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$20M HOA Verdict Becomes Personal for Coinsource GC Arnold Spencer

Arnold Spencer has tried around 100 cases in his legal career. But a recent Perry Mason moment during an insurance negligence trial came to him while wearing a different hat: a fact witness. Natalie Posgate tells his tale and how he and lawyers at Hedrick Kring secured a $20 million jury verdict this week on behalf of residents of a burned down Dallas condominium.

October 25, 2019 Natalie Posgate

HP Wins $176M Verdict Over Taiwanese Firm

HP Inc. Tuesday won a $176 million antitrust verdict against a Taiwanese manufacturer of CD-ROM drives. But the case may not end there. Because the jury found that the firm’s price fixing violations were intentional, HP’s Beck Redden lawyers are asking that the damages be tripled. Natalie Posgate has the details.

October 23, 2019 Natalie Posgate

All-Associate Team Takes on Oil Giant in Age Discrimination Trial

Some associates may sit around “like a potted plant,” but not AZA associates Neal Sarkar, Jason McManis and Jordan Warshauer, according to firm founding partner John Zavitsanos. The three young lawyers comprise an associate-exclusive trial team that takes on a Norwegian oil giant in court today. Natalie Posgate has the details.

October 22, 2019 Natalie Posgate

Senate Confirms Charles Eskridge to Judiciary

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Eskridge to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas with a 61-31 vote.

October 17, 2019 Natalie Posgate

ETP v. Enterprise SCOTX Arguments Live Up to Billing — Updated

AUSTIN – For one side it was a partnership; for the other, it was simply “a feasibility study.” But Tuesday’s collision between Energy Transfer Partners and Enterprise Products Partners in the Supreme Court of Texas lived up to its billing as a case that involves more than a failed joint venture and a $535 million jury verdict.

October 8, 2019 Natalie Posgate

Lubbock Jury Awards Ford Motor Credit Co. $53.7M

In a unanimous verdict, the jury ordered the principal of a large Texas-owned car dealership to pay Ford’s financial services arm $53.7 million. The case is part of one of the nation’s largest auto-dealer frauds.

October 7, 2019 Natalie Posgate

Dallas Judges Poll: Two Women Jurists get Highest Ratings, Three get Lowest

U.S. District Chief Judge Barbara Lynn and Texas District Judge Tonya Parker are the two best civil court judges in Dallas, according to a new poll of lawyers who practice before them. The survey gave three other judges failing grades. The Texas Lawbook has details.

October 7, 2019 Mark Curriden

CLE Showcase: Four Premier Texas Trial Lawyers, Four Huge Verdicts & a Federal Judge

During the past year, four of the most skilled trial lawyers in Texas have scored several huge trial verdicts. On Monday night, in an exclusive live event hosted by The Texas Lawbook, the Texas GC Forum and SMU Dedman School of Law, those four lawyers – who will be questioned by federal judge Karen Gren Scholer – will take attendees behind the scenes of their historic courtroom victories. The Lawbook has full details.

October 4, 2019 Mark Curriden

Delaware Court Dismisses Shareholder Suit Against Spectra

The Houston-based company defeated a derivative lawsuit tied to its 2018 merger with Enbridge. Natalie Posgate details the case and highlights the Skadden team who defended Spectra.

October 3, 2019 Natalie Posgate

Houston Federal Jury Hits Spanish Piping Company with $31M Verdict

Texas lawyers at Norton Rose Fulbright and D.C. attorneys at Mayer Brown aided two oil and gas pipeline manufacturing companies to victory in a false advertising and unfair competition case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.