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When judges run for office, law firms open their checkbooks. The legal industry has spent more than any other business sector on appellate court campaigns, contributing $75.4 million, or 30% of direct contributions to those races over the past 10 years. Seven of the top 10 donor firms on our list are headquartered or have most of their attorneys in Texas, and nine have donated the bulk of their contributions to judges there.

Plaintiffs who weren’t physically harmed failed to show they have a standing for the growing trend of PFAS lawsuits, which blame the chemicals for a variety of health problems.