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Litigation Roundup: SCOTX Will Hear Anadarko Lease Dispute

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Kroger strikes an $83 million deal to bring an end to opioid epidemic claims in Texas, the state is given a deadline to reply to a rehearing request in the longrunning litigation over the safety of the foster care system and a fried chicken trademark spat lands in the Eastern District of Texas.

Securing Texas Business Court Jurisdiction Over ‘External’ Disputes

For Texas’s commercial litigation bar and their clients, the wait is over. Texas’ business court is open for business.

But it’s still a court of limited jurisdiction, and securing a hearing there is far from guaranteed. The business court can only hear the kinds of disputes listed in its jurisdictional statute, the new Texas Government Code § 25A.004, write Gibson Dunn’s Matt Scorcio and Trey Cox in this Expert Voices column.

Fort Worth Jury Convicts E-Discovery Firm of Class B Misdemeanor

Consilio, which claims to be the largest e-discovery firm in the world, committed a Class B misdemeanor offense when it accessed a woman’s computer without consent, a jury recently determined. Rob Miller of Miller Copeland, who represented the plaintiff, told The Texas Lawbook he believes this is the first lawsuit of its kind to be decided by a jury.

East Texas Jury Clears Nokia In Patent Case

A federal jury in Marshall deliberated about an hour and a half Wednesday before returning its verdict for Nokia. Correct Transmission had sought to prove Nokia infringed on three of its patents and should pay about $35 million.

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