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Expert sues three law firms; claims defendants conspired to destroy consulting business

Article Abstract:

Daniel R. Fischel, co-owner of the Lexecon consulting firm has sued a number of Chicago attorneys and their law firms for conspiring to destroy his business. There is more to the matter than might appear from the documents in Fischel's suit. One of the law firms brought Lexecon into a Lincoln Savings and Loan Assn case as a defendant. Fischel contended in his suit that that case had a favorable outcome for Lexecon, but the judge who presided has revealed that charges against Lexecon were dismissed in return for an agreement to pay $900,000 to the class.

Business consulting, not elsewhere classified, Savings and Loan Associations Bailout Crisis, 1987-, Lexecon Inc.

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Dissent permitted; Texas appellate judge wins lawsuit against colleagues

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The Texas Supreme Court has held that Texas appellate judges may dissent even from court decisions in which they were not members of the panel who decided the case. This came as a vindication for Justice Michol O'Connor, who had been prevented from filing a dissent in a medical malpractice case the full court declined to consider. Her colleagues had contended that allowing any judge to dissent would be a violation of the confidentiality of intra-court communications and contribute to delayed publication of opinions.

Laws, regulations and rules, Judicial process, Appellate courts

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Texas judge sues colleagues; claims her dissent should be filed even though she did not hear case

Article Abstract:

Michol O'Connor, a judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Houston, TX, is suing her colleagues for the right to dissent in a case she did not hear. The case involved denial of medical treatment. The other justices barred her dissent after denying her request that the case be heard by the full court. The court invited O'Connor to sue in order to clarify the issue of denial of an en banc hearing, a practice that is common in the federal system and in some states and that has precedent in Texas.

Dissenting opinions, O'Connor, Michol

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