/texas?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Texas Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:25:23 +0000 /texas/articles/2348925?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2348925 Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:32:10 +0000 /texas/articles/2357136?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2357136 Whole Foods workers urged a Texas federal court on Tuesday to preliminarily approve a $2 million deal they hammered out with the Amazon-owned grocery chain to end their putative class action alleging excessive fees were charged to their employee 401(k) retirement plan in violation of federal benefits law. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:11:00 +0000 /texas/articles/2357027?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2357027 The Fifth Circuit has thrown out part of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule for determining measures for fuel efficiency, finding Tuesday that the agency used a faulty methodology to justify tightening standards and outright ignored comments when creating the rule. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:04:46 +0000 /texas/articles/2357014?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2357014 Everest Indemnity Insurance Co. is asking a southern Texas federal court to rule that it is not required to indemnify a Houston energy equipment company accused of defrauding an oil and gas operator through faulty pipes. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:57:09 +0000 /texas/articles/2356392?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356392 Texas district courts can't order discovery in property tax cases unless the discovery is requested by the appealing party under a bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott.  Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:15:52 +0000 /texas/articles/2357006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2357006 A state appeals court freed Texas A&M University on Tuesday from a lawsuit brought by a professor who was denied tenure, finding that her pregnancy-related leaves fell under a portion of the Family Medical Leave Act under which the university has immunity. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:15:04 +0000 /texas/articles/2356426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356426 Vinson & Elkins LLP has brought on three new partners to strengthen its investment management and finance practices. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:43:18 +0000 /texas/articles/2356956?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356956 An attorney with expertise on financial transactions in the energy and infrastructure industries has moved his practice to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Houston office after nearly 12 years with Latham & Watkins LLP. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:46:39 +0000 /texas/articles/2356333?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356333 Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:22:28 +0000 /texas/articles/2356381?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356381 Attorneys representing the wife and children of an Egyptian man accused of attacking demonstrators demanding the release of Israeli hostages pressed for his family's release from a Texas detention center, pointing to court documents laying out what they called "heartbreaking" conditions at the facility. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:53:52 +0000 /texas/articles/2356452?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356452 Paramount Global and CBS Broadcasting told a Texas federal judge President Donald Trump's $20 billion lawsuit accusing the network of deceptively doctoring a "60 Minutes" interview with Kamala Harris belongs outside the Lone Star State, saying in a Monday brief the interview took place "nearly two thousand miles from this courthouse." Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:09:18 +0000 /texas/articles/2356279?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356279 As the Federal Communications Commission faces a Fifth Circuit challenge to its plan to fund school bus Wi-Fi, the appeals court is weighing how a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week against Texas in a nuclear waste case impacts its jurisdiction. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:03:41 +0000 /texas/articles/2356431?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356431 Comcast and a state trade association told the Texas Supreme Court that laws curbing the fees municipalities can charge telecom companies for rights-of-way usage passes constitutional muster, asking the court to flip a lower court's findings that the laws violate the Texas Constitution's gift clauses. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:07:59 +0000 /texas/articles/2356574?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356574 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve aimed at helping the Lone Star State's financial resilience, following the Trump administration's own creation of a bitcoin reserve earlier this year. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:29:15 +0000 /texas/articles/2356422?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356422 The Texas attorney general's office and an airline parts manufacturer have agreed to remove a dispute over a state law allowing the office to examine business records from the Fifth Circuit back to district court. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:01:59 +0000 /texas/articles/2346687?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2346687 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill that would have banned hemp-derived THC products, rebuking one of his lieutenant governor's policy priorities and delivering a win to the Lone Star State's hemp industry. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:44:58 +0000 /texas/articles/2356334?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2356334 A Texas bankruptcy judge on Monday approved a $1.25 billion Chapter 11 restructuring for units of business automation group Exela Technologies, saying the plan had creditor support and the creditor claim releases were voluntary. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:36:12 +0000 /texas/articles/2355009?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2355009 A new Texas law enacted in response to the burdens that data centers, crypto mining and other large-scale users are placing on the state's electric grid means that stakeholders must review updated requirements around grid interconnection, disclosure of development plans and operational flexibility during tight conditions, say attorneys at Jackson Walker. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:10:16 +0000 /texas/articles/2351799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2351799 In light of various federal circuit court decisions and an executive order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy now may be on the verge of changing decidedly in favor of marijuana users' gun rights, and could foreshadow additional marijuana-friendly reforms, says Jacob Raver at Dentons. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:38:13 +0000 /texas/articles/2353396?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2353396 District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.