Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
In this edition of Asked & Answered, Hilgers partner David Sillers talks about his First Amendment practice and shares his most memorable moments in his career so far. Sillers recently joined the firm and reunited with managing partner Grant Schmidt and partner Cynthia Schmidt, whom he met while clerking alongside them for former U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn.
The families of nine Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died in the July 4 flood last summer filed a lawsuit Monday morning in the Western District of Texas against the Texas Department of State Health Services, claiming the agency should not have approved the camp’s license. The camp’s license expires next week, and it has announced it will reopen this summer.
U.S. District Judge Wes Hendrix granted summary judgment and found House Bill 1696 violates the First Amendment. The court found little had changed since the Fifth Circuit’s November ruling.
CAM Industrial Solutions failed to convince the jury in its trade secrets lawsuit against Brown & Root. The Chambers County jury trial lasted three weeks with the jury deliberating for nearly two days.
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker has been ordered to pay sanctions for failing to comply with court orders. While the firm is ordered to pay over $102,000 to compensate the plaintiffs for their attorney fees, the Harris County District Court warned further violations will result in more severe sanctions.
Judge Andrea Bouressa granted the defense's motion for directed verdict Wednesday afternoon and dismissed the jury on the second day of trial. This is the first jury trial for the newly established court to reach a conclusion.
The first jury trial for the Texas Business Court in Dallas began Tuesday in a case involving an oral agreement between two businessmen. This is the second jury trial for the Lone Star State’s newest court.
A team of Porter Hedges attorneys secured over a $57 million jury verdict for their client, Shintech Incorporated, earlier this week. The manufacturing company accused Olin Corporation of breaching its contract by refusing to provide the agreed-upon amount of vinyl chloride monomer.
In this edition of Asked & Answered, Mo Lovett Law’s founder discusses opening a new office in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and growing her law firm a year into opening. She also talked about mentorship and the state of the profession.
In this edition of the Litigation Roundup, the first jury trial for the Texas Business Court kicked off, while Johnson & Johnson had a motion for summary judgment and its request for a new trial denied and a former partner of a Dallas venture capital firm filed a lawsuit against the firm and its founders, alleging fraud and more. That and more in this week’s edition.
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