December 21, 2016
A Texas attorney sanctioned $175,000 after a federal magistrate judge found he'd acted with "pervasive misconduct" and smeared his opposing counsel on Tuesday objected to the sanctions order, saying the judge was attempting to chill the underlying Americans with Disabilities Act litigation.
December 08, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday ordered an attorney to pay $175,000 in legal fees as a sanction for "pervasive misconduct" in litigation over alleged Americans With Disabilities Act violations, including false, abusive statements about opposing counsel, who he accused of making racist slurs.
September 13, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Monday refused to disqualify a magistrate judge from overseeing multiple Americans with Disabilities Act cases after an attorney alleged the magistrate judge didn't properly investigate accusations that opposing counsel used a racial slur in an email, finding the bias and prejudice allegations speculative.
September 12, 2016
An attorney representing a client in multiple Americans with Disabilities Act cases told a Texas federal court on Friday that the magistrate judge overseeing the disputes must recuse himself because he failed to properly investigate accusations that opposing counsel used an alleged racial slur in an email.
August 12, 2016
A Texas federal magistrate on Thursday dismissed a request for sanctions against a civil rights attorney who used an alleged racial slur in a battle over Americans with Disabilities Act suits, days after the attorney who filed the sanctions bid asked for it to be tossed.
August 10, 2016
Amid a heated sanctions battle in a series of federal Americans with Disabilities Act suits, a Texas civil rights attorney said Wednesday his opposing counsel has made "false, abusive" statements about him more than 100 times during the course of the litigation.
August 01, 2016
A Texas civil rights attorney who has exchanged motions for sanctions with opposing counsel in an Americans with Disabilities Act suit told a Texas federal judge on Monday that the latest filing from the opposition is rife with "vitriolic, baseless attacks," including new allegations of anti-Semitism.
July 27, 2016
Attorney Omar Rosales pushed back in Texas federal court Tuesday against a sanctions bid from James C. Harrington, the opposing counsel in an Americans with Disabilities Act suit, saying the effort was baseless and a continuation of Harrington's "extreme behavior" which has also included the use of a racial slur.
July 21, 2016
A Texas civil rights attorney accused of directing a racial slur at another lawyer called the allegations an "outrageous personal attack" on Wednesday, telling a federal judge the claims are worthy of sanctions.
July 20, 2016
A civil rights defense attorney on Tuesday urged a Texas federal court to reject claims by opposing counsel that his use of "sapo" in an email constitutes a racial slur deserving of sanctions in a number of Americans With Disabilities Acts suits, arguing the word is local slang for "toad."