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The shear number of personal injury claims has been on the rise over the past decade, as individuals have grown to understand to a far greater extent their rights and the responsibilities of companies, institutions and governments concerning the public and professional health and safety.

Car accidents happen all of the time and are the most common cause of sudden death for most citizens all over the world. One common reason for hiring an attorney for this purpose is if they were injured due to a drunk driver. Also, some car accidents are caused by mechanical failures and by others being irresponsible.

A Tarrant County jury has returned a $3.3 million verdict for a Texas woman who was sexually assaulted by a maintenance worker at her apartment complex.

For more than two decades, attorney Allen Skuce has represented fathers, mothers, and children in a variety of family law proceedings ranging for custody disputes, property division, support matters and child protection issues.

The Harvard University Club of Houston will be joining in a year-long, worldwide celebration of the school’s 375th Anniversary by throwing a birthday party on May 11 at the Junior League of Houston. The black-tie event, Harvard’s 375th Anniversary Fête, is open to the public as well as more than 2,500 alumni in the Houston-Galveston area. It will benefit a number of educational causes while honoring three notable Harvard alumni from the Houston-Galveston area.

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One of the most common instances of illness or ailment experienced by overseas travellers is that of salmonella, sometimes described as food poisoning. Most typically the result of ingesting bacteria through contaminated food such as meat, poultry, eggs or milk, the symptoms of salmonella can be severe. Abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea; it’s the last thing anyone wants to deal with at home, let alone on holiday on foreign soil.

Despite stringent U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations for prescription medications, thousands of people are seriously injured or killed by dangerous drugs in the United States each year. One Arizona law firm is standing up for victims’ rights and fighting back – and winning.

At one time or another, the majority of people will require access to legal representation or advice. Whether it’s minor matters such as those related to property, wills or trusts, or more complicated court proceedings and high-stakes legal issues, the two main factors which drive the majority of clients are that of quality and value.

A trademark is tag of a company. So a company needs to be proper in its registration and maintenance. Here in this article we discuss those parameters which need to be taken care of for trademark maintenance.

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Attorney Celeste R. Yeager, Vice-Chair of the Hospitality Industry Team at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, is slated to participate in the 2012 Labor and Employment Roundtable hosted by The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) at the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. The event will be held May 6-7 at the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, N.Y.

The current economic crisis has caused tough times for millions of hardworking people around the world. It also put a spotlight on banks that have been attempting to take advantage of their customers. A little over a year ago, the FSA, an organisation that oversees finance practices, won an important victory for consumers across the UK. In April 2011 the High Court ruled in favour of the FSA in its case against UK banks, which were found to be misleading borrowers when selling Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) policies.

Partners Richard O. Faulk and John S. Gray of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP have been selected as recipients of the 2012 Burton Award for Legal Achievement for their article “Public Nuisance at the Crossroads: Policing the Intersection Between Statutory Primacy and Common Law.”

Texas’ Rasansky Law Firm is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Rasansky will be recognized as a top personal injury lawyer in D Magazine’s The Best Lawyers in Dallas 2012 List compilation of the city’s very best attorneys.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Environmental partner Fran E. Phillips was recently elected to the Board of the EPA Alumni Association, Inc., a nationwide community of former employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Her election was announced April 19 at the association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

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Twenty-four government agencies, government individuals, and nine corporations have been sued in the United States District Court Eastern District of Arkansas Case No: 3:12-cv-00097-JMM. The case cites organized theft of intellectual properties asserting the defendants are responsible for massive piracy of multiple copyrighted works that are generating billions of dollars in illegal proceeds in concert with private enterprises causing more than $87 billion dollars in harm to the legal owners of copyrighted intellectual properties.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is proud to announce that nine Firm attorneys have been named to D Magazine’s list of “The Best Lawyers in Dallas,” which will be published in the magazine’s May 2012 edition.

The noted Family Law firm of McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing, L.L.P., is pleased to announce that three partners have earned a place on D Magazine’s annual listing of “The Best Lawyers in Dallas.”

The Dallas-based law firm of Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank LLP is pleased to announce that name partners Michael Gruber, Michael Hurst and Mark Shank have earned recognition in D Magazine's 2012 listing of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas.”

Richard O. Faulk, Chair of the Litigation Department of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, will be a featured luncheon speaker on “Perspectives on Daubert” during the three-day Judicial Symposium on Scientific Evidence in the Courts hosted by the George Mason University School of Law at the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel in Fairfax, Va. In addition to his April 24 luncheon speech, Mr. Faulk will moderate panel discussions regarding evidentiary issues raised by hydraulic fracturing litigation and claims involving Bisphenol A (BPA).

Dallas arbitrator and appellate attorney Deborah Hankinson will be a featured speaker in a national conference of lawyers, arbitrators and business people addressing arbitration trends and methods for keeping arbitrations from getting out of control.