U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy Payne, both of the Eastern District of Texas, and U.S. District Judges Barbara Lynn and Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas participated in a roundtable discussion, “Patent Law: Best Practices As Seen From The Bench.”

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a data set on May 8 that can help personal injury attorneys pare down the amount of injured clients’ recoveries eaten up by hospital bills.

David Hilgers, chairman of the 128-lawyer Brown McCarroll, says Husch Blackwell approached his firm in late 2012 about a potential merger.

A chart lists legislative results for selected clients at some of the busiest lobby shops for the 2013 session of the Texas Legislature.

Lawyers who lobbied the Legislature in the 83rd session say water, and the lack of it due to droughts, dominated activities at the Capitol this spring. Tim Tuggey, a partner in Tuggey Fernandez in Austin, lobbies for the San Antonio River Authority.