Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
The San Antonio-based deer hunting organization alleges that a larger international hunting nonprofit stole its proprietary information and gave it to a competitor. TTHA hired a lawyer that is as passionate about its case as he is about hunting. Natalie Posgate has the details.
Julia Simon's son was jogging a few blocks from the North Dallas home the family has lived in for 20 years, when a white woman saw him and screamed. The message was clear, but it took a while to fully sink in. The Mary Kay CLO explains to Natalie Posgate how the incident shook her family.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday upheld a nearly half-billion-dollar judgment in favor of HP, paving the way for its courtroom opponent, Taiwanese CD-ROM manufacturer Quanta Storage, to pay the computer software company $438 million and begin turning over its assets.
With a filing in Hong Kong, an otherwise routine employment dispute between recruiters Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney gained global dimension. But it always had the one essential element of a feud: they once were friends. Natalie Posgate explains.
UPDATED: Sonic officials late Thursday apologized directly to the families of seven African-American teenagers for the discriminatory treatment they endured at one of the company's North Dallas drive-in restaurants. The parents included a Dallas judge and several prominent in-house lawyers. Natalie Posgate's update includes the full text of Sonic's public statement.
A Tulsa, Oklahoma-based shale driller and a Houston-based provider of drilling fluids are the latest companies in the energy industry to file for bankruptcy protection in South Texas federal courts.
A federal appeals court recently told a town in Colorado that it could not impose a door-to-door soliciting curfew on one of the largest pest control companies in the nation. But the ruling does more than allow the company to knock on residents’ doors at dinnertime; it’s a landmark First Amendment victory too. Natalie Posgate learned more from Jeremy Fielding, the Dallas attorney who prevailed.
The Southern District of Texas has been a hub for corporate bankruptcies for some time, but even more so now as energy companies continue to be crippled by the one-two punch of the coronavirus outbreak and oil price war. Natalie Posgate explains the circumstances behind three new energy bankruptcies in Houston and identifies their lawyers.
Ending weeks, even months, of speculation, Texas-based retailer J.C. Penney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Friday in the Southern District of Texas. Natalie Posgate reports.
Colorado-based Ultra Petroleum is one of the latest energy companies to file for bankruptcy amid the COVID-19 and oil pricing crises. The restructuring is another example of Kirkland and Jackson Walker teaming up. Natalie Posgate has the details.
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