Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
A federal jury in Marshall on Friday ordered Motorola Mobility to pay $9.17 million for deliberately infringing on a small Plano-based licensing firm’s patents for technology that helps create high-definition voice for cell phones. The win is the latest for Saint Lawrence Communications in patent fights in the U.S. and Germany against seven of the world’s largest cell-phone makers.
Chief Justice John Roberts has appointed Carl Stewart, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to the seven-member Executive Committee of the U.S. Judicial Conference.
Houston-based Humble Surgical Hospital filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday, three weeks after U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes entered a multi-million judgment against the specialty, five-bed hospital.
Six deans from Texas law schools have signed a letter to leaders of Congress asking that they “maintain funding for the Legal Services Corporation” during the upcoming federal budgeting process.
The class action lawsuit alleged that the Dallas luxury retailer suffered a data breach that spanned six months and exposed payment information for 350,000 shoppers. Plaintiffs have also hailed the lawsuit as a victory for securing customer payment information.
© 2017 The Texas Lawbook. By Allen Pusey (March 17) – The Supreme Court of Texas Friday allowed a defamation suit against D Magazine to proceed while rejecting an appeals
© 2017 The Texas Lawbook. By Allen Pusey (March 17) – The Supreme Court of Texas Friday allowed a defamation suit against D Magazine to proceed while rejecting an appeals
© 2017 The Texas Lawbook. By Allen Pusey (March 17) – The Supreme Court of Texas Friday allowed a defamation suit against D Magazine to proceed while rejecting an appeals
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