By John Council | September 6, 2017
In an important personal bankruptcy decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that once a Chapter 7 debtor claims an exemption for their individual retirement account, a trustee is not allowed to claim that money — even if the debtor cashes out their IRA during the bankruptcy.
By John Council | August 24, 2017
Houston lawyer Chad Dunn has twice prevented Texas from implementing one of the strictest voter ID laws in the nation. He tells the Texas Lawyer how he pullled it off.
By John Council | August 22, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered Yahoo to pay a Dallas promotions company $4.4 million after it backed out of a deal to offer a $1 billion prize for any person who correctly predicted the winners of all 63 games during the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
By John Council | August 16, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has slapped the New York Times by reviving a defamation lawsuit filed against it by a Louisiana economics professor and libertarian who sued the newspaper for defamation after he was quoted in an article stating that slavery was "not so bad."
By John Council | August 15, 2017
After Charles Douglas Mitchell awoke in bed one morning to his girlfriend--who suffered from bipolar disorder--stabbing him in the neck, he quickly won an order from a family law court that prevented her from having access to the child. But he needed Chad Baruch's appellate skills to make that tragic ruling enforceable.
By John Council | August 11, 2017
Former Beaumont state District Judge Layne Walker has won another ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit throwing out a civil case filed against him — this time by a lawyer and political rival who alleged she was banned from Walker's courtroom hallway after campaigning against him.
By John Council | August 10, 2017
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed the family of an obese man to sue two Fort Worth police officers after they allegedly caused him to have a fatal heart attack by throwing him to the ground and used a Taser on him twice while serving a no-knock drug warrant.
By John Council | August 8, 2017
In a major win for employers, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has shot down a National Labor Relations Board ruling forcing the Convergys Corporation to stop requiring its job applicants to sign class action waivers that prevent them from suing the company.
By Scott Graham | August 7, 2017
A new monkey may have to bring a test case to get a definitive answer on whether animals can be “authors” under copyright law. Naruto, the crested macaque from Indonesia, is talking settlement.
By Scott Graham | August 7, 2017
Three years after the U.S. Supreme Court eased the standard for awarding “exceptional case” attorney fees in patent litigation, the parties in that case are still fighting about—and incurring—fees.
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