AZA Begins Next TeamHealth Trial in Sin City

Six women and two men are currently hearing opening statements in a trial that began today in Las Vegas between Blackstone-owned ER physician staffing company TeamHealth and UnitedHealthcare over reimbursement rates of ER physicians. It’s the first trial in a series of TeamHealth cases to involve a major insurer that provides health plans through employers. Litigation writer Natalie Posgate is tuning into opening statements and will report back later.

November 2, 2021 Natalie Posgate

Randy Sorrels: $352M Houston Jury Verdict ‘Could Have Been More’

If anything, the noted Houston plaintiffs’ lawyer claims, jurors should have given Ulysses Cruz, a paralyzed airport service worker, more for the lifetime of pain and anguish he faces after being hit by a van on a tarmac at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. And Sorrels believes the verdict exceeding one-third of a billion dollars will survive appeal.

November 1, 2021 Bruce Tomaso

Tarrant County Court Denies Injunction in American-Sabre Courtroom Fight

A Fort Worth state judge this week denied a temporary injunction sought by American Airlines that would have enjoined ticket distribution vendor Sabre Holdings Corp. from utilizing its New Airline Storefront display product and paying travel agents incentives to book higher-priced Delta Airlines tickets over American tickets.

October 29, 2021 Natalie Posgate

Shearman & Sterling Snags Litigation Pair from Haynes and Boone

The securities and class action defense experts are notable additions for Shearman, which has focused most of its growth in Texas on the corporate transactional side to date.

October 27, 2021 Brooks Igo

Encompass Health Sues DFW-Based Founder for Violating Noncompete & Trade Secrets Theft

A new lawsuit in Dallas County District Court pits Alabama-rooted Bradley Arant and Encompass Health Corp. against former Encompass CEO April Anthony, a Dallas millionaire and large figure in the at-home health world who left the company she founded this summer for a competitor.

October 27, 2021 Natalie Posgate

Bench and Bar Mourns Death of Former NDTX Chief Judge Jorge Solis

Jorge Solis was a tough prosecutor, a fair and learned judge, a mentor for dozens of lawyers and once considered a candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court. A former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Solis died Friday of an apparent heart attack while attending Mass. He was 70.

October 11, 2021 Mark Curriden

BMC and IBM Prepare to Head to Trial in SDTX; $791M Potentially at Stake

After four years of heavy litigating, lawyers at Bracewell, Yetter Coleman and Quinn Emanuel are preparing for battle. An upcoming trial between the lawyers' clients, IBM and KKR-owned BMC, will involve mainframe software, a lucrative project for AT&T and a nine-figure damages model.

October 11, 2021 Natalie Posgate

Time’s Up in Texas: State Expands Scope of Liability for Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims

In a surprise move for the typically employer-friendly state, Texas laws on sexual harassment officially became more protective of employees than federal law on Sept. 1. The “new Texas Sexual Harassment Law” expands liability for sexual harassment to employers of all sizes, and to individual managers, who may now be held personally liable for failing to remedy sexual harassment. The new statutes also heightened the standards on employers to take action and extends the deadline to file charges of discrimination based on sexual harassment.

October 8, 2021 Kelly Robreno Koster