Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
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.
A Dallas jury has awarded $37.6 million to a woman in her twenties who was paralyzed when a November 2015 Uber ride turned into a rollover crash. Litigation writer Natalie Posgate has the details on the story.
Houstonian and wrestling pro Booker T. Huffman has sued Santa Monica video publisher Activision Publishing, its parent company and New York eSports giant Major League Gaming for allegedly infringing on a comic book character copyrighted by Huffman.
A state judge in North Texas has dismissed most of the claims filed against a co-defendant of Stormy Daniels in a defamation lawsuit that alleges both of them participated in a smear campaign that hurt a Texas horse trainer’s reputation and business.
A Dallas jury has ruled that a Dallas funeral home wrongfully moved the remains of an 81-year-old man’s parents without his knowledge or permission. The jury awarded attorney/ businessman Louis Dorfman $200,000. The funeral home remains unapologetic. Natalie Posgate has details of the case.
A Dallas bankruptcy judge has approved a restructuring plan for an investment adviser that was previously controlled by Highland Capital Management. Ordinarily, that would be an end to the story. But the plan is rooted in what even the judge acknowledges is an "astonishingly contentious" saga. Natalie Posgate has the history of the truly nasty litigation.
The Dallas office of Dykema has snagged four senior litigators who specialize in products liability and automotive litigation and one or two more lawyers may join them soon.
Dallas employment law expert Emily Stout on Friday moved her practice from Clouse Brown to Crawford, Wishnew & Lang. Stout’s lateral move makes her the eighth attorney to join CWL since the litigation boutique opened its doors in February 2018.
Darrell Jordan, one of the all-time great Texas lawyers and counsel to scores of business leaders for five decades, died Wednesday. He was 80. A former basketball player at UT, Jordan argued a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court and advocated zealously for legal aid for the poor and equal access to justice.
Even though there are hundreds of thousands of podcasts out there – more than 500,000 on Apple’s podcast platform alone – Greenberg Traurig associate Allison Stewart could not find a single one that focused on women in the law. So last year she took matters into her own hands. She chatted with The Lawbook's Natalie Posgate.
A partner at Dallas private equity firm Kainos Capital is suing its other founders for allegedly stripping her interest in the company as millions in fees poured into an office run by a “frat house” culture.
Sheryl Falk recently spent 10 days being dirty, tired and without a proper bathroom. But it was the price she paid to cross off an ultimate bucket list item: hiking to Everest Base Camp. The process not only resulted in her meeting a lifelong dream; the Winston & Strawn partner says she also gained clarity on what she wants to prioritize in her career.
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