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Texas Judge On Joining New Statewide Appellate Court
As he moves from his seat as the first jurist to sit on the Lone Star State's 480th District Court bench to a place on Texas' newly created Fifteenth Court of Appeals, Justice Scott Field is well-prepared to "hit the ground running."
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Texas Justice On Moving To The New 15th Appeals Court
This month, Texas business courts gavel in for the first time and a newly created appellate court, the Fifteenth District, will begin accepting business court appeals as well as disputes on appeal that include the Lone Star State or a state entity as a party.
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Marketing Company Fights Texas Firm's Deception Claims
An Oklahoma City legal marketing company has acknowledged in a court filing that it uses trademarks associated with a Texas lawyer in its online keyword advertising, but it said the practice is lawful and that the Texas lawyer waited too long to complain and hasn't shown actual harm from it.
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The Women Working To Lift Barriers For Military Spouse Attys
The American Bar Association's policymaking body earlier in August passed a resolution urging all state supreme courts and bar associations to accommodate the unique needs of military spouse attorneys who must move frequently to support the nation's defense. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to members of the group that helped push the issue to the forefront.
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More Took, Passed Multistate Bar Exam In July
An influx of law students in 2021 has led to an increased number of examinees taking and passing the multistate bar exam in July, according to an announcement this week from the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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Are DEI Policies A Movement Or A Moment In Time?
Following the Supreme Court's summer 2023 ruling to strike down affirmative action in college admissions, experts warned corporate America about the wide-ranging implications that would likely take hold. Since then, several big-name brands have rolled back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, a list that Lowe's joined this week.
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Texas Lawyers Can Get Paid By Non-Attys For Presentations
Texas lawyers may accept payments from nonlawyer third-party companies for creating educational materials on general legal topics that don't constitute legal advice, according to a new ethics opinion from the Texas Bar's Professional Ethics Committee.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry closed out August with another action-packed week as firms hired new talent and disbarred attorney Tom Girardi was convicted by a California federal jury. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week
Epstein Becker Green PC and the Restaurant Law Center lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Fifth Circuit struck down a U.S. Department of Labor rule on tipped wages, deeming it to go against the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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What Attorneys Need To Know About New Texas Biz Court
A new era of business litigation has begun in the Lone Star State. Here's what you need to know about the new Texas Business Court.
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Samsung Nabs Costs After Beating Staton Techiya IP Case
A Texas federal judge on Thursday awarded Samsung $108,674 in court costs stemming from a patent infringement suit filed by the company's former in-house patent attorneys — a case he tossed earlier this year based on unclean hands — and asked for more information on costs still in dispute.
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Houston Law Firm Hit With 2nd Data Breach Suit
Houston personal injury firm Fleming Nolen & Jez has been hit with another proposed class action over a February 2023 data breach that exposed clients' personal and health information.
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Texas Justices Sign Off On Attorney Ethics Rule Changes
The Texas Supreme Court has adopted a number of amendments and new professional conduct rules for lawyers practicing in the Lone Star State, including some that address the duties of a managing partner or supervising attorney and an attorney's responsibilities to prospective clients.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
Attorneys at a few major national and regional U.S. law firms find themselves in new surroundings this month after Norton Rose Fulbright, Venable LLP and Snell & Wilmer all completed long-planned relocation projects.
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Ex-Littler Atty Drops Suit Alleging Firm Violated $1M Deal
A former Littler Mendelson PC lawyer has dropped her California state court lawsuit against the firm that alleged it had violated a settlement inked in a suit the firm filed in Texas state court accusing the attorney of stealing confidential information, wrapping up the dispute between the former associate and the firm.
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Foley & Lardner Must Face Ex-Clients' Breach-Of-Duty Action
A Texas appellate court has reversed a decision that let Foley & Lardner LLP escape a suit filed by two partners in an oil and gas venture who allege that the firm failed to disclose conflicts of interest and misused their confidential information after representing them in several matters.
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Holland & Knight M&A Atty Wants You To Conquer Your Fears
Stephen J. Dietrich, a corporate partner at Holland & Knight in Denver, recently published a book on overcoming an abusive childhood. Here, Law360 Pulse talks to Dietrich about how his past struggles have shaped both his personal and professional life.
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Hiring Outpaced Demand At Texas Firms In 2024's First Half
Compared with the rest of the country, Texas law firms underperformed financially in the first six months of the year, and the number of lawyers employed at large Texas firms outpaced the demand for legal services, according to Wells Fargo Private Bank survey results released this week.
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Real Estate Atty Leaves Seyfarth For Womble Bond In Houston
A seasoned real estate attorney with more than 10 years of experience representing stakeholders in leasing and sale transactions has moved his practice this week to Womble Bond Dickinson's Houston office after more than six years with Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
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Judge Dorfman On A 'Customer-Oriented' Texas Biz Court
While his time in the Texas attorney general's office made Business Court Judge Grant Dorfman familiar with complex commercial disputes, he says his experience as in-house counsel for energy technology company Nabors Industries primarily persuaded him of the need for the new venue in Texas.
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Why BigLaw Firms Are Investing In E-Discovery Expertise
Bolstered by technological advancements, BigLaw firms are relying more on specialized e-discovery attorneys who can provide more focused legal guidance and technical support.
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A Winding Path: How Lawyers' Career Aspirations Shift
The road for many lawyers to their final career destination is winding. What a person thinks they want in law school may change once, twice or more in the following decades. Here, Law360 presents four stories about the winding path of lawyer career aspirations.
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Dallas Fed. Reserve Bank Adds Goodwin Atty To Legal Team
The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank is bulking up its in-house legal team with a former Goodwin Procter LLP counsel who worked earlier in her career for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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For Judge Andrews, Texas Biz Court Is Dream Come True
Newly appointed Business Court Judge Melissa Andrews has dreamed of Texas having a statewide business court since she graduated from the University of Texas School of Law.
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Jackson Walker Is Trying To 'Revise History,' US Trustee Says
Jackson Walker LLP told a Houston judge Tuesday that the U.S. Trustee's Office "wants everyone to play by the rules except for [itself]" in a discovery dispute connected to a former Texas bankruptcy judge's secret relationship, as the bankruptcy watchdog simultaneously accused the firm of chasing down rumors to "revise history" through overbroad discovery requests.