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After 2 Years of Increases, Partner Promotions Slowed at Texas Law Firms for 2024
The 25 firms with the most lawyers in Texas promoted 19.3% fewer lawyers to partner in 2024, compared with 2023.
Newsmakers: Managing Shareholder Named to Chamberlain Hrdlicka's San Antonio Office
Also: Clifford Chance continues to grow its Energy & Infrastructure practice since the launch of its Houston office last year.
San Antonio Estate and Trust Litigator Voted President-Elect of State Bar
Santos Vargas is a former chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, co-chair of the Texas Bar Journal Board of Editors.
Fraudulent Claims in Class Actions and Mass Torts Are Skyrocketing
Western Alliance Bank's "2024 Digital Payments in Class Actions and Mass Torts" report found that fraud grew regardless of whether claims were paid via digital payment or paper checks, though digital payments are fast becoming the norm.
Lies to a Court, Incompetence: 12 Texas Lawyers Disciplined
The State Bar of Texas reports 12 attorneys for disciplinary action in its May 1 report. There were no disbarments.
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Judges Hear 1st Challenge to Medicare Drug Price Program to Hit Federal Appeals Court
The challenge to the program seems to be a part of a larger legal strategy to create a circuit split, thus increasing chances of U.S. Supreme Court review, said Andrew Twinamatsiko, director of the Health Policy and the Law Initiative at the O'Neill Institute.
Stabbing Victim Awarded $3 Million—Says It's Too Much
But after jurors reached the verdict, the plaintiff asked the court to reduce the total award by $144,000.
Clement & Murphy Gets $1.6B Reversal for IBM
The U.S. Fifth Circuit ruled IBM could "discontinue" but not "displace" a BMC customer license in certain circumstances.
In a Flurry of Title IX Lawsuits, One Stands Out to Challenge Rollback of Students' Rights
"The concern, of course, is that institutions, given a choice, will offer processes that are less robust. But this could be shortsighted on the part of institutions as fewer protections for accused students will inevitably lead to more litigation, which could lead to greater cost for institutions," Patricia Hamill, a member at Clark Hill, told Law.com.
Johnson & Johnson Launches $6.48B Bankruptcy Plan to Resolve Talc Lawsuits
Wednesday's proposed plan immediately got pushback from lawyers representing ovarian cancer victims: "This is not a done deal," Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield told Law.com. "There is substantial opposition to this."TRENDING STORIES
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