Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
An East Texas jury ruled the Chinese telecom giant that manufacturers Android smartphones willfully infringed on five patents related to wireless communications technology.
Lawyers at Dallas firm Caldwell Cassady Curry scored an $8.2 million patent verdict in Wisconsin against DePuy Synthes.
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.
What is on a juror’s mind is often cryptic during trial, so it’s a natural reaction for the lawyers involved to make a mad dash to members of the jury once the verdict is out and they are excused from duty.
As in most complex trials, there were key moves by the lawyers and key rulings by Judge Tillery that paved the way for Friday's huge damage award. The Texas Lawbook had a chat with Frank and Debbie Branson over the weekend. Here are eight key trial elements they agree proved crucial to Friday's dramatic jury verdict.
(Aug. 17) – Toyota Motor Corp. manufactured a Lexus with defective seatback failure that caused permanent brain damage to two small children during a 2016 crash on North Central Expressway,
A legal malpractice lawsuit between the former Navy SEAL who wrote No Easy Day and an Indiana lawyer settled late last week.
Toyota’s honeymoon in North Texas may be in jeopardy as a trial is underway that questions the carmaker’s integrity, corporate culture and the safety of its products.
Frank Branson may be 73, but he still has the drive and energy to take on the big cases. This week he goes up against Toyota in a highly-anticipated matchup with Dallas litigator Victor Vital. He has no plans to slow down or quit, he said; his wife will tell him when he's ready to do so. The Texas Lawbook looks at the latest from a genuine "Lion of the Texas Bar."
Porter Hedges lawyers won a $28 million payment for construction client Bilfinger Westcon from Austria-based Voestalpine for wrongful termination during construction of a $750 million hot briquette iron plant. The arbitration ruling is just the first in a series of legal actions pending against the Austrian technology giant. The Texas Lawbook has details.
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