California consumers stand to gain.
Blawgletter just got back from trying a class action case for five weeks against AT&T in Kansas City, Kansas. The federal jury didn't find that AT&T conspired to fix prices but that AT&T did breach its contract with California residential long-distance customers. The eight-person panel unanimously awarded the class $16,881,000. With
Blawgletter's hometown newspaper, The Dallas Morning News, editorially warned on October 17 against straight-ticket voting because, it said, that "can be a dangerous thing; it might make you miss important issues."
The editors cited, in support of their opposition, the referendum on a $747 million bond issue for a new Parkland hospital, which provides
David Lloyd, comedy writer.
A Navy lecturer was talking about some directives on the blackboard that he said to do something about, “except for these here ones with the asteroids in back of.”
(Hat tip to Dick Cavett's blog.)
Eric J. Mayer, trial lawyer extraordinaire.
One of Blawgletter's favorite partners — and of course we love them all — spoke the other day at the 31st Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course in Houston. The State Bar of Texas sponsored the event.
The partner, Eric J. Mayer, talked about "How to Bust or
The unanimous Supreme Court of Texas yesterday booted "single business enterprise" as a way to pierce a corporation's corporate veil under state law. SSP Partners v. Gladstrong Investments (USA) Corp., No. 05-0721 (Tex. Nov. 14, 2008).
The case arose from a house fire that killed a five year-old boy. The boy's parents alleged that
Former Goldman Sachs-er.
We're not out of the woods yet.
Neel Kashkari, Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, U.S. Department of Treasury, testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, Nov. 14, 2008.
The Navy bought Intelligent Whale, an early submarine, in 1870. The vessel never saw service.
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday decided that lower courts erred in restricting how the U.S. Navy may train sonar operators in the ways of enemy submarine detection. The environmental group plaintiffs argued that the pinging of active sonar
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The newspaper of record reports today that American Express Company has won the nod of federal regulators to morph into a bank holding company:
American Express, the nation’s last big independent credit card company, said late Monday that it would transform into
In case you didn't notice, Congress recently added a new Rule 502 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. It took effect on September 19, 2008, upon President Bush's signing.
The Judicial Conference of the United States approved the fresh standard for waiver of privileges, the American Bar Association lent "strong support", the Senate passed it by unanimous consent
The First Circuit today took a roundabout tour through Massachusetts precedents before concluding that a declaratory judgment didn't preclude "coercive" claims that arose from the same nucleus of operative facts. The reason? Section 33 of the Restatement (Second) of Judgments — which section the court found controlling — "[a] valid and final judgment in an
