• Combs v. City of Webster

    Publication Date: 2009-10-05
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-02
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: G. Alan Waldrop, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-08-00291-CV

    OPINIONThis suit involves the allocation of local sales tax revenue by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The Comptroller is responsible for collecting local sales tax from retailers, and th

  • April 21, 2003 | New Jersey Law Journal

    This Week in 'Law Journal' History

    125 Years Ago April 1878: A full one-third of the 38 United States had either unconditionally or partially abolished capital punishment. Michigan led the way in 1846, followed b

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  • January 6, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Highlights From the TGCF's 2002 Annual Conference

    On Nov. 21, more than 175 guests attended the Texas General Counsel Forum's Robert H. Dedman Award for Ethics and Law Dinner at the Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas. Southern Methodist Univers

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  • Cash v. Granville County Board of Education (Summary)

    Publication Date: 2001-03-12
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    Date Filed: 2001-03-01
    Court: 4th Cir.
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    Case Number: No. 00-1496

    Fair Labor Standards Act; Overtime Compensation; Sovereign Immunity The 4th Circuit reversed a district court's finding that a local board of education was an arm of the state, entitl

  • May 22, 2006 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Lighten LAD's Load on Small Companies

    New Jersey prides itself on having a strong antidiscrimination statute, but the state should think seriously about whether the law places too onerous a burden on small companies, which seem in

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  • Murphy v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

    Publication Date: 2013-02-14
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    Date Filed: 2013-02-12
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 14
    Judge: Kem Thompson Frost Justice
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    Case Number: NO. 14-11-00560-CV

    Affirmed in Part and Reversed and Remanded in Part and Majority and Dissenting Opinions filed February 12, 2013.On Appeal from the 55th District CourtHarris County, TexasTr

  • August 2, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    State Bar's Search for a New Executive Director Heats Up

    With 41 applications from which to choose, State Bar of Texas president Kelly Frels is hopeful that the Bar's next executive director will be appointed by mid-September. Frels, a partn

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  • February 25, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Lateral Hiring Charts

      Lateral Hiring at Large Firms in T

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  • February 27, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Thomas Rice and Gregg Kosterlitzky have been named shareholders in Cox Smith Matthews in San Antonio. Rice practices in the creditors' rights, corporate restructuri

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  • April 21, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS. . . Eight associates with Gardere Wynne Sewell have been named partners. Cynthia J. Bishop, Gregory S. Heath, Michael H. Newman, Robert M. Reed Jr., John W. Slate

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