 21, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Even Heroes Make Mistakes: Veterans Courts Give Those Who Served in Combat a Second Chance

Veterans Court programs taking root in four Texas counties offer assistance to defendants who carry the invisible scars of war. Dallas has the newest Veterans Court with seven participants so far. Judge Mike Snipes (pictured) presides over Dallas' Veterans Court.
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June 09, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Mix Up Over Bill's Effective Date Causes Run on Courts

The personal-injury suits arrived at civil courthouses across Texas by the box load, filed by plaintiffs lawyers scrambling to beat a deadline they thought had been set by lawmakers who recently passed one of the strictest tort reform measures the state has ever seen. District clerks in major urban counties were swamped on May 29, the last day many lawyers assumed that they could file suits and not be subject to some provisions of the new law, House Bill 4.
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June 19, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

Litigation May Provide Cure for Alleged Drug Pricing Fraud

Nearly two dozen states, as well as consumers and unions, are suing scores of pharmaceutical companies for allegedly deceiving them into paying too much for drugs.
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March 12, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

'Do Not Track' -- Online Privacy Litigation Now and in the Future

Over the last several years, attorneys for Internet users have been vigorously attempting to fashion a viable claim against Internet service providers, companies operating websites, "app" developers and Internet advertisers (collectively, "Internet companies") for collecting, transmitting or even selling personal, private data about the users. Such private information may include websites visited, advertising banners clicked on, search terms used and even key strokes made, which the users claim was collected without their informed consent. To date, based on the current laws on the books, very few, if any, of such claims have withstood court scrutiny.
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September 05, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Federal Judge Dismisses Disciplinary and Sanctions Proceeding

Senior U.S. District Judge David Hittner has dismissed with prejudice the disciplinary and sanctions proceeding against a Fort Worth attorney, his former co-counsel and a former client. In January, U.S. District Judge John McBryde of Fort Worth sanctioned Brackett & Ellis partner Joseph F. Cleveland (pictured).
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March 03, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Lucero v. State

The affidavits from the jury members clearly indicated that the scripture reading before the consideration of the special issues had no effect on the jury's verdict rendered some hours later. Thus, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to hold a hearing on Jimmie Urbano Lucero's new trial motions.
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October 25, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Publisher, Lawyer in Trademark Fight Over "Entrepreneur" Derivatives

When Austin attorney Daniel R. Castro received Entrepreneur Media Inc.'s cease-and-desist letter threatening to sue him, first he got mad — then he beat EMI to the courthouse. EMI wants Castro (pictured) to withdraw an application he filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register his Entrepreneur.Ology trademark and to stop using his entrepreneuerology.com domain, according to the letter.
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