Texas ER Docs Win Fifth Circuit Reversal Against the Blues

Fifty-six Texas emergency medical physician groups will get to pursue legal claims that two dozen Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance plans underpaid them for treating patients. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that a Texas federal judge wrongly dismissed hundreds and hundreds of claims for tens of millions of dollars by ER doctors from Texarkana to Port Arthur and from Collin County to Odessa.

August 11, 2025 Mark Curriden

Womble Adds Construction Pro in Houston

Bob Hancock was previously a leader in Munsch Hardt's construction practice.

August 8, 2025 Brooks Igo

$28M Dispute Between Trucking Companies Revs Up with Motion to Dismiss

A Texas freight trucking company brought a complaint to the Texas Business Court, alleging an Indiana company caused $28 million in damages for alleged fraudulent schemes. The defendant calls the complaint “baseless” in a motion to dismiss.

August 8, 2025 Alexa Shrake

Discretionary Denials 2.0 — The Litigator’s IPR Playbook Under the New PTAB Regime

In March, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its “Interim Process for PTAB Workload Management” memorandum — quickly dubbed the “Workload Memo.” The memo resurrects and expands the PTAB’s discretion to deny institution for reasons that have little to do with the prior art. By July 31, the acting director had already logged 109 discretionary-denial decisions, signaling a tectonic shift. For petitioners who count on IPRs to stall infringement suits — and patent owners who must decide where to fight — the new regime demands a strategic overhaul. This article distills what has changed, why it matters and how litigators should adapt.

August 7, 2025 Jeffrey A. Andrews

Bondholders Call for Judge Isgur to Recuse from GWG Holdings Bankruptcy Case

GWG Holdings bondholders call for U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur to step away from the case, alleging he is protecting David Jones, a former bankruptcy judge, and Elizabeth Freeman, a former Jackson Walker partner with whom Jones had an undisclosed romantic relationship. 

August 7, 2025 Alexa Shrake

Bell Nunnally Bolsters IP Practice with Cheryl Leb

Leb was previously the chair of Kelly Hart's IP practice.

August 7, 2025 Brooks Igo

Eastern District Patent Infringement Case Dismissed

Intelligent Wellhead Systems’ lawsuit alleging patent infringement against Downing Wellhead Equipment was dismissed by an Eastern District Court judge this week. This is the second win Haynes Boone has seen for Downing this summer.

August 6, 2025 Alexa Shrake

Oil, One Lawyer and Only 64 Souls: Fifth Circuit Weighs in on Loving County’s War of Neighbors

A West Texas justice of the peace, sheriff and constable walked into a Fifth Circuit courtroom. No joke. This is the story of six residents of Loving County — together, they account for about one-tenth of the county’s total population — who took their decade-long political dispute over allegations of voter intimidation, jury fraud, “lawfare” and even cattle rustling and turned it into a billion-dollar civil rights litigation. Such is life in Loving County, population 64, but only one lawyer. (2021 file photo by David Goldman/AP)

August 5, 2025 Mark Curriden