I wrote previously about Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott engaging in frivolous defenses and frivolous lawsuits. See my posts here and here. Well, now a Travis County Judge has found AG Abbott’s opinion about the VIA Transit center to also "border on the frivolous." See San Antonio Express News report. The issue concerns
frivolous lawsuits
Civil Rights Groups Will Seek $6 Million in Attorney’s Fees
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Litigation and trial practice
I recently wrote about the Texas Attorney General who has filed several high-profile frivolous lawsuits. See my post here. He spent close to $4 million on his political lawsuits. If that was not enough, the Attorney General also lost big in a big lawsuit. The winning party in a civil rights lawsuit has the…
Texas Attorney General Files Frivolous Lawsuits
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Litigation and trial practice
If I said one day, " I go to work, I sue the federal government, and then I go home," I would be accused of filing frivolous lawsuits. When Greg Abbott says the same thing, that he goes to work, sues the federal government, and then goes home, he is accused of effective politics. The…
Massive Lawsuit Against Bloggers is Reined In
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Defamation, General
Joseph Rakofsky sued some 74 people, who had the temerity to criticize him on the internet and other places. I previously wrote about his lawsuit against everybody here. He filed suit in the state of New York against everyone from the Washington Post to the ABA Bar Journal to J-Dog84@yahoo.com. He sued a few…
Consider the Reputation of the Employer’s Lawyer
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Litigation and trial practice
Dan Schwartz pens an interesitng post at Connecticut Employment Law Blog. He notes that an employer controls the discipline process. The employer decides when or whether to terminate an employee. But, the employer has no control over what lawyer the employee hires. Dan suggests good questions regarding the employee’s lawyer: does the lawyer typically accept…
Tit For Tat Does not Win Lawsuits
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in General
Some plaintiff clients want "revenge" of some sort when they file suit. That is, they see the defense lawyer pursuing some outrageous litigation tactic and the client then asks me what will I do in response? The client wants some comparable tactic. Tit for tat. You see this in Allen Sanford’s litigation mess. He recently…