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Securities and commercial litigation firm Zwerling, Schacter & Zwerling looking for answers as dust settles in massive Madoff Wall Street fraud

Mike Androvett
December 16, 2008 16:32

Attorneys at New York-based financial securities and commercial litigation firm Zwerling, Schacter & Zwerling are representing at least four clients who may have lost hundreds of millions in Bernard L. Madoff's massive and still-unfolding Wall Street investment fraud. Attorneys Jeffrey...

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On Eve of Gulf Oil Spill Trial, Sutherland Law Firm Unveils Crisis Management & Complex Litigation Website

Mike Androvett
February 23, 2012 06:00

With the Gulf Oil spill trial set to start with a day of opening statements in New Orleans Monday, the Houston office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP , which represents a key player in the trial,  launched a  Crisis Management and Complex Litigation website to provide clients and...

After 10-Year Battle, Burn Victim Prevails With $2.5 Million Award

Mike Androvett
February 14, 2012 06:00

Legal battles sometimes bring about unusual alliances. Such is the case of Isabel Molina, who suffered severe burns over her face and body when the food trailer in which she worked caught fire in 2002 in Dallas. Molina sued the operator of the trailer, Juan Miguel ?Mike? Bonilla, in 2003 and...

Dallas Constitutional Lawyer Carl Cecere: History Indicates Supreme Court Will Uphold the Obama Health Care Law

Mike Androvett
February 02, 2012 18:42

The Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) spans nearly 2,700 pages. So there should be no surprise that there are lots of questions about what the new law could mean for U.S. citizens who are struggling to obtain health care coverage.   Perhaps the biggest question of all is whether...

Dallas Family Law Attorney Brad LaMorgese: Spouse of former Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders Trying to Stiff-Arm Prenup

Mike Androvett
January 27, 2012 19:00

File this one under `Celebrities and Their Spouses Behaving Badly.' The charges have gotten ugly on both sides in former Dallas Cowboys star Deion Sanders? breakup with second-wife Pilar Sanders, but the celebrity divorce filed in Dallas County also contains an interesting legal...

Tax Attorney Todd Lowther: IRS Offers Amnesty for Employers That Improperly Classify Workers

Mike Androvett
January 17, 2012 21:50

We?ve all read about amnesty offered to individuals who turn in unwanted handguns and for deadbeat dads who are behind on child support payments. Now, the IRS is offering its own sort of amnesty to employers who previously improperly classified workers as consultants or contractors, rather...

Top 10 Legal News Stories of 2011 for South, North Texas

Mike Androvett
January 04, 2012 16:58

Whether it?s best movies, worst fashion trends or stock market winners and losers, this time of year is loaded with Top 10 lists.  With so many former journalists in our ranks here at Androvett Legal Media & Marketing, it only makes sense that we?d throw out our own roundup of the...

Divorce Difficult for Grandparents Too

Mike Androvett
December 21, 2011 22:05

Often forgotten in divorces where children are involved is the pain suffered by grandparents. For them, emotional trauma is multiplied by the fact that grandparents are typically shut out of the legal process and have little or no control over visitation agreements. Like many other states,...

Dallas Personal Injury Attorney Branson: Time for Federal Government to Step Up Its Auto Safety Game

Mike Androvett
December 20, 2011 21:46

The last time the U.S. auto industry saw major new safety standards put into place, the floppy disc was just coming into vogue and ?Pong? was considered a cutting-edge video game. Because science and engineering have advanced considerably in the years since then, Dallas personal injury...

Houston Litigator Steven Mitby Wins Rare Exoneration Letter for Wrongly Accused Port of Houston Exec

Mike Androvett
December 16, 2011 23:22

Too often, news organizations trumpet allegations, then emit hardly a peep when charges turn out to be unsubstantiated. Earlier this month, Port of Houston CEO Alec Dreyer was formally vindicated on charges that he improperly used a port tour boat and altered a government document to hide the...