Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Burke Bogdanowicz may be only a month in existence, but it turns out that the firm’s office space has a storied history as the filming location for the final boardroom scene in the 1987 film RoboCop. The lawyers learned this last week when a Netflix crew and the writer of RoboCop paid their office a surprise visit. Founding firm partners Aaron Burke and Rob Bogdanowicz detailed the experience for The Lawbook.
After three hours of deliberation, a Marshall, Texas federal jury of three men and four women found Samsung Display Company infringed on two smartphone screen display patents owned by an Irish company. The prevailing side spoke with Natalie Posgate about how they won the case.
A Fort Worth federal judge has dismissed a securities fraud class action against Arlington-based Six Flags Entertainment Corp. after finding the allegations of two anonymous employees unreliable — allegations that essentially anchored the plaintiffs’ entire case.
Weil’s Dallas office is starting its Monday having gained another lawyer in the firm’s complex commercial litigation practice. The lateral hire reflects on a current trend of litigation boutiques losing their partners to elite national firms.
If you’re an intellectual property lawyer, you might still be thinking of the VLSI v. Intel trial and the whopping $2.175 billion judgment that the jury rendered for VLSI. Beyond the fact that Waco jurors can get down with giving plaintiffs big bucks, what else did we learn? A handful of IP experts weighed in on their biggest takeaways.
A state appeals court this week upheld a $3 million-plus trial court judgment in an oil and gas contract case. The appeal involved a debate over the correct language for standard of care in joint operating agreements, and the non-prevailing side says the debate isn't over. Litigation writer Natalie Posgate has the details.
Even as U.S. District Judge Alan Albright was in the middle of one of the most closely-watched patent infringement trials of the year, he gave The Texas Lawbook and the IP community some of his time to sit in the hot seat and discuss patterns and trends unfolding in and out of his courtroom.
The Austin-based movie theater chain — known as a pioneer for the dine-in-theater experience — is the latest indoor, consumer-oriented business to fall prey to the financial woes of the Covid-19 pandemic. Natalie Posgate details where the company filed and who from Texas has appeared in the case.
A Texas appellate court has reversed a $1.2 million judgment against a marketing professional who wrote a negative Yelp review about a dentist who owed him money. The marketer's lawyers say the ruling is a win for both the protection of broad-form releases and free speech.
Jurors in the VLSI v. Intel patent infringement trial ended their deliberations shortly after noon today, awarding VLSI $2.175 billion. The patented technology is related to the speed and power-saving capabilities of computer chips. The Lawbook's Natalie Posgate has the details.
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