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Covington Persuades Fifth Circuit to Reject Challenge to Drilling Project Approvals
Publication Date: 2012-05-31
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After the 2010 BP oil spill, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups used a federal statute to challenge the Interior Department's approval of 16 drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico. A Fifth Circuit panel on Wednesday dismissed the challenges, persuaded in part by arguments made by lawyers at Covington & Burling who represented oil industry trade groups in the case.

February 24, 2003 |

Top 10 Texas Plaintiffs Verdicts in 2002

The National Law Journal, an affiliate of Texas Lawyer, ranked the top 10 Texas verdicts of 2002.
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January 22, 2007 |

Lawyers With Disabilities Say Obstacles, Stereotypes Persist

It's been nearly 16 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect. Lawyers with disabilities say it's still tough to get big-firm jobs, despite the ADA and despite advances in technology that help them handle legal work. "Most attorneys who are blind or visually impaired work for the government or work in solo practice," says Chris Prentice, a solo in Texas who is legally blind. Prentice says he would like to leave solo practice and work at a firm for financial reasons.
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April 30, 2007 |

VerdictSearch

County not liable for man's death after release from jail. Jury rejects claim that thief was behind strip club charges. Woman received $36,250 for injuries after hitting truck. Passenger injured in rear-ender received $13,100. Man thrown from moped recovers $2.7 million. Men injured in rear-ender recover $3,530. Man recovered $194k for accident at racetrack. Hotel housekeeping worker entitled to workers' comp. Octogenarian with dementia lacked mental capacity for assault.
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October 31, 2000 |

And the Winner Is

When the polls close Nov. 7, most of those active in mergers and acquisitions apparently will be rooting for George W. Bush to be elected the next president of the United States. Experts said the M&A community, like much of the business community in general, has embraced the notion that Republicans are better for business than Democrats, even if statistical data paints a far murkier picture.
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Texas Appellate Court Overturns $13.5 Million Contingency Fee Award to Lawyer Whose Client Won Nothing
Publication Date: 2011-04-06
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Texas plaintiffs lawyer Ed Lieck has chutzpah to spare. He somehow persuaded a state court judge to grant him contingency fees based on a TRO his side obtained--even though his local counsel role was extremely limited and his client ultimately paid $24 million to get out of the case. The appeals court put an end to that.

January 17, 2005 |

State of Confusion Over Sentencing Guidelines

Everyone is still trying to digest the Supreme Court's landmark Jan. 12 decision that turned the clock back on sentencing practices. The Court called the federal guidelines advisory; DOJ Criminal Division chief Christopher Wray urges judges to continue using them.
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May 04, 2001 |

Pitofsky's Legacy

When Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky steps down in June, he will leave behind a changed agency. Under his stewardship, the FTC plunged into the competition policy debate, overseeing some of the largest mergers ever and putting itself on the cutting edge of antitrust issues. Under Pitofsky, the agency was more willing to intervene in deals and initiate litigation, which sometimes drew the ire of corporate America.
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March 16, 2001 |

Ruling Restricts Contractual Interference

A Texas Supreme Court ruling will make it much more difficult to recover damages for interference with a prospective contractual relationship. The case involved allegations that Wal-Mart interfered with a pending real estate deal. An attorney for Wal-Mart says the ruling stands for the proposition that "aggressive but legal interference" in a deal that's in the works cannot be attacked as tortious interference.
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August 01, 2003 |

Retractable v. Becton, Dickinson et al.

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