By Mason Lawlor | December 3, 2024
In a 2-1 decision, a dissenting judge concluded school officials in Illinois allowed recent school shootings, including in Uvalde, Texas, to influence its punishment of a middle school student.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | December 2, 2024
"BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street formed a cartel to rig the coal market, artificially reduce the energy supply and raise prices," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged. "Their conspiracy has harmed American energy production and hurt consumers."
By Avalon Zoppo | December 2, 2024
Currently, seven district and appellate judges have conditioned their retirements on the confirmation of a successor. Those judges have the authority to reverse their decision.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | December 2, 2024
Midsize Texas firm Kane Russell Coleman Logan's move to second-generation leadership is moving closer to fruition as founding director Raymond Kane serves what he expects to be his last term as chair before having a board comprised solely of practice leaders.
By Michael A. Mora | December 2, 2024
“We have seen dozens of state laws enacted over the last few years restricting or prohibiting investment in U.S. real property by foreign individuals, companies and governments,” said Robert A. Friedman, a partner at Holland & Knight. “Arkansas is just one example of a surging national trend.”
By Michael A. Mora | November 27, 2024
"As the decision correctly recognizes, the meaning of a statute doesn’t change to fit new contexts; it’s up to Congress to make new law to address new problems," said Judd Littleton, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and co-head of the Am Law 100 firm's Supreme Court & appellate practice who is not involved in the matter.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 27, 2024
Courtney Barksdale Perez and Joshua Bennett, name partners at Dallas trial firm Carter Arnett Bennett & Perez, are set to join Baker & Hostetler in Dallas on Monday.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 26, 2024
Billing rates at homegrown Texas firms grew by 7.9% during the first nine months of the year, compared to 2023, close to the industry's rate hike of 9% for the period, according to Wells Fargo's Legal Specialty Group Nine-Month 2024 Survey Results.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 26, 2024
At a Tuesday hearing, however, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez, in the Southern District of Texas, ordered Beasley Allen and the Smith Law Firm to produce example communications demonstrating how their 11,000 clients voted for or against Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy plan.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | November 26, 2024
The three homegrown Texas firms, all in the Am Law 100, are paying the market rate for year-end and special bonuses set by Milbank, as a number of Big Law firms have also announced similar moves.
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