A group of Baker Botts lawyers secured a patent invalidity win for Samsung Electronics America in a New York federal case that alleged the Samsung Pay app infringed on technology related to protecting digital content.
Fifth Circuit Affirms $3M Win for Gray Reed in Franchise Dispute
Houston and Dallas lawyers from Gray Reed & McGraw have secured a $3.15 million appellate win for a cleaning franchisor that had a contract dispute with its partner in the United Kingdom.
West Texas Celebrates Investiture of Judge David Counts
Friends, family and colleagues were there to celebrate the remarkable career of a lawyer who has done it all: from convicting a famous serial killer to winning confirmation from a highly partisan U.S. Senate, 96-0.
Lynn Pinker Files Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against Boeing
The lawsuit that alleges the aircraft manufacturing giant stole trade secrets from an insurance company that had proposed creating a private alternative to the Export-Import Bank, the U.S. government’s official credit agency.
Gardner Haas Wins Major Fraud Sanctions in Delaware Chancery Court
Litigation writer Natalie Posgate has the story of a defendant who couldn’t stop fibbing, even under oath.
Father-Son Duo Takes on Their Next Big Civil Rights Case
Steve Sumner has set records for historical civil rights verdicts and worked on cases that are the inspiration to many books and movies.
Kirkland Wins Discovery Sanctions Against City of Houston in Pro Bono Case – Updated
A federal judge slapped major sanctions on the City of Houston for violating discovery rules and destroying evidence in a class action lawsuit alleging the city violated thousands of Houstonians’ rights.
Updated: McKool Smith, Gray Reed Win $10M Patent Verdict for Plano Wireless Tech Company
An East Texas jury ruled the Chinese telecom giant that manufacturers Android smartphones willfully infringed on five patents related to wireless communications technology.
Updated: Caldwell Cassady & Curry Secures $8.2M Patent Win Against J&J Subsidiary
Lawyers at Dallas firm Caldwell Cassady Curry scored an $8.2 million patent verdict in Wisconsin against DePuy Synthes.
Cocktail Napkin Employment Dispute Settles Right Before Trial – Updated
The digital age has opened the door for all kinds of things to constitute as evidence, but an old-fashioned business deal signed on a cocktail napkin scored a win for Dallas attorney Brian Hail over the weekend.