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Statewide Need is Great for Pro Bono Legal Work on Border Crisis – Updated
Lawyers across the state are getting involved in pro bono projects to help the migrant children arriving from the border crisis, but Texas’ highest ranking judge says more of them need to step up.
Chron: Former Astros Pitcher to Request New Police Brutality Trial
Jurors concluded four Galveston police officers used excessive force during a 2008 wedding reception, but deadlocked on former Astro Brandon Backe’s $13 million request.
Sports Marketing Consulting Agency Sued on Malicious Prosecution Claims
A former employee of Dallas-based Genesco Sports Enterprises, Inc. claims his old bosses made knowingly false statements about him to Dallas County prosecutors in an effort to fraudulently help the company win a separate civil lawsuit against its former employee.
Federal Jury to Examine Night of Alleged Horror Perpetrated by Galveston Police
A former Houston Astros pitcher and 11 other guests attending a South Texas wedding party in 2008 go to trial next week on their allegations that Galveston police violently and viciously beat them without any provocation.
UPDATE: Jury Says ETP and Enterprise Were in a Partnership, Awards $319 Million
A Dallas jury, in a potential landmark verdict that has attracted a lot of attention from energy companies and general counsel, ruled last Tuesday that two businesses can be involved in a legally binding partnership even when one of the parties never intended for the joint venture to be official.
The jury ordered Enterprise to pay ETP $319 million in damages for violating the corporate version of a common law marriage. The victory was the largest for prominent trial lawyer Mike Lynn and one of the largest ever awarded by a North Texas jury.
However, it did not find that Enterprise and Enbridge conspired for Enterprise to breach its duty to ETP for their partnership.
Jurors awarded ETP $319 million in actual damages to ETP, but an additional amount for restitution could be added.
The jury’s conclusion is a landmark decision for Texas business lawyers and their corporate clients for what under State law constitutes a business partnership.
The decision follows four full weeks of intensive testimony from the three oil and gas giants. ETP claimed that Enterprise violated their “Double E” partnership agreement by cutting ties with ETP to pursue a more financially viable pipeline project with Enbridge and that the two conspired to cut ETP out of their new deal.
More details as the story develops.
Eberstein & Witherite Sued for Racial Discrimination
Two former African American employees are accusing the Dallas personal injury firm of three counts of unlawful employment practices.
Texas Lawyers: The Growing Source for Minority College Scholarships
During the past decade, more than 500 Texas high school students – a large majority of whom are Hispanic, African-American and Asian – have gone to college thanks to scholarships funded by individual lawyers, law firms and legal organizations in the state. Texas lawyers have quietly awarded more than $1.6 million in financial aid to low-income students or students of color. This article spotlights the lawyers and firms who give money and more.
George Gonzalez Jumps to Haynes and Boone
New Houston partner has significant experience counseling U.S. and Latin American businesses.