Legal Profiles

Houston Grand Opera Announces New $22 Million Fund within the HGO Endowment

Sarah and Ernest Butler make the largest gift in HGO’s 68-year history HGO Studio is renamed Sarah and Ernest Butler Houston Grand Opera Studio At tonight’s annual Concert of Arias, the 35th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, Houston […]

Western Governors University Announces Partnership with Veryable Inc.

Operators eligible for $2,500 scholarships Veryable Incorporated will sign a partnership agreement with Western Governors University (WGU), an accredited, online nonprofit university to provide operators the opportunity to pursue multiple paths to higher education and professional development. As part of the partnership […]

Paxton Fights to Stop Large Outside Groups from  Receiving More than Victims in Class Action Cases 

Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton has joined two Montana-led cert-stage amicus briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing against advocacy groups receiving large funds in settlement cases when the victims receive little or nothing. At issue are cy pres awards, which are awards often granted to non-class third-party advocacy organizations when courts decide that they can do more for a class than […]