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SpringerLyle is an advocacy firm. We help people who have suffered severe injuries and businesses… [more]

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Frank Lyle

Frank Lyle is a past President of the Denton County Trial Lawyers Association. He is AV rated by… [more]

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Jeff Springer

Jeff Springer has more than two decades of experience serving as an advocate for individuals, families… [more]

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Kimberly Markel

Kimberly A. Markel focuses her practice in residential and commercial real estate transactions,… [more]

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Sarah Taylor

Sarah Taylor focuses her practice in personal injury litigation and business litigation. She brings… [more]

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The New “Loser Pays”

A lot of my friends have asked me about the new “loser pays” law and how I expect it to affect litigation in Texas.  For years, Texas and most other states followed the so-called, “American Rule” whereby litigants pay their own attorneys’ fees.  There were exceptions, such as certain statutory provisions that allowed recovery of attorneys fees in breach of contract, declaratory … [Read More...]

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The Risks of Using Generic Drugs

by Sarah Taylor, SpringerLyle ••• In June of 2011, the United States Supreme Court decided an important issue regarding the warning labels on prescription drugs in Pliva, Inc. et al v. Mensing.  Mensing was a prescription drug failure-to-warn-case.  It dealt with prescription drug companies’ failure to put accurate warnings on their drug labels, leading to patients taking dangerous … [Read More...]

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Cancer Risk linked to Diabetes Treatment

By Frank Lyle “Actos” is the brand name for a drug (pioglitazone) used to treat adult onset, Type-II diabetes. In June of 2011, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the public that this drug may increase the risk of bladder cancer. The FDA required new warnings to be placed on the medication’s label sold under the names Actos, Actoplus Met and Duetact. The drug has already been … [Read More...]

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Copyright Dispute Over Tattoo not to Block Movie

May 24, 2011 By Debra Cassens Weiss From ABAJournal.com: Judge Rules ‘Hangover II’ May Be Released, Despite Copyright Dispute over Tattoo The show must go on, according to a federal judge ruling in a copyright dispute involving a tattoo. The Hangover: Part II was allowed … [Read More...]

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Emotional Distress without Physical Damages – Supreme Court to Review

With a hat-tip to the blog, “How Appealing,” the ABA Journal is reporting that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the Washington Supreme Court whether its product liability laws will allow … [Read More...]

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No Better Care, Thanks to Tort Reform

Published in The Texas Tribune by guest columnist, Charles M. Silver In 2006, Dr. Howard Marcus wrote that Texas’ 2003 tort reform statute sparked an “amazing turnaround” in which … [Read More...]

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Tragedy Brought on by Tainted Fruit

By Moni Basu, CNN William Beach was one of those people who fixated on certain foods. He would eat the same thing voraciously for a few days, and then, when he tired of the same tastes, he moved … [Read More...]

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Hip Implant Complaints Increase, While Dangers Are Reviewed

By BARRY MEIER and JANET ROBERTS of the New York Times Published: August 22, 2011 The federal government has received a surge in complaints in recent months about failed hip replacements, suggesting … [Read More...]

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