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Harris AUSTIN – A number of tort reform measures were heard yesterday by Texas House members, including bills on public nuisance, loser pays and paid or incurred. The Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee spent the better part of the day listening to testimony. About forty minutes into the session, House Bill 2144 was discussed. Authored by Rep. Cody Harris, HB 2144 seeks to ensure that the tort of public nuisance is clearly defined and consistent with its trad...

Retired D.C. Circuit Judge Thomas B. Griffith Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth /EIN News/ -- Washington, Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that former D.C. Circuit Judge Thomas B. Griffith has joined the firm as a special counsel in its issues and appeals practice. Judge Griffith will be based in Washington, D.C., where he will focus his practice on appellate litigation, Congressional and internal investigations, and strategic counseling. Appointed to...

RICHMOND, Virginia – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal judge’s ruling denying former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry a new hearing. Loughry, who finished his federal prison sentence last week, had requested a new hearing based on a juror using social media during his 2018 trial. U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver had denied a new hearing, but Loughry’s attorneys appealed to the Fourth Circuit. A three-judge panel upheld Copenhaver’s ruling in a December...

CHARLESTON – Former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry is a free man. Loughry, 50, was released December 16 from a federal halfway house near Baltimore. He was moved there earlier this year. He declined to comment for this story. Loughry, who was assigned BOP inmate number 15022-088, reported to the Federal Correction Institution at Williamsburg in South Carolina on April 5, 2019. The facility in Baltimore generally provides assistance to inmates who are nearing release in the final 3-...