Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
She was a bronze medalist in the 2000 Olympics, but Tasha Schwikert's role as an ex-athlete and lawyer may yet prove her most enduring. As Natalie Posgate explains, the reasons are personal.
A new ruling keeps six lawsuits in open court that allege a lack of security — and candor — by a Dallas-area independent living facility yielded tragic consequences when a serial killer murdered eight residents in 2016.
A federal judge in East Texas is allowing a Houston wrestler’s copyright infringement lawsuit against the publisher of the “Call of Duty” video game to move forward after declining Wednesday to dismiss it. Natalie Posgate has the details.
Two plaintiffs' attorneys have completed a $13 million purchase of Loncar & Associates from the estate of the celebrity attorney once known as "The Strong Arm." The deal closed in January and Natalie Posgate has the details.
The long-anticipated bankruptcy of home decor retailer Pier 1 was filed Monday in Virginia. The company has been buffeted in recent months by the death of its GC, a plan to close down 450 stores and, at one point, a halt in trading. Now it says it's looking for a buyer. Natalie Posgate has the details.
The unprecedented settlement between an affiliate of ExxonMobil and the Canadian government ends a 16-year dispute. The winning team included Houston lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright.
A federal jury in Sherman has delivered a take-nothing defense verdict for domain name company Sea Wasp LLC, which had been sued by one of its customers.
A Dallas state court ruled Friday that a former University of Texas football player’s lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association will remain in Dallas despite the NCAA’s efforts to move the case to Travis County.
“Meet me at the mall, it’s goin’ down,” has a whole new meaning beyond the lyrics in a 2006 hip-hop single after a jury found a real estate developer defrauded an investor in order to buy a Houston mall. Natalie Posgate details the story, which actually involved them meeting at the mall.
It took a Houston jury only 30 minutes to decide last month that the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam hadn't defrauded a member of its own church. But not even a quick verdict can resolve the ongoing dispute over what happened to $2.3 million and who gets to call itself "UBCV." Natalie Posgate sorts it out.
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