Since the financial crisis of 2008, this is the second year in a row that the large firms participating in Texas Lawyer’s New Associate Hires survey have brought in a larger entering class than the previous year. The firms are filling in their associate ranks to make up for smaller or nonexistent first-year associate classes … Read More »

A lawmaker says he disagrees with a new disciplinary rule addressing prosecutorial misconduct, and he wants to “fix” the problem. “I’m sending a message on behalf of the people of Texas,” Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, says about the law he authored calling for the new disciplinary rule.

A reader responds to “50 Years After Shooting, Warren Commission Remains Convinced Oswald Acted Alone in Kennedy Assassination.”

A trial court has denied Judge Carlos Cortez’s second attempt to seal records related to a defamation lawsuit Cortez filed against a Dallas lawyer, ordering that those documents be released for public view by Nov. 12.

Austin boutique Yetter Coleman sought to disqualify an arbitrator from a client matter, after one of its name partners scored a Texas Supreme Court victory against the arbitrator?s former firm. But the 1st Court of Appeals rejected the move.