Clockwise from back left, Justices Johnson, Medina, Wainwright, Brister, Green, Willett, O'Neill, Chief Justice Jefferson, and Justice Hecht.
Last month, the Houston Bar Association sent Blawgletter a copy of its 2009 Judicial Evaluation Results.1 How did the 1,003 HBA members who responded rate the nine justices of the Texas Supreme Court?
The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will start hearings on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor on Monday, July 13, 2009.
A statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee's home page says:
The confirmation hearings to consider the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the United States
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today stayed bankruptcy court orders that approved the sale of Chrysler to Fiat.
UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants, and the responses filed thereto,
Justice Brent Benjamin refused to recuse.
The U.S. Supreme Court split 5-4 today in favor of forcing a state supreme court justice to recuse himself from ruling on a case. Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc., No. 08-22 (U.S. June 8, 2009).
The plaintiffs had won a $50 million verdict and judgment against
The NYT yesterday wrote about hard times at a Wall Street law firm. The item stressed the firm's 108 years and its fall into layoffs, a victim (it says) of the slow down in deals. The trend will likely go on for awhile.
But Blawgletter also senses that the fear of suing has started to abate. Plenty of bad
Today the Third Circuit joined eight other courts of appeals in holding that the "discovery rule" applies in cases under the Copyright Act. William A. Graham Co. v. Haughey, No. 08-2007 (3d Cir. June 5, 2009). The court also reinstated a jury's verdict that "storm warnings" hadn't put the plaintiff on notice of defendant's
The Second Circuit today vacated an order that forced a law firm to share part of its contingent fee with other firms.
The case involved claims against the Republic of Libya for its role in the mid-air bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. The crash near Lockerbie, Scotland, killed all 259 people on
CM/ECF stands for case management and electronic filing system. Federal courts use it to allow counsel for parties to file things — pleadings, motions, vacation letters, whatnot. It also permits court clerks to post notices, including of hearings and trials, as well as orders and opinions.
The ease that CM/ECF newly affords has a
Reuters reports that the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice wants to know if high tech firms colluded in their hiring practices.
None of the targets — including Google, Yahoo, Apple, Microsoft, and Genentech — has posted a press release. But Reuters quotes a Genentech statement:
Our understanding is that a number of
The arbitration clause applied to "any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to payments" by Medco Health Solutions to Chelsea Family Pharmacy.
Chelsea sued Medco under a state statute, for breach of contract, and for unfair business practices.
Chelsea alleged harm from Medco's failure to reimburse Chelsea enough for its services and from Medco's enforcement of a contract provision that limits