All posts tagged "texas law firm"
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1.6KAppellate CircuitA Taxing Texas Decision to Deny En Banc Rehearing Splits Fifth Circuit Right Down the Middle. But The Right Call Was Made.
The 8 Dissenting 5th Cir. Judges Owen, Smith, Elrod, Haynes, Willett, Ho, Engelhardt, Oldham would give Attorney Client Privilege to the Austin,...
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2.0KFederal LawTexas Federal Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin Calls Out Law Firm [Mis]Conduct
Kirkland & Ellis LLP “should be embarrassed” by the way it stonewalled information requests from a legal recruiting firm which delayed discovery...
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1.4KFederal JudgesFracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – The Result
ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...
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1.5KEditors ChoiceEthics and Code of Conduct: Is a Co-Chair of Social Media for the State Bar of Texas Appellate Division Licensed to “Like” a Tweet Like This?
At Laws In Texas we submit a Texas lawyer liking a tweet that condones violence and most likely death, is not ethically...
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1.4KEditors ChoiceLawyer Civility Oaths? That’s a Joke.
David Chamberlain, former president of the Texas Chapters of ABOTA who advocated for the Texas civility oath in 2015, said it’s hard to...
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1.4K1Federal Judges
Fracking Company Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Attorney Privilege and Seeks Disqualification of Lawyers – N.D. Tex.
ATTORNEY as a WITNESS: Plaintiffs seek the same remedy as in the Landmark Graphics opinion, where the district court confirmed that a...
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1.2KFederal LawMeanwhile in North Carolina, a Lawyer is Disbarred and Indicted with Tax Fraud – His Business included Offshore Tax Planning Services
Disbarred Attorney John F. Hanzel spent more than $241,000 on cars that included an Aston Martin DB9, an Audi A8, an Audi...
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1.2KEditors ChoiceNational Law Firm LeClairRyan To Shutter Following Bitter Lawsuits, Mass Attorney Departures and a Sharp Decline in Revenues
LeClairRyan has been facing lawsuits, including a $150 million lawsuit brought by Tonya Mallory, the founder and former chief executive officer of...
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2.2K2Deutsche BankFour Jailed Attorneys with Licenses to Practice in Texas Up for Standard Disbarment. However, Lawyers who Have Been Reported to the Bar for Running Around Passing Fake Documents in Foreclosure Cases to Evict Homeowners are Still Protected by the State
After a hearing Friday, four Texas attorneys convicted of child pornography, sexual abuse, and bank, health care and marriage fraud are facing...
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682Editors ChoiceTexas Law Firms are Consolidating and Realizing the Global Office is the Only Head Office in 2019
Our capabilities to serve our clients have definitely been enhanced by the merger, Russell said. “We have a footprint that has been...
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3.3K2Editors ChoiceTexas Lawyer Absconds with One Million Dollars of Funds Held in His Firms’ Escrow and the Result is a Slap On the Wrist by the State Bar of Texas
Texas lawyer T. Wesley Holmes, 55, of Dallas, agreed to a 48-month active suspension effective May 15, 2019.He was ordered to pay $987,807...
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1.4KEditors ChoiceAustin Estate Planning & Tax Law Firm Accused by the IRS of Aiding and Abetting Clients Illegally Evade Paying U.S. Taxes. The Lower Court has Ruled in Favor of the IRS, Now the Lawyers are Rushing to the Attorney-Friendly 5th Circuit for Protection and a Reversal of the Adverse Ruling
Here, the Firm’s attorney-client privilege arguments do not meet its burden to rebut a Powell showing, in large part because the Firm...
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