SDTX Takes No. 2 Spot for Most Tort Cases
The Southern District of Texas ranks second in a Lex Machina report released Thursday that examines which venues handled the greatest number of tort cases between 2022 and 2024.
Litigation Roundup: Proxy Advisory Firms Get Texas’ ESG Disclosure Rule Paused
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a Dallas-based lender can’t escape a $6.7 million judgment, and a man injured on the job asks the Texas Supreme Court to reinstate his $15.4 million win against CenterPoint Energy.
Freeman Seeks Dismissal of GWG Bondholders’ RICO Suit
Elizabeth Freeman and her law firm filed the 54-page dismissal motion, which includes more than 1,000 pages of exhibits, on Tuesday. The bondholders had filed suit in June, alleging she was among a group of individuals working “together to prey upon distressed entities for their own financial gain.”
Litigation Roundup: Dallas Firm Readies for Airline Fatality Trial
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Baker Botts is hired by Tesla to defend against patent infringement claims in the Eastern District of Texas, jury selection is underway in an airline crash fatality suit that a Dallas law firm is taking to trial in Washington State, and a recent appellate ruling from Eastland could have a broad impact in personal injury cases.
Litigation Roundup: SFA’s Plans to Cut Women’s Sports Halted
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Phillips 66 must pay $195 million in exemplary damages — on top of nearly $605 million in compensatory damages — in a trade secrets case in California, a federal judge in East Texas sides with female athletes at Stephen F. Austin State University who brought a Title IX lawsuit after the university announced it would end several women’s sports programs, and Amazon is the latest target of a company accusing retail behemoths of infringing barcode technology.
Sungard AS, Jackson Walker Reach Bankruptcy Fee Settlement
Information technology company Sungard AS New Holdings has asked the court to approve a $385,000 settlement it reached with Jackson Walker that would end its bankruptcy fee dispute with the Dallas-based law firm. This marks back-to-back weeks companies involved in the bankruptcy fee dispute have asked the court to approve settlements with the firm.
Litigation Roundup: Southwest Airlines ‘A-Lister’ Alleges Racial Discrimination
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Skechers draws a patent infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas over its line of slip-on shoes, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is accused of race discrimination by a doctor who was removed from a flight, and the Fifth Court of Appeals clarifies the rules on supersedeas bonds in an appeal from a $30.7 million jury award.
Seadrill Partners Seeks Approval of Jackson Walker Bankruptcy Settlement
Seadrill Partners and Seadrill Limited — the offshore drilling rig operators whose bankruptcy proceedings are among the 33 cases where the U.S. Trustee’s Office is trying to claw back millions in fees awarded to Jackson Walker — asked the court on Friday to approve its $485,000 settlement with the Dallas-based law firm.
Courtroom Curveball: $440M Longtime Dispute Over Sale of Astros Ends in Settlement
After nearly 12 years of litigating, it took exactly one day of trial testimony for Jim Crane and Drayton McLane to settle their $440 million fight over the sale of the Houston Astros and a stake in a regional sports network. The Texas Lawbook’s Michelle Casady has the details from the courtroom and more.
Testimony Begins in $440M Fight Over Astros Sale
Two heavyweights of the Houston business community, Jim Crane and Drayton McLane, were at their respective tables in the well of the courtroom as a panel of nine women and six men —12 jurors and three alternates — filed into the jury box in the Ceremonial Courtroom on the 17th floor of the Harris County Civil District Courthouse Thursday morning for the first day of testimony in a case where $440 million is at stake.