By Michael Lombardino and Paulo McKeeby | August 25, 2020
The enforcement of employment noncompete agreements in Texas is governed by the Texas Covenants Not to Compete Act ("Act"). Under that Act, "a…
By Randy D. Gordon | August 23, 2020
Now, on the cusp of global migration spurred by social unrest, economic uncertainty, and—we increasingly hear—climate change, we must hope, as Walt Whitman imagined in "Passage to India," for human—not national—solutions.
By Angela Morris | August 21, 2020
A trial court is pushing forward with a civil jury trial in a high school auditorium, with one lawyer appearing via Zoom because his doctor banned him from appearing in person due to age and health problems that put him at high risk if he gets COVID-19. The litigant lost an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court to delay the trial.
By Michael A. Mora | August 21, 2020
The defendants immediately accepted the proposal that was $90,000 less than the intended amount.
By Angela Morris | August 20, 2020
Texas lawyers who won a $9.4 million verdict for their client, an emergency room doctors' group, said that certain testimony and evidence in the trial swayed the jury to their side.
By Angela Morris | August 20, 2020
Among almost 2,800 lawyers surveyed in June, 57% said they would not be open to a virtual jury trial. So it's no surprise that a San Antonio court couldn't find lawyers to volunteer for its first Zoom civil jury trial on Wednesday.
By Angela Morris | August 19, 2020
Austin resident Amit Patel alleges that his luxury condo was shoddily constructed and the New York-based developer and Texas-based management company have refused to repair defects in his unit correctly.
By Angela Morris | August 19, 2020
Because no lawyers consented for their cases to go to Texas' first totally virtual civil jury trial Wednesday, Judge Antonia Arteaga of San Antonio has delayed the proceeding to Sept. 21.
By Angela Morris | August 18, 2020
A pro bono team from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld won a preliminary injunction that stops a school district from enforcing a hair-length policy that would have forced two African American students to cut their dreadlocks, or face punishment.
By Angela Morris | August 18, 2020
Gov. Greg Abbott and the state of Texas have denied Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther's claims that the state's COVID-19 emergency orders are unconstitutional because the executive branch used legislative branch powers.
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