Fifth Circuit Quietly Decides Huge Venue Transfer Case
A three judge panel issued a potential groundbreaking opinion on intra-district venue shopping that could impact scores of IP disputes in East and North Texas.
Texas Law Firm GCs Watching Georgia Supreme Court Case
Do communications between a law firm's lawyers and its in-house GC fall under the attorney-client privilege and work product when a dispute arises between the law firm and one of its current clients? The Georgia Supreme Court is currently handling that exact dispute. “This is a case that every law firm and every corporate general counsel’s office should be watching,” says Randy Johnston, a Dallas legal ethics and malpractice expert.
Dallas Court of Appeals Rejects Bickel & Brewer’s Disqualification Mandamus — Updated
The firm is accused of improperly paying a former exec of an opposing corporation who had confidential inside legal information critical to the case.
The Fifth Circuit’s Top Five Decisions So Far in 2013
The judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals have been busy so far in 2013. They've tackled mandatory arbitration, Daubert, personal jurisdiction, trade secrets and mortgage servicing. Most importantly, monks can sell caskets.
Federal Circuit Upholds $345 million Versata IP Verdict
Winning a $345 million jury verdict is difficult. Keeping such a large judgment on appeal is even harder. McKool Smith has done both for its Austin-based client Versata Software.
SCOTUS Narrows Alien Tort Act Claims
Angela Zambrano and Margaret Allen say Kiobel has far-reaching implications.
How Much Is That Doggy in the Window?
State justices recently reversed a lower court decision that allowed a bereaved dog owner to sue an animal shelter for the wrongful death of his pet.
Fifth Circuit Grants Emergency Stay in Whooping Crane Case
A three-judge panel on Tuesday granted an emergency stay requested by Texas officials and large energy business interests to stop a lower federal court from enforcing sweeping environmental reforms in an effort to save whooping cranes under the Endangered Species Act.
TCEQ to Appeal Whooping Crane Case
The AG's office intends to appeal a federal judge's ruling that found the state responsible for the death of 23 whooping cranes -- or nearly 10 percent of the migrating population.
Fifth Circuit Rejects Appeal By Boone Pickens & Cowboy Athletics
In a three-page per curiam decision issued just eight business days after the case was argued, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed claims by Pickens and Cowboy Athletics that they were the victims of a fraud in what became nationally known and heralded as “The Gift of a Lifetime” program. "This was not Cowboy's first rodeo," the judges wrote.
Boone Pickens, Cowboy Athletics Take “Gift of a Lifetime” Dispute to Fifth Circuit
T. Boone Pickens and Oklahoma State athletics officials took their fight to recover more than $33 million from an insurance company and its agents to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Justice Jeffrey Boyd Under the Microscope
The Texas Supreme Court's newest justice could possess enormous influence on a wide array of business matters.