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Over the past two years, local officials in states nationwide have filed so-called “public nuisance” lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, arguing they should be held financially responsible for climate-change impacts such as sea level rise. Read and share: bit.ly/2BBwiLe
Cooperation, not lawsuits, right way forward for Florida on climate
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The reality is that, having experienced a string of losses, trial attorneys are now shopping around for new plaintiffs to push their flawed legal theory. Even if that means finding ...The commission said attorney Omar Weaver Rosales engaged in dishonest and frivolous litigation by threatening to sue website operators for baseless ADA violations unless they paid him $2,000 to go away. Rosales has thus far succeeded in beating back the commission’s effort to sanction him, convincing a trial judge to dismiss the complaint as a violation of the Texas Citizens Participation Act, the state’s anti-SLAPP statute barring litigation found to be in violation of a defendant’s “right to free speech, right to petition, or right of association.” Read more here: bit.ly/2TTuC76
State Bar to Ask Appeals Court to Revive Discipline Case Against Austin Lawyer
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A panel of Texas’ Third District Court of Appeals judges will hear arguments Tuesday in a case pitting the State Bar of Texas’ Commission for Lawyer Discipline against an Austin lawyer fig...The 86th Legislative Session has begun and the latest issue of the TLR Advocate is in mailboxes now! Read about some of the legislative priorities TLR is working on and catch up today on the latest with storm-chasing lawyers, climate change lawsuits and more. Read and share: bit.ly/2V2PM2P
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After more than two decades of tort reforms enacted by the Texas Legislature, it is time to give increased attention to the organization and efficiency of the Texas court system.
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The past two years local officials in states nationwide have filed “public nuisance” lawsuits against fossil fuel companies, arguing they should be financially responsible for climate-change impacts. Read & RT: #lawsuitreform
Cooperation, not lawsuits, right way forward for Florida on climate
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