Welcome to the online headquarters of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Central Texas
Thank you for visiting the online headquarters of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) of Central Texas
We're a locally based, community coalition dedicated to raising awareness of the costs and consequences of frivolous lawsuits and how legal abuses affect our businesses and lives.
Our job is to make sure the courts are used for justice, not greed. All citizens with legitimate grievances should have the right the competent legal counsel and a fair civil justice system.
We're the leading legal watchdog in Texas. I look forward to working with you.
Best Regards
Stephanie Gibson
Executive Director
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) of Central Texas
Newsroom
Bell wins $2 million in suit over 2006 Perry donations
A state district judge on Tuesday awarded Chris Bell, the 2006 Democratic nominee for governor, $2 million in his lawsuit against the Republican Governors Association after ruling the group violated state law with a pair of last-minute $500,000 donations to GOP Gov. Rick Perry that year.
READ MORE NEWS POSTSGossip Blog 'TheDirty.com' Hit With $11 Million Defamation Judgment
A story today involving a Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader shows the significant hot water bloggers can get into if they ignore the law. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman ordered a gossip blog called TheDirty.com to pay cheerleader Sarah Jones $11 million for libel and defamation resulting from allegedly false accusations that Jones had sex with Bengal football players and had two venereal diseases.
READ MORE NEWS POSTSGood judges really do matter
The judiciary is an often overlooked and seldom understood branch of government. It is a branch of government, though, that has significant influence over our daily lives. Judges make decisions every day that affect our health care, community safety, and our economy.
Sadly most people ignore the judicial branch of government. Judicial races often do not enjoy the same level of interest as other races, but certainly the outcomes of these races have as much, if not more, impact on our daily lives.
READ MORE CITATIONSThe Specter of legal plunder
The aptly surnamed Arlen Specter is trying once again to bestow a generous tax break on the plaintiff's attorneys who comprise a significant portion of his and his fellow Democrats' contributor base.
The efforts of the shifty U.S. senator from Pennsylvania are opposed, once again, by Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas' stalwart representative from San Antonio.
But the opposition of Smith and like-minded colleagues must be strengthened if, as rumored, the Obama Administration decides to bypass Congress and use the Treasury Department to grease the "rich lawyer" tax break instead.
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