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Threats of Grievance Action Against Opposing Counsel During Trial Can Violate Disciplinary Rules

An appeals court in Houston has ruled a lawyer who threatens to file a grievance against opposing counsel during a trial in order to get an advantage in the litigation is committing an ethics violation.

March 14, 2019 Mark Curriden

Dallas Firm Files $3M Suit For Ex-KU Football Coach

Former University of Kansas head football coach David Beaty has hired Dallas law firm Deans & Lyons to pursue litigation against the school’s athletic department on claims that it owes him $3 million for having breached his employment contract. But KU says there’s much more to the story. Natalie Posgate has both sides.

March 13, 2019 Natalie Posgate

Updated – Bill Powers, a Lion of the Texas Bar, Remembered

Bill Powers served three years in the Navy and taught jurisprudence and legal process to thousands of students over three decades. He was dean of the UT School of Law for five years and president of UT for a decade. Powers, 72, died Sunday morning from complications from a fall he experienced in September. The Texas Lawbook looks at Powers’ career.

March 10, 2019 Mark Curriden

Tony Romo and NFL Face Off in Court of Appeals… Again

Lawyers for a business co-founded by Tony Romo told a three-judge panel in Dallas Wednesday that the issues behind the former Cowboys quarterback’s dispute with the National Football League should have been treated as matters of fact instead of being tossed by the trial judge in a 2017 summary judgment.

March 6, 2019 Natalie Posgate

Shonn Brown Joins Kimberly Clark as Deputy GC

Dallas trial lawyer Shonn Brown had an interesting Friday. In the early morning hours, she won a 10-digit jury verdict in Dallas County District Court. After lunch, she packed up her office at Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst and moved her litigation practice to Irving-based Kimberly-Clark Corp., where she is now the deputy general counsel over litigation and regulatory.

March 3, 2019 Mark Curriden

Unseated Dallas DA Joins Litigation Firm

Faith Johnson, who lost the Dallas County District Attorney’s race in November to John Creuzot, has landed in private practice at a Dallas litigation boutique.

February 28, 2019 Brooks Igo

A Roadmap for Domesticating Foreign-Country Judgments

Will a court in the United States enforce a money judgment awarded in a foreign country? No matter which side of the case you argue, there are plenty of potential pitfalls. Mark Little and Liam O’Rourke of Baker Botts provide a roadmap to foreign-judgment recognition proceedings in Texas.

February 27, 2019 Mark Little & Liam O'Rourke

Xerox Settles Medicaid Fraud Case with AG’s Office for $236M

Xerox Corporation and several of its former subsidiaries have agreed to a $235.9 settlement with the Texas Attorney General’s Office, the state announced Tuesday. It represents the largest single resolution in a case filed by the AG’s office for Medicaid-related claims.

February 19, 2019 Natalie Posgate

Mayer Law Firm – One Month Old but Big Plans

Former KRCL litigation partner Zach Mayer quietly opened his own shop in downtown Dallas six weeks ago, but he’s already adding partners, opening new offices and has a client list that most larger full service firms would envy. “It has been a fast, furious and chaotic couple of weeks,” Mayer says. The Texas Lawbook has details.

February 19, 2019 Mark Curriden

Jury Hands Defense Win to Devon in Saltwater Dispute

A jury in Houston has delivered a complete defense win for Devon Energy Production Company related to a dispute that surfaced in 2014 with EP Energy E&P Company over a saltwater disposal contract the two parties have had with each other since 1996. There was $3.3 million at stake. Natalie Posgate has the details.

February 15, 2019 Natalie Posgate