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- Car crash injures the Strong Arm: Brian Loncar, a Dallas car-wreck lawyer, was in critical condition yesterday from injuries received during a car wreck.
- Disney in dissent: To express his dissent in In Re: McAllen Medical Center Inc., Texas Supreme Court Justice Dale Wainwright quotes the lyrics from 1992’s Academy Award-winning song, “It’s a Whole New World,” from the Disney animated film “Aladdin.”
- In whose space will MySpace litigate?: On April 30, U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis remanded a case against MySpace Inc. that was originally filed in Dallas' 298th District Court.
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- Watch Texas Lawyer senior reporter John Council and Lindy Jones of Jones, Allen & Fuquay discuss: The Perry Homes case and its impact on arbitration, the Roger Clemens case and the challenge to Rusty Hardin's representation, and the new U.S. Attorney's possibly short tenure in the Eastern District of Texas.
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