AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – By the end of August, Attorney General Greg Abbott had more than $35 million in his war chest appropriated for his run at governor.
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – HarrisMartin Publishing is hosting an asbestos conference in St. Louis next month with Madison County’s Judge Stephen Stobbs scheduled to speak about the county’s growing asbestos docket.
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – On Monday morning, state Sen. Wendy Davis, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, sent out an email to supporters notifying them of the release of the campaign’s first television advertisement.
BEAUMONT, Texas (Legal Newsline) – Beaumont plaintiffs attorneys are donating thousands of dollars to the re-election campaign of one the local judges who routinely presides over their civil lawsuits.
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) – While several states across the country have rejected the "every exposure" theory in asbestos cases, the recent Texas Supreme Court Bostic decision stands out due to its “Lohrmann Plus Standard.”
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that an asbestos claimant failed to offer legally sufficient causation evidence, denying the "every exposure" theory on the grounds that simply offering evidence of exposure regarding a dose-related disease should not imply automatic liability.
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A heated primary battle may have given the incumbent Texas Supreme Court justices up for re-election a financial edge, or at least a head start, over their Democratic challengers.
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - While many contend Republicans and tort reform go hand-in-hand, one influential Texas businessman says the GOP challengers running against the incumbent Texas Supreme Court justices are not pro-tort reform.
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - A legal watchdog group is hoping Texas voters remember the words of Abraham Lincoln, who urged Americans to "discourage litigation" when voting for Republican Texas Supreme Court candidates.
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Senator Ted Cruz sent Chief Justice Nathan Hecht the best valentine he could Friday, his endorsement for Hecht's campaign for re-election to the Texas Supreme Court.
