Akin Gump Partner Returns to Texas After Nearly Finishing Boston Marathon
‘I'm the luckiest man in the world,’ says Larry Macon, a partner in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, who nearly completed the Boston Marathon yesterday.
Meet the Lawyers Appointed to Texas Senators’ Screening Committee for Federal Judgeships, U.S. Attorney Positions in the Lone Star State
U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, Republicans of Texas, today announced their bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, which will screen and recommend nominees for federal judicial and U.S. attorney vacancies in Texas.
Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg Charged With DWI
A Travis County deputy arrested Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg on Friday and for the offense of driving while intoxicated. Early Saturday morning, she was booked into the Travis County Jail with a $3,000 bond. She has been released.
THE PRACTICE: Commentary: Class Action Cacophony at the Supreme Court
Recent high court cases display an abiding disagreement about permissible “merits” inquiries at class certification, writes Linda S. Mullenix, who holds the Morris and Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law.
Bill Would Affect Recoveries by Personal-Injury Plaintiffs and Insurers’
Should the law cap insurers’ shares of injured plaintiffs’ recoveries? A House committee says yes. But an insurance-industry lobbyist says the bill is unfair.