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July 27, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Some upcoming changes to bankruptcy law are making attorneys nervous

Roundtable discussion: Significant changes to the bankruptcy law will become effective before the end of the year. The result of a decade of Congressional lobbying and amendment, these changes ostensibly were an attempt to streamline and increase the efficiency of the bankruptcy process.
51 minute read
December 22, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

2008 Timeline

A 2008 timeline, listing top stories on the Texas legal scene.
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January 13, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

The 2003 Legislative Wish List

Here's what to expect in the legislative session in the areas of banking/corporate/commercial law, criminal law, environmental law, family law, the governor's office, the judiciary, labor and employment, municipal government, probate/trust law and real estate law.
33 minute read
September 22, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

In Memoriam: Barefoot Sanders

Barefoot Sanders, who served as a judge for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas from 1979 until his retirement at the end of 2006, died Sunday Sept. 21 at his Dallas home at the age of 83. Among the cases Sanders presided over during his approximately 27 years as a federal judge was Tasby v. Wright, the Dallas Independent School District desegregation case.
33 minute read
January 03, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Texas Judges Aren't Slow Pokes

So you want a quick ruling on a motion filed in a U.S. District Court in Texas? No problem. How about a timely trial date? Done. That's the good news to be taken from Texas Lawyer's annual Slowpoke Report on the 52 U.S. District judges in Texas.
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August 09, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

VerdictSearch

City settles over sexual harassment claim. Pakistani doctor awarded $3.6 million for discrimination, retaliation. Bus company agrees to $200,000 settlement over passenger's fall. Couple awarded $20,963 for back injuries in pickup truck accident. Judge awards $299,187 to teacher's assistant monitoring traffic. Jury declines to award damages to teenage girls struck by a car. Oncoming driver not to blame for collision, jury finds. No award for woman's fall at Houston Foodtown. Jury awards more than $3 million to worker burned in flash fire. Family of man killed in gas plant explosion awarded $82.5 million.
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October 04, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

New Deals

Southwest Airlines to acquire Airtran Airways. Zoran Corp. to acquire Microtune Inc. Enterprise Products Partners LP to purchase Enterprise GP Holdings.
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April 27, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas 100 - 2009

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September 08, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

EX PATE CLARA HARRIS

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