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Craig Smith

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    December 22, 2011

    How Much Does Perot Dislike Cuban? Enough to Try to Take Away Mavs, Stars Fans' Parking.

    ​It's become very clear in recent days that Ross Perot Jr. isn't about to walk away from his feud with Mark Cuban. On December 2, his attorneys notified the Fifth Court of Appeals that he intends to fight Judge Craig Smith's order tossing that suit in which Perot accuses Cuban of mismanaging the D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    In Legal One-on-One Against Ross Perot Jr., Mark Cuban Wins as Judge Tosses Case

    ​On May 10, 2010, Hillwood Investment Properties' Ross Perot Jr. got the bright idea to sue Mark Cuban in Dallas County District Court, hoping to prove that the "reckless and careless" Dallas Mavericks owner had put the team $200-and-some-odd million in debt and "in imminent danger of insolvency." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    That $40-Million Breach of Contract Suit Against Dallas ISD Sure Did Heat Up Quickly

    ​On Friday we brought you the news that the Dallas Independent School District has been hit with a $40-million breach of contract suit filed by Delcom Group. Long story short: The Lewisville-based tech company was initially awarded a mammoth deal to convert schoolrooms into digital classrooms. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    When Local Attorneys Judge the Judges

    His JEP results may be low, but have you ever noticed how star-studded Carlos Cortez's photo album is?​Judges hate the Dallas Bar Association's judicial evaluation polls, a semi-semi-tradition dating to 1975 that took a brief pause in '07, when judges managed to get the thing sidelined by grousing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Judge Still Doesn't Like Those Red-Light Cams, But Nothing's Final Yet

    Yesterday, shortly after State District Judge Craig Smith reaffirmed his earlier ruling that Affiliated Computer Services's red-light cameras violate a state law requiring an investigations license, I e-mailed Kevin Lightfoot, ACS's veep of corporate communications, for a comment. This is what he sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    City of Dallas on Red-Light Camera Ruling: Doesn't Affect Us, No Way.

    First thing yesterday we noted 192nd Civil District Court Judge Craig Smith's ruling in the red-light camera case in which a plaintiff claimed Affiliated Computer Services doesn't have the legal right to act as a law-enforcement agency. This morning, we received a statement from Frank Librio, spokes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    No Stopping the Stop-Light Cams? That's ACS's Official Position.

    One more follow-up to the red-light camera ruling: Moments ago, Kevin Lightfoot, vice president of corporate communications for Affiliated Computer Services, shot us his company's statement concerning 192nd Civil District Court Judge Craig Smith's order of November 19. Lightfoot also provides an upd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    So, Those ACS Red-Light Cameras Aren't Legal? Wait Just a Minute.

    An interesting case to keep an eye on this a.m. in 192nd Civil District Court Judge Craig Smith's courtroom: Amanda Ward v. ACS State and Local Solutions Inc., in which a local attorney has taken Affiliated Computer Services to court for mailing to the house a traffic ticket the attorney says is no ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2001

    Homefryin' with Fred Baron

    Dallas' largest plaintiff's firm, Baron & Budd, cultivates friends, punishes enemies and beats allegations it prompts clients to lie and win

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