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09-0387 SEVERANCE v. JERRY PATTERSON, COMMISSIONER OF THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE
No full text09-0387 Carol Severance v. Jerry Patterson, et al. certified questions from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit For appellant: J. David Breemer, Sacramento, Calif. For appellees: Daniel L. Geyser, Austin In this rehearing involving Hurricane Rita’s
08-0421 THE STATE OF TEXAS v. PUBLIC UTILITY COMM'N OF TEXAS
No full text08-0421 State of Texas v. Public Utility Commission of Texas from Travis County and the Third District Court of Appeals, Austin For petitioners: Jonathan Day, Austin, and Alton J. Hall Jr., Houston For petitioners CenterPoint and Texas Genco: Thomas R. P
08-0061 THE STATE OF TEXAS v. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY SIGN ASSOCIATES
No full text08-0061 State of Texas v. Central Expressway Sign Associates, et al. from Dallas County and the Fifth District Court of Appeals, Dallas For petitioner: Susan Desmarais Bonnen, Austin For respondents: Joe H. Staley Jr., Dallas, and Sydney Nell Floyd, Hous
07-1026 DITTA v. CONTE
No full text07-1026 Louis M. Ditta v. Susan C. Conte and Joseph P. Conte Jr. from Harris County and the First District Court of Appeals, Houston For petitioner: Michael J. Cenatiempo and Thomas C. Wright, Houston For respondents: Susan Conte: Karen L. Watkins, Austi
Conflicting Interests of Labor Demands and Employer Based Immigration Laws: Old Problems Require New Solutions (Comment)
No full textThis comment will examine whether employer sanctions are good public policy for enforcing immigration laws. It will look at the two ways DHS has recently been enforcing immigration laws in the workplace, "no match" letters and workplace raids. It seeks to determine whether these are effective methods to enforce immigration law violations. In doing so, it will look at the effect these policies have on employees, both citizens and non-citizens. In addition, it will also analyze recent legal challenges posed by workers and worker rights groups. Finally, it will determine whether these policies are discriminatory or whether they lead to discriminatory practices
International Legal Protection of Trademarks in China
No full textThis article addresses major trademark-related international regimes in which China participates. The article will discuss the Chinese obligations under certain international treaties and agreements, both multilateral and bilateral, and use some Chinese court decisions to illustrate how these obligations are fulfilled in its judicial practice. Finally, the article will provide an assessment of the effectiveness of these international regimes in China and offer observations on future development in protection through better enforcement. Three arguments will be made: (1) International trademark law is taking roots in China; (2) China is taking its international obligations to protect trademarks seriously, and it has achieved much in harmonizing its domestic law with the international standards on trademarks; and (3) China should still do more to improve its enforcement of international and domestic rules aimed at protecting trademarks
Profits Above The Law: China’s Melamine Tainted Milk Scandal
No full textThis paper considers China's food safety regulatory regime and the fundamental flaws that permeate both its supervision system and governing laws. Part I examines the market structure in the dairy industry and how the government failed to regulate the chaotic market that forced competitors to externalize costs and resulted in the inevitable milk scandal. Part II addresses how the Sanlu Group and local government concealed the scandal for fear of bad publicity and loss of profits. Part III examines the measures that the Chinese government took in response to this scandal and previous crises. The paper argues that the government should search for a new direction- both in law and policy, because its traditional, paternalistic, top-down style of supervision has failed repeatedly. The paper also argues that the present system does little to prevent the dairy industry from pursuing profits at the expense of consumer welfare, and that the government should regulate the market towards inducing milk processors to internalize the cost of doing business. Furthermore, much could be achieved by consumer participation in product safety issues through private litigation
08-0727 TEXAS INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS v. CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC
No full text08-0727 Texas Industrial Energy Consumers v. CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC and Public Utility Commission of Texas from Travis County and the Third District Court of Appeals, Austin For petitioner: Lino Mendiola and Jonathan Day, Austin For resp