Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
A lingering question was answered Wednesday when Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a news release that he is reappointing all 10 sitting Texas Business Court judges to two-year terms. The announcement comes about a month before the current terms are set to expire Sept. 1.
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the Dallas court of appeals agrees a trial court got it wrong by forcing the parties in a breach of contract case into a bench trial when one requested trial by jury, and an automotive equipment manufacturer sued by Tesla tells the court the company named the wrong defendant.
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo V. Rodriguez this week rejected a joint request from Jackson Walker and the U.S. Trustee to extend deadlines in the cases where the bankruptcy watchdog is attempting to claw back millions in fees awarded to the law firm.
Mark Cuban’s quest to depose the corporate representative of Arena Development Intermediate is moving forward after a Dallas judge set a hearing for next month on the Rule 202 petition. Cuban’s filing claims the pre-suit deposition is aimed at uncovering details about how the Dallas Mavericks struck a deal to buy the Valley View Mall property.
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a direct-to-consumer eyewear company alleges Perkins Coie’s failure to conduct basic diligence ahead of a planned acquisition cost it $50 million, the appellate courts in Houston wipe out a pair of multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, and a Dallas seafood company draws a fine from the federal government for mislabeling Chilean salmon as a more expensive product.
A majority of the families whose daughters died in the Camp Mystic flooding last summer asked a bankruptcy judge this week to clarify whether the automatic stay of litigation that went into effect after the camp filed for bankruptcy impacts their ability to continue pursuing claims against certain individual defendants.
For infringing one patent held by Viasat that covers technology used in flash memory, jurors Thursday afternoon determined Kioxia owes $229 million in damages in the form of a running royalty.
About four months after the U.S. Trustee and Jackson Walker informed the court they had reached a deal that would resolve the federal bankruptcy watchdog’s objections to nine settlements totaling about $4.7 million, the judge overseeing the case has recommended the settlements be approved.
Opening statements in the fourth bellwether trial against 3M Company — stemming from a fatal explosion that rocked a West Houston neighborhood in 2020 — had an air of déjà vu Tuesday as the plaintiffs’ lawyers urged jurors to find 3M at fault, while attorneys for the multinational conglomerate argued the actions, and inactions, of Watson Grinding and Manufacturing leadership was solely to blame.
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a jury in Austin determines a company that makes synthetic turf fields “fraudulently concealed” material defects in the product and awarded an injured former high school lacrosse player about $2.7 million, and we detail two cases involving issues of first impression.
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