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Senior reporter John Council is a native Texan who covers litigation and appellate courts in his home state. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @john_council
December 26, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The decision concerns Michael W. Gahagan, a Louisiana attorney who requested documents from the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to assist clients and for personal reasons.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 21, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Weeks after a Texas Appeals Court affirmed sanctions against a Dallas lawyer for attempting to reopen a couple's divorce case to recover his attorney fees, the court has issued a separate decision allowing the same lawyer to pursue a contract claim against the former client.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 20, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Houston attorney Sean Higgins says with pride that none of his clients have ever paid a jury verdict, so much so that he advertises that claim on his law firm's website.
By John Council
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December 19, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has a rejected a products liability claim against Apple alleging that a woman's neurobiological response to looking at a text message on her iPhone 5 while behind the wheel was the cause of a car crash that killed two people and paralyzed a child.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 19, 2018 | The Recorder
A federal appellate court has rejected a products liability claim against Apple alleging that a woman's neurobiological response to looking at a text message on her iPhone 5 while behind the wheel was the cause of a car crash that killed two people and paralyzed a child.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 19, 2018 | Litigation Daily
A federal appellate court has rejected a products liability claim against Apple alleging that a woman's neurobiological response to looking at a text message on her iPhone 5 while behind the wheel was the cause of a car crash that killed two people and paralyzed a child.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 18, 2018 | The Recorder
After a five-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco issued a defense verdict in a $500 million antitrust class action filed against two South Korean companies accused of conspiring to fix the price of ramen noodles in the United States.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 18, 2018 | Litigation Daily
After a five-week trial, a federal jury in San Francisco issued a defense verdict in a $500 million antitrust class action filed against two South Korean companies accused of conspiring to fix the price of ramen noodles in the United States.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 18, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
In a divided opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed the alien-smuggling conviction of a trucker because he wasn't allowed to confront two undocumented immigrant witnesses who testified for the government via videotape but couldn't be located in Mexico to appear for trial.
By John Council
1 minute read
December 17, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A federal judge has allowed the former general counsel of the Houston Housing Authority to pursue a whistleblower claim against the authority alleging that she was terminated from her position after uncovering systemic fraud within a veteran's housing program.
By John Council
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