It is not surprising that Ken Paxton is being called to appear in U.S. District Court. He gave poor legal advice to Texas’ 254 County Clerks when he suggested they could possibly ignore the Supreme Court ruling regarding gay marriage. I wrote about that inaccurate legal advice here. There is nothing wrong with sincerely
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Fifth Circuit Still does not Credit Plaintiff’s Testimony
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Litigation and trial practice
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision Tolan v. Cotton, 572 US __, 134 S.Ct. 1861, 188 L.Ed.2d 895 a year ago. But, many courts still do not appreciate its holding. I wrote about the decision in Tolan v. Cotton here. The decision in Tolan essentially fusses at lower courts for not reviewing…
Wayne Wright Agrees to Consent Decree in Pregnancy Discrimination Case
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Discrimination
Wayne Wright, LLP, whose motto is the law firm demands “respect and justice” for its clients, was sued for pregnancy based discrimination in 2015. The EEOC filed suit after Kendra Taylor-Andrews filed a complaint with the EEOC. Ms. Taylor-Andrews had been employed by Wayne Wright in Houston since 2004. She received favorable performance reviews during…
Donald Trump is a Wacko Bird
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in General
Donald Trump, who apparently has a reputation for saying strange things, has said Sen. McCain was not a war hero because he was captured. Later, he qualified his comments, saying the senator was a hero but suggesting that being captured diminished his service. His comments are beyond silly. Donald Trump never served. He is far…
Non-Compete Agreements are Increasingly Common
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Contracts
Non-compete agreements have been used in the market place for decades within certain sectors, such as physicians and some sales representatives. In the past year or so, I have heard from several workers who signed non-compete agreements. One poor young woman, in her 20’s, was sued after she changed jobs. She simply moved to a…
Jury Finds Against Employee Despite Direct Evidence
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Litigation and trial practice
I tell my clients this can happen, but they usually just do not believe me. Good cases do sometimes lose at trial. Look at what happened in Wei v. Southwest Research Institute No. 12-CV-00872 (W.D. Tex. 2015). Qiang Wei is from China. He speaks Chinese. It seems obvious that a Chinese person might speak Chinese,…
Minor League Players Sue for Minimum Wage
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Wage and Hour Issues
Minor league baseball layers work long days. Yet, they are paid perhaps $5,000 for a five month season. Some are paid generous signing bonuses. Some receive no bonus. That means a great many baseball players are paid less than minimum wage. Wages below minimum wage violate the Fair Labo Standards Act. Three former minor league…
Governor Sends in the Guard
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in General
The request is a little silly. Gov. Abbott has asked the Texas National Guard to “monitor” the U.S. Army Special Forces as it performs some training at Camp Swift, near Bastrop. The Camp Swift exercise is part of a seven state training exercise for the SF guys. Some folks in Bastrop were concerned. They seem…
Litigation is not too Different from any Other Sales Pitch
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in General
I love the free enterprise system. But, it only works well if we are smart consumers. There are many sellers out there who will try to sell us things we do not need. My girlfriend was looking at a new car, recently. She asked for a breakdown of the total cost. She was quite surprised…
Ft. Hood Victims Receive Recognition
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in General
I previously wrote about the attack at Ft. Hood by Major Hassan here and here. Now, the victims of that attack have received some recogntion. The military service members received Purple Hearts and the civilian victims received the civilian Defense of Freedom Medal. The widow of CW2 (Ret) Michael Cahill received the Defense of…