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Case: Statute of Repose in Medical Malpractice in Texas

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Texas’s Solicitor General has just filed an amicus brief defending the constitutionality of Texas’s 10-year statute of repose for medical malpractice claims. 1

The case is [...]

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On the docket: Suing to enforce a city referendum; med mal experts; jurisdiction over corporate officers

November 18th, 2009 · No Comments

The Texas Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments this morning in three cases.

Who (if anyone) has standing to sue a city to enforce a [...]

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Google wades into free legal research (for Texas, too!)

November 17th, 2009 · 10 Comments

I’ve written before about how to use Google’s normal search index to find unpublished opinions in Texas.

Google has now formally added legal opinions to another [...]

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Winning (on appeal) isn’t everything: Massey Coal and Kelo disappoint the winners

November 13th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s sometimes easy to forget that winning in the Supreme Court — even the U.S. Supreme Court — doesn’t always get you what you want.

This [...]

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No opinions or petition grants [order list for Nov. 13, 2009]

November 13th, 2009 · No Comments

The end of this short Veteran’s Day week brought a quiet order list from the Texas Supreme Court, in which no petitions were granted and [...]

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Does evidence of fraudulent intent also show causation?

November 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Aquaplex, Inc. v. Rancho La Valencia, Inc., No. 08-0280 (Tex. Oct. 30, 2009) (DB)

Over at the Reverse and Render blog, Mike Northrup has a post [...]

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No opinions [order list for November 6, 2009]

November 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Today the Texas Supreme Court released a quiet order list. The Court did not issue any opinions or grant any petitions for review.

The Court [...]

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Fifth Circuit says that departing lawyers are only conflicted if they actually acquired material information

October 30th, 2009 · No Comments

I wrote yesterday about a pending Fifth Circuit case about the “departing-lawyer rule” — determining which conflicts accompany a lawyer who leaves a large law [...]

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Five new Texas Supreme Court opinions [Order List for Oct. 30, 2009]

October 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Texas Supreme Court handed down one signed opinion and four per curiam dispositions with today’s order list.

Some (but not very much) of the attorney’s [...]

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Has the problematic departing-lawyer rule just been solved in Texas?

October 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The Fifth Circuit just heard oral arguments in a case about the scope of disqualification that follows a lawyer who leaves a large firm — [...]

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Texas Supreme Court Decides 5 Cases, Grants Review in 13 More [Order List for October 23, 2009]

October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

As has been its recent pattern, the The Texas Supreme Court ended its conference week with a bang, deciding five cases, granting thirteen more for [...]

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Texas Supreme Orders for October 16, 2009 (no opinions)

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The Texas Supreme Court issued another quiet weekly order list this morning, denying review and rehearing in a handful of cases.

Since the Texas Supreme Court’s [...]

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