Texas, Texans & the Law
Southern District of Texas Judge Sam Kent takes a Leave, Speculation Follows
As reported in Legal Trade, Houston’s Clear Thinkers, the Houston Chronicle and AbovetheLaw, U.S. District Judge Sam Kent will be temporarily absent. No reason for the absence has been given, leading many to conclude that it can’t be good, speculating that it results from some sort of complaint against Judge Kent or perhaps an illness.
AbovetheLaw […]
Jury Duty
I had jury duty today. It was originally scheduled for February but I rescheduled to fit it in the pathetically short break between our summer and fall semesters. Yeah, yeah, I know, I’m a student so I guess I could claim an exemption, but I didn’t want to get out of it. Far from the […]
Law of Climate Change Getting Interesting - Practice Area Gains Adherents
As the National Law Journal noted in March in A Climate Change in Classroom: Houston law school offers class on ‘climate change litigation’ - there was a course in climate change litigation taught this spring:
Houston Law Center is offering its course for the first time this semester. It is co-taught by Stephen Susman, a partner […]
Where would you rather practice? Texas or New York
Yankees are casting dispersions aspersions on our fair Republic, er… state rather, at Simple Justice. (via Defending People and A Public Defender)
Houston Hospitals embroiled in suit over Anti-Competitive Practices
The now defunct Houston Town & Country Hospital has hired noted Houston Trial Attorney Rusty Hardin to sue the large non-profit Memorial Hermann Healthcare System for interfering with its ability to work with insurers, driving it out of business.
For news coverage see Houston Chronicle: Hospital lawsuits attract big legal talent, ABC 13: Two Houston hospitals […]
Guiliani and Bracewell
I previously posted on this subject at A Firm by any Other Name. Susan Beck recently wrote an excellent, in-depth article at The American Lawyer: Texas Two-Step: Giuliani and Houston’s Bracewell Learn the Politics of Dancing
Litigation Reality Check - Reversing Juries in Coca-Cola v. Harmar
From the Texas Observer: Hitting the Bottlers
In 2000, after a six-week trial, a jury in Daingerfield, Texas, found Coca-Cola Enterprises—a bottling company 40 percent-owned by Coca-Cola—guilty of breaking state antitrust laws. Although a far cry from the $100 million they were hoping for, Harmar and the other regional bottlers won a $15.6 million judgment. Almost […]
NY Times, Legal Battle Over Drivers’ Gun Rights in Texas
File under “Unusual Bedfellows”…
In a report issued in February, the Texas affiliate of the National Rifle Association joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition “to spotlight unlawful, unnecessary governmental encroachment on average law-abiding citizens.”
NY Times: Legal Battle Over Texas Drivers’ Gun Rights
A Firm by Any Other Name
I ran into an associate at Bracewell & Giuliani this weekend and couldn’t resist knowing if he had any Rudy sightings. In 2005, former U.S. Attorney, NYC Mayor and now Presidential Candidate Rudy Giuliani joined then Bracewell & Patterson as a name partner and started the New York office. At the time, I wondered if […]
Texas Supreme Court to feature Webcast of Oral Argument March 20th
From the Texas Appellate Law Blog we learn that Live Supreme Court Webcasts Begin March 20. This comes at a good time for those of us at UH preparing for the competitive rounds of the John Black Moot Court competition. I’ve been trawling the web for oral argument resources. The best so far - video […]