Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
V&E recently scored a settlement for a proxy contest withdrawal for Old Point Financial Corporation. The firm is also advising on a recently sparked battle between Dakota Plains Holdings and Lone Star Value Management.
V&E recently scored a settlement for a proxy contest withdrawal for Old Point Financial Corporation. The firm is also advising on a recently sparked battle between Dakota Plains Holdings and Lone Star Value Management.
A federal jury in Dallas on Thursday ordered the former manufacturers of metal-on-metal hip implants to pay $502 million to five Texans who claim they suffered severe injuries from the defective devices they had implanted. The jury heard 37 days of testimony from the plaintiffs, company officials and expert witnesses for both sides before finding that DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, were liable, negligent and responsible for the plaintiffs’ chronic and painful physical problems. After more than five days of deliberations, the eight-women and one-man jury awarded the five plaintiffs $142 million in actual damages and $360 million in punitive damages.
While billion-dollar megadeals steal headlines, middle-market transactions are the deals that keep Texas M&A lawyers the most busy.
While billion-dollar megadeals steal headlines, middle-market transactions are the deals that keep Texas M&A lawyers the most busy.
Hardin focuses his practice on trademark, copyright, trade secret, antitrust and unfair competition litigation.
The boutique law firm founded by Brandon Benson and Lesley Siebenhausen focuses on representing clients in high-stakes oil and gas litigation and transactional matters.
Henry joins his new firm from Cowles & Thompson.
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