U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
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As J&J's talc trial goes on, Beasley Allen wants the whole thing moved to a different court
HOUSTON - As a Houston federal bankruptcy judge conducts a lengthy trial over whether to approve Johnson & Johnson's plan to effectively settle tens of thousands of ovarian cancer claims, lawyers against that strategy are fighting to move the issue to a different court. -
Australian's Qatar injury claims against Oxy fail in Texas
HOUSTON - Occidental Petroleum and its Qatar wing have defeated a globe-spanning lawsuit in Texas concerning on-the-job injuries sustained by an Australian man. -
Personal injury lawyer wanted his ad on cars but says he was cheated
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - A Texas lawyer says a company that was supposed to put his ad on cars and drive them around failed to deliver. -
Houston-area chiropractors get good news in RICO case alleging they ripped off insurance companies
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - Insurers who footed the bill for personal injury settlements shouldn't succeed in recouping their losses from health care providers they alleged conspired to inflate the cost of care, a federal magistrate judge says. -
Attorneys battle over joint representation of military clients injured in 1983 Beirut bombing
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Two Texas attorneys are claiming a law firm with which they had a joint representation agreement for U.S. Marines in the 1983 Beirut bombing illegally tried to fire them. -
Lawyers defeat class action over $195 fee for clients
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas personal injury firm has defeated federal class action claims brought by clients who claim they were ripped off via a $195 administrative fee. -
Investor in Watts' BP litigation flop fails in latest attempt to get millions back
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - An investor who lost millions of dollars when lawyer Mikal Watts claimed to have put together 40,000 clients but instead ended up fighting criminal charges won't be able to blame his own attorneys for not recouping his money. -
Lawyers fight RICO suit that says they pocketed 'administrative' fees
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Legal Newsline) – A Texas personal injury law firm accused of lying to clients about administrative fees has asked a federal court to throw out the case. -
Lawsuit: Doctors, chiropractors billing insurance companies for treatment never done
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Insurers are suing Texas health care providers they allege conspired to inflate the cost of medical care. -
Company fined thousands over billboards sues Texas Dept. of Transportation
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - John Gannon, Inc. (JGI) filed a federal complaint on September 30 in the Southern District of Texas against the Texas Department of Transportation. -
Samsung marketed cheap plastic coating as luxury black stainless steel on appliances, according to class action suit
Samsung was pinned in a federal class action lawsuit for allegedly marketing a thin plastic appliance as a luxury, durable stainless steel coating. -
Morrisey joins 20 states against Biden Administration for Keystone Pipeline cancelation
GALVESTON, Texas — West Virginia has joined a lawsuit with 20 other states against President Joe Biden's administration for the cancelation of the Keystone Pipeline. -
Massachusetts county suing Apache over failed Permian Basin effort
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – A Massachusetts county’s pension system is suing Apache Corporation after losing part of its investment in the company.Plymouth County Retirement System, through a group of securities class action lawyers, filed their case Feb. 23 in Houston federal court. -
American Law Institute hits the road to explain controversial Restatement; It has been called 'litigation fuel'
PHILADELPHIA – After passing a controversial Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance at its annual convention last May, the American Law Institute is convening events across the country discussing the document in further detail. -
New class action seeks to help veterans get Combat-Related Special Compensation benefits
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The federal government was named as defendant in a class action filed March 2 by the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) on behalf of combat-disabled veterans who say they were not given their fair share of disability benefits.