A Houston doctor has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against Bellaire lawyer David Adler and his firm, alleging Adler failed to inform her that he faced an “irreconcilable conflict of interest” by representing her and her then-husband.

Very few law firms behave like entrepreneurs. They take risks with every file they accept, new associate they hire or attorney they elevate to partner, but they aren’t truly entrepreneurs because they don’t take the types of risk that allow them to develop as businesses, says attorney Adrian Dayton.

Texas Lawyer’s Litigation Departments of the Year award has two distinct categories: one for the top department in general litigation and one for the top specialty-litigation practice groups. The award was open to any law firm in Texas or litigation groups led by Texas attorneys.

The U.S. Department of Justice will take on Texas in the first major voting rights enforcement action since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted a key anti-discrimination provision last month, an aggressive move that faces high hurdles.

“Good questions are often far more powerful than answers,” write Andrew Sobel and Jerold Panas in their book,”Power Questions: Build Relationships, Win New Business, and Influence Others.”