In litigation over the constitutionality of the new Texas law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, the stakes in the litigation have risen, and the pace has accelerated.

Nandita Berry, former senior counsel at Locke Lord in Houston, has been appointed Texas secretary of state by Gov. Rick Perry. Plus more new positions, appointments, awards and honors.

Two years after filing an online-defamation suit against a “Doe” defendant, a Dallas personal injury firm claims it has unmasked the source of a negative online review: a competing firm’s former worker. As part of its damages, plaintiff Lenahan Law wants a partial list of defendant Ben Abbott PC’s clients.

Houston’s Fourteenth Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment that splits a contingency fee between two firms. The judgment gives Hightower, Russo & Capellan $7,446 of the $56,928 contingency fee in a personal injury suit stemming from an automobile accident, and the rest goes to Ireson, Weizel & Hightower.

A judge has refused to boot Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Brown from the ballot in the Republican Primary race for Place 6 on the high court. Brown’s challenger in the primary, Dripping Springs solo Joe Pool, sued the Republican Party of Texas and its chairman seeking a temporary injunction to stop Brown’s name from … Read More »