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US Supreme Court rules Texas legislators must give depositions in redistricting suit

JURIST

The US Supreme Court Tuesday rejected three Texas legislators’ emergency application to stay depositions that they are scheduled to give in redistricting lawsuits filed by multiple plaintiffs, including the US Department of Justice.

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Defendant doctor can be compelled to testify regarding standard of care of co-defendant nurse he supervises; Minor on Tenncare Has Right to Sue for Medical Expenses

Day on Torts

The trial court denied plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, and plaintiff then filed this appeal. The first issue surrounded Nurse Mercer’s deposition. After she reviewed her deposition, she “submitted an errata sheet making 24 changes to her testimony and explaining the reasons for the changes.” There were four issues on appeal.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

see “classic retainer” vs. “advance payment retainer” vs. “security retainer” in Illinois ), but in general, a lawyer is required to deposit flat fees and expenses paid into a client trust account in advance for representation. See Model Rule 1.15. Laws, rules, regulations, and opinions vary by jurisdiction.

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Seeking Transparency in Waco

Patently O

Judge Alan Albright’s court in the Western District of Texas is rapidly becoming the latest hot spot for patent litigation. If the Western District of Texas is going to hear some of patent law’s most important cases, it should not do so in secret. These motions often attach expert reports and deposition testimony as exhibits.

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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

The Crime Report

Shadow prisons posing as treatment are not limited to Texas. Susan Keenan Nayda, Vice President of Operations at Liberty Behavioral Health Corporation, testified during a deposition her thoughts on the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia, Fla.: There’s a little bit of confusion…What is this place?

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Two other states—Texas and North Dakota—filed an amicus brief supporting EPA; the petitioners opposed their participation on procedural grounds. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. Clean Air Council v. Pruitt , No.

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Guest Post by Alan Cox: The Damages Testimony in VLSI Technologies v. Intel

Patently O

On March 2, a jury in the Western District of Texas awarded VLSI $2.18 The court allowed the public to listen to pubic portions of the trial by telephone. A ruling in Intel’s favor may have made future royalties unavailable. As it happened the court ruled in VLSI’s favor on this point.