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July 02, 2012 |

Fifth Circuit: Company had no basis to reject counsel offered by insurer

Nautilus Insurance isn't required to pay for the independent counsel hired by an insured company because "the potential conflict in this case does not disqualify the attorney offered by Nautilus," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled.
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October 14, 2002 |

Verdicts & Settlements

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August 20, 2012 |

The 2012 Go-To Guide Finalists

Ninety Texas lawyers have been selected as finalists for The Go-To Guide, a magazine that includes the Lone Star State's leading lawyers in 18 practice areas.
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April 06, 2006 |

Rita-Related Insurance Suits Pick Up Speed

Six months after Hurricane Rita blasted the Gulf Coast and surged across parts of Texas and Louisiana, several plaintiffs lawyers in Beaumont, Texas -- one of the communities hit hard by the storm -- say Rita has blown a substantial amount of business their way. Plaintiffs have filed about four times as many insurance suits in Jefferson County this year as they did in the first three months of 2005. And several lawyers predict more Rita-related suits to come.
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April 28, 2008 |

The Texas 100

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October 01, 2012 |

Inadmissible

"A New Chief," "Wacky World of Sports," "Health Care Is Hot," "Baylor Motion," "Externship Program" and "No Coverage?"
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August 04, 2008 |

Lawyer Calls Former Paralegal's 'Sexual Predator' Claims 'Ridiculous and Not True'

Prominent Texas plaintiffs lawyer Richard N. Laminack uses words such as "silly" and "ridiculous and not true" to respond to allegations in a lawsuit filed by former paralegal Angela Robinson that describes him as a "sexual predator" who participated in an effort to defraud fen-phen clients by overcharging them for expenses. Laminack says it's not true that he would, as Robinson claims, "routinely demand sexual favors" from employees, and he disputes the broader allegations involving fen-phen litigation.
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September 08, 2003 |

Fee Fight Ends With $500,000 Verdict

A Houston jury found O'Quinn, Laminack & Pirtle underpaid former lawyer Samuel R. Palermo for work he did on five suits while at the personal-injury firm in Houston, and awarded Palermo $500,000 in damages and attorneys' fees.
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December 27, 2004 |

5th Circuit Asks Texas Supreme Court to Settle Ensuing Loss Issue

With hundreds of millions of dollars in claims riding on the answer, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the Texas Supreme Court whether the ensuing loss provision in a homeowner's insurance policy created coverage for mold that ensues from water damage. "It's a big issue" that will affect numerous cases already in the pipeline, says plaintiffs attorney Robert G. Miller.
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October 08, 2007 |

The Go-To Guide

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