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Texas Supreme Court Clarifies that the Texas Railroad Commission Does Not Have Exclusive or Primary Jurisdiction Over Environmental Claims
The Texas Railroad Commission extensively regulates oil and gas operations in Texas. In addition to regulating normal oilfield operations, the ...
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Recent Ninth Circuit Cases of Interest - Limited Federal Jurisdiction
Herklotz v. Parkinson began in 2000 (yes, 2000) in federal district court in Pennsylvania. In the mid-1990s, John Herklotz had negotiated an agreement ...
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Recent Ninth Circuit Cases of Interest - Surreptitious Recording
With an office in California, Hicks Thomas LLP monitors decisions issued by the California appellate courts and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
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US Supreme Court Civil Cases of Interest-October Term 2016
So far this October Term 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued two decisions in civil cases, both on December 6. First, in State Farm Fire & ...
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Amendments to the Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure and to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure-What's of Interest to Civil Litigators
On December 1, amendments to the various sets of federal procedural rules took effect. The top of the federal judiciary’s “ Current Rules of Practice ...
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Attorneys' Fees May Not Be Recoverable in Breach of Contract Actions
Until 2015, most Texas attorneys were secure in their understanding that in breach of contract actions, a successful plaintiff could recover its ...
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