Tom Leatherbury

New SMU law clinic to focus on First Amendment

2019-10-22T17:30:57-05:00

DALLAS – The SMU Dedman School of Law will launch a First Amendment Clinic in Fall 2020, thanks to a generous gift of $900,000 from the Stanton Foundation. The clinic will focus on First Amendment issues including free speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly and petition. First Amendment attorney Tom Leatherbury, a partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP, will serve as an adjunct professor and direct the clinic. This funding will cover the core operating expenses of the clinic for five years. Read the full story from SMU.

New SMU law clinic to focus on First Amendment2019-10-22T17:30:57-05:00

Lawsuit secrets related to West explosion keep public in the dark

2014-08-04T15:06:29-05:00

By Sue Ambrose The Dallas Morning News Originally published July 26, 2014 Secrets wrapped up in lawsuits over the 2013 explosion of the fertilizer plant in West could keep valuable health and safety information hidden from the public forever. Because a judge has approved confidentiality agreements requested by attorneys, even people who live in West may never find out much more about what happened. The agreements allow both sides to label as confidential virtually all information uncovered as the lawyers prepare for trial. “I’ve read hundreds of these. I read them all the time,” said Richard Zitrin, a law professor who [...]

Lawsuit secrets related to West explosion keep public in the dark2014-08-04T15:06:29-05:00
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