This is a follow-up to my previous article entitled “Other Important Deadlines to Calendar in Texas.” In that article, I noted under the section entitled “Designation of Responsible Third Party” that House Bill 274 was pending before the Texas Legislature and its passing could modify the designation of a Responsible Third Party (“RTP”). The Texas [...]
Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed into law new rules for offers-of-settlement, but the new law leaves open the question of how attorney’s fees factor into the cost-shifting equation. Under either the old or new offer-of-settlement rules, one party to a lawsuit can be forced to pay the other party’s litigation costs. Should attorney’s fees be the X-factor in determining who pays what?
If the FBI has been prying into your client’s matters, and your opponent in civil litigation has caught wind of it and wants to use it against you, the federal Privacy Act might help protect your client. The Privacy Act and the FBI’s own rules generally will prevent “outsiders” from obtaining any records from the FBI pertaining to your client.
Where will football players look for redress when they suffer acute head injury or diseases that some researchers claim are caused by head injuries? Helmet manufactures, athletes, sports organizations, trainers, coaches and school districts may be the ultimate targets. Researchers say that football helmets may be giving players a false sense of safety, and thus, [...]