Three tech company clients have sued Foley & Lardner, contending that the law firm overbilled them for unnecessary work and didn’t effectively pursue their case as plaintiffs in federal patent…
A kindergartener in Texas may continue to wear his hair long, a federal judge has ruled, apparently finding that the school district’s policy of requiring the child to conceal his…
An insurance company fighting to avoid paying a claim in a fatal Houston 2007 office fire that could involve damages of $25 million is reportedly dropping its effort to apply…
Twice convicted and sentenced to death in a 1978 rape-murder, based on eyewitness testimony and a claimed confession to a cellmate, Jonathan Bruce Reed has just won a third trial…
Much has been said about the unprecedented sexual abuse case against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent concerning his alleged treatment of two female court workers.
A Texas woman filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in federal court this week, contending that the tax agency had refused to allow her to carry…
The new obstruction of justice charge against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent could be easier to prove and is potentially more damaging than the two charges of aggravated sexual abuse.
A federal judge in Texas pleaded not guilty this morning to new sex and obstruction charges related to his alleged mistreatment of a court employee. The hearing was held in…
A federal appeals court opinion ordering a new sentence for former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling gives his lawyers another chance to argue for a new trial.
Updated: Already facing an unprecedented criminal case concerning his alleged harassment of his former case manager, U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent was reportedly federally indicted again late today on new…
A federal appeals court has ordered a new sentence for former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling, convicted for his role in the collapse of the energy company.
Responding to a report that three white prostitutes were soliciting, plainclothes police officers in Galveston, Texas, wound up arresting a 12-year outside her home one August day in 2006, according…
In a move that could stretch the traditional definition of “pollution” to the breaking point, an insurer in Texas has asserted the pollution exclusion in its commercial liability policy in…