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Lawyer in hot water over insurance claims deserved a hearing, Fifth Circuit rules
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) - A lawyer who worked at a Houston law firm that has run afoul of the law will get a second chance to show he shouldn't have been suspended for nine months. -
Fifth Circuit finds bump stock ban not authorized by federal law
NEW ORLEANS - A regulation promulgated by the ATF to interpret the federal prohibition on machineguns as extending to bump stocks violates federal law, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded on Friday. -
Fifth Circuit serves Texas craft brewers a victory to-go
NEW ORLEANS - On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a ruling allowing two Texas breweries to sell their beer to-go. -
Fifth Circuit affirms dismissal of suit against Harris County probate judge
HOUSTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against Judge Michael Newman, justice of the Probate Court of Harris County. -
Fifth Circuit: OSHA COVID-19 mandate on jabs, tests and masks violates the ‘safeguards of our collective liberty’
NEW ORLEANS - A recent OSHA mandate requiring employees of covered employers to undergo COVID-19 vaccination or take weekly COVID-19 tests and wear a mask “violates the constitutional structure that safeguards our collective liberty,” according to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Texas AG sues Biden Administration for 'unconstitutional' vaccine mandate
AUSTIN - Attorney General Paxton and several allied states and companies sued the Biden Administration for its illegal and unconstitutional vaccine mandate imposed on private businesses, a press release states. -
Texas Bar leaves attorneys ‘on the hook to fund ideological activities’ – Fifth Circuit finds
AUSTIN – Lone Star attorneys who object to how the Texas Bar spends the mandatory dues it collects are left “on the hook to fund ideological activities” they do not support, according to an opinion issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday. -
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS: Bradley Welcomes 24 New Attorneys
Bradley is pleased to announce that 24 attorneys have joined the firm’s offices in Birmingham; Charlotte, N.C.; Houston, Tex.; Jackson, Miss.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Tampa, Fla. -
Texas AG commends Fifth Circuit for upholding TDCJ’s COVID-19 safety measures
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has commended the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for ruling in favor of the COVID-19 protective measures implemented by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. -
Kim Bueno joins Butler Snow’s Austin office
AUSTIN – Trial attorney Kim Bueno has joined Butler Snow LLP, expanding the firm’s bench of nationally-recognized first-chair trial attorneys, according to a press release. -
Latest on mandatory dues challenge: Texas Bar continues to advance highly ‘polarizing agenda’ on racial issues
NEW ORLEANS – Ever since a trial court sided with the State Bar of Texas, the Bar has continued to advance a highly “polarizing agenda” on racial issues, argue three attorneys seeking to end mandatory dues. -
Texas AG defends humane treatment of fetal remains
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a letter brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit addressing the impact of a recent decision from the Supreme Court that held unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. -
Texas AG sides with attorneys seeking to end forced funding of State Bar’s ‘divisive ideological agenda’
NEW ORLEANS – Attorney General Ken Paxton has thrown his support behind a trio of attorneys seeking to end mandatory dues imposed by the State Bar of Texas – dues that go toward funding the Bar’s “divisive ideological agenda,” according to the AG. -
Fifth Circuit called upon to reverse ruling that shutdown suit over mandatory Texas Bar dues
NEW ORLEANS – Texas law requires all attorneys to join the State Bar of Texas even though it engages in “extensive” political and ideological activities – an unconstitutional "scheme” according to three Texas attorneys who have turned to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in their push to end mandatory dues in the Lone Star State. -
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Warns County Officials to Avoid Misleading the Public on Vote by Mail Laws
Following recent decisions by the Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Fifth Circuit, Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued another guidance letter to Texas county judges and election officials, warning that Texans may not claim disability based on fears of contracting COVID-19 to obtain a mail-in ballot. -
Fifth Circuit temporarily stay mail-in ballot ruling, Texas AG commends decision
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today commended the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for granting a temporary administrative stay in what he’s calling an unlawful decision by a federal district court in San Antonio that allowed anyone in Texas to vote by mail using protections specifically created to aid those with an actual disability or illness. -
Energy trial lawyers open commercial litigation boutique
HOUSTON (February 25, 2020) – Hogan Thompson LLP, a commercial trial boutique, recently opened its doors in downtown Houston. Founded by two former Reynolds Frizzell LLP attorneys, the firm exclusively handles commercial litigation for its clients, with a focus on representing energy companies operating in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale and other oil and gas producing areas. -
AG Paxton: Governor’s order halting unnecessary medical procedures, including abortion, must be enforced
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed for immediate appellate review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to enforce Governor Abbott’s Executive Order (GA 09) postponing any unnecessary medical procedures to preserve desperately needed medical supplies for the health professionals combating the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). -
Fifth Circuit affirms sanctions against Beaumont lawyer after he pursued frivolous case against judge
NEW ORLEANS -- A lower court did not err when it ordered sanctions against a lawyer accused of imposing a meritless and frivolous claim against Judge Layne Walker the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed Oct. 1. -
NCLA wins stay pending appeal from Fifth Circuit in post-Lucia SEC case
WASHINGTON - It took barely a couple of hours after oral argument on the motion in New Orleans, for a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to issue an order staying the SEC’s enforcement proceedings against NCLA client Michelle Cochran, according to a press release.