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AZA Argues Newspaper Defamation Case Before Texas Supreme Court
AUSTIN, Texas – Attorney Jane Langdell Robinson, Of Counsel with Houston’s AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, recently argued before the Texas Supreme Court that media reporting on the private lives of a public employee’s family members are not entitled to enhanced protection under the First Amendment when the reporting is not on a matter […]
Texas Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Fort Bend Defamation Case
HOUSTON – The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a defamation lawsuit filed against a Houston-area newspaper and a reporter who wrote a false story attacking the local chief deputy sheriff and his son. The reporter, who previously worked at the sheriff’s department, blamed the chief deputy when she was fired after […]
Houston Appeals Court Says Corporate Officer Not Responsible for Debt
HOUSTON – The Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas in Houston has found that a Harris County trial court erred by holding a corporate officer responsible for the debts of a failed local spa. In a July 23 opinion, a three-judge panel from the appeals court found that Francie Willis, a corporate […]
Texas Saltwater Fishing Magazine Wins Federal Copyright, Trademark Battle in Houston
HOUSTON – A Houston area federal judge has ruled in favor of the publishers of Texas Saltwater Fishing Magazine after finding that the magazine’s nameplate does not violate the copyright on a logo used by a similarly named fishing website. U.S. District Judge Gregg Costa last week tossed out a copyright claim filed by the […]



