The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a benefit-plan administrator had no duty to further investigate numerous emails alleging that a former Mayer Brown partner was trotting the globe on vacation after claiming she was fully disabled. That clears the way for the insurer to seek $1 million in benefit reimbursements from … Read More »

In a 5-4 decision issued on Sept. 11, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals vacated a trial court’s orders allowing for the involuntary medication and execution of convicted murderer Steven Kenneth Staley. The trial court had deemed the death-row inmate incompetent to receive lethal injection when he was not taking medication but competent for execution … Read More »

Isramco Inc. of Houston filed a negligence and breach of fiduciary duty suit against its former general counsel Dennis James Holifield. The company alleges Holifield disclosed privileged information after leaving the company in 2011, in an effort to derail a lawsuit settlement he negotiated while GC.

San Marcos Police Chief Howard Williams says he thinks a local district judge did the right thing by refusing to sign a search warrant to draw blood from a San Marcos solo who on Aug. 30 was detained after a car accident on suspicion of drinking and driving. The lawyer was later released without being … Read More »

Little enthusiasm prevails among Texas law school deans for any immediate switch to two-year programs, a possibility that received attention recently when advocated by President Barack Obama, a former law school professor.