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June 27, 2005 |

Gambling on Coverage: Insurance Company Sues Former Lawyers Over Bus Crash Case

Three-year old litigation over a bus crash that killed four children is wrapping up in state court, but the fight between the insurance company and its former lawyers is just beginning.
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May 07, 2007 |

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November 29, 2004 |

Insured and Insurer Claim Partial Victories in Supreme Court Ruling

The replacement of an Amarillo mall's hail-damaged roof with a comparable but more expensive roof passed muster with the Texas Supreme Court on Nov. 19. But in a 5-2 decision, the court held that a penalty assessed to the mall's commercial property insurer should not be based on the full cost of the replacement roof.
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January 25, 2010 |

Man Who Settled Vioxx Suit Sues Three Firms and Three Lawyers

An Ohio man who accepted an approximately $100,000 settlement for his Vioxx personal-injury claim has filed a negligence suit against three Houston firms and three Houston lawyers, alleging the defendants made paperwork errors in his case file that reduced the size of his settlement. The plaintiff said that he should have received a settlement totaling more than $436,000.
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June 12, 2007 |

GC Oversees Legal Matters for Air Liquide SA's Eight Operating U.S. Subsidiaries

Kevin Feeney, general counsel at Air Liquide USA LLC, a subsidiary of Paris-based Air Liquide SA, fondly recalls his participation in round-the-clock deal-making to help seal a major acquisition for the French parent company. Feeney says helping Air Liquide acquire Messer Griesheim Industries in 2004 was one of his biggest professional achievements. Pulling two weeks of all nighters to wrap up a deal is just part of Feeney's job at the industrial gas production and distribution company.
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October 10, 2002 |

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June 28, 2004 |

Headcount Increases Slightly at Big-Tex Firms

The firms on Texas Lawyer's "100 Largest Firms in Texas" poster employed a total of 12,034 attorneys as of April 1, 2004, compared with 11,711 attorneys on April 1, 2003. Fifty-nine of the 100 largest firms increased their attorney counts compared with the same period last year, 31 firms decreased their numbers and 10 stayed the same.
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January 28, 2008 |

Internal Audits Help Employers Avoid Overtime Pay Suits

Sometimes ignorance is not bliss. Many employers are oblivious to the overtime rules in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), but ignorance regarding which employees should receive overtime can lead to serious consequences.
5 minute read
October 02, 2006 |

Audits Can Help Employers Avoid Overtime Pay Suits

Corporate counsel should perform an overtime audit to examine their classification decisions now -- before a suit is filed.
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