Summary: A West Texas judge has entered a long-awaited final judgment in the T. Boone Pickens lawsuit against his former partners in an oil and gas deal. The judge’s order is a mixed bag worth more than $117 million for Pickens, but the real value may be in the court battle it took to get the judge to file it. Natalie Posgate has the details.
Fish Secures $1M in Attorney’s Fees in Bed Bath & Beyond Patent Dispute
You may as well just call it Bed, Bath & Money. A group of Dallas Fish & Richardson intellectual property lawyers said Tuesday that they scored $932,000 in attorney’s fees for their work on New Jersey-based Bed Bath & Beyond’s patent infringement victory over Inventor Holdings in August 2015.
Texas Lawbook Exclusive: UDF Sues Kyle Bass & Hedge Fund Amid Flurry of Law Enforcement Investigations – Updated
The two-year feud between Hayman Capital Management hedge fund manager Kyle Bass and United Development Funding erupted publicly last week when UDF filed an explosive lawsuit accusing Bass and Hayman of illegally spreading false information about the Grapevine-based real estate development lender in an effort to destroy its business and reap financial gain by short-selling UDF stocks.
Pinkston Program Shows Students Many Sides of the Law
Students from a West Dallas high school are seeing a side of the law they might never have known existed were it not for a group of dedicated lawyers at two Texas firms. The program, aimed to expand the horizons of at-risk students shows them that the law involves more than traffic court and that there are a multitude of ways they can forge a career path. Natalie Posgate has details on this remarkable program.
Updated – Lanier Scores $247M Verdict in Latest J&J Hip Implant Case
A federal jury in Dallas has awarded $247 million to six New York residents for damages they have suffered from Johnson & Johnson and DePuy’s Pinnacle Acetabular Cup System hip implants.
After 6.5 Years, Judge Godbey Ends The Rudolf Suter Saga. Maybe.
He served 11 months of jail time and is about to be deported from the U.S. But goshdarnit, at least Swiss businessman Rudolf Suter has avoided paying the bulk of a $2 million civil judgment issued against him more than six years ago.
South TX Jury Slaps $6.9M on CenterPoint, Westwind in Gas Leak Case
A Laredo jury last Wednesday awarded nearly $7 million to a local elderly man and his family for a 2015 house gas explosion that left him with severe, lifelong injuries
Ex-Executive Sues Omni for Being a ‘Boys Club’
A former female executive for Omni Hotels on Wednesday filed suit against her ex-employer and its holding company for sexual harassment, unequal pay, and retaliation after she spent more than a decade trying to resolve her issues with the Dallas-based hotel chain.
South TX Jury Awards $100M to Matrix Petroleum in Eagle Ford Dispute
A jury in La Salle County has awarded $100 million to Houston-based Matrix Petroleum after finding that Repsol-owned Talisman Energy committed accounting fraud and breached an agreement the two companies had to drill wells in the Eagle Ford Shale.
Winston Scores Touchdown & Field Goal in Ezekiel Elliott & IP Cases in Same Courtroom – Updated
Tom Melsheimer was in his second week of trial defending Tech Pharmacy in a $350 million patent dispute against Plano-based AlixaRx when he suddenly switched from defense to offense in U.S. Judge Amos Mazzant’s courtroom to represent Ezekiel Elliott in his case against the NFL. The Winston legal team won complete victory against the NFL and a split decision in the IP trial.