AmLaw 200 Firm Absorbs Dallas Litigation Shop To Open First Texas Office
The Dallas litigation firm of Lackey Hershman has agreed to combine with Stinson Leonard Street.
TC Heartland Anniversary: EDTX Patent Filings Plummet, NDTX Benefits
The U.S. Supreme Court's landmark patent jurisdiction decision one year ago has dramatically impacted the patent litigation dockets for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. The Texas Lawbook has some exclusive new data that shows the true impact of the ruling, and some of the findings are not what the experts predicted.
V&E Wins $31M IP Defense Verdict for HTC
(May 14) – An East Texas jury on Friday threw out claims that HTC Corp. infringed on a former U.S. government rocket scientists’ patent on user interface and infrared universal remote control technology.
EDTX Federal Judge Tosses, then Reinstates $75M Patent Judgment
(May 11) – The on-again, off-again $75 million patent infringement judgment for Ericsson is back again. And another $35 million has been added to the award by a U.S. Magistrate in East Texas. The Texas Lawbook has details on the 35-page opinion.
Texas Jury Awards $166M in Murder-for-Hire Case
A Fort Worth jury slapped a $166 million judgment against the daughter and son-in-law of a North Texas woman who was killed in 2014 for the proceeds of life insurance policies totaling $5 million.
Remaining Named Gruber Hail Partners Land at New Firms
© 2018 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate and Mark Curriden (May 3) – Gruber Hail Johansen Shank was never a huge firm in terms of lawyers, peaking at about
Yearning For Zion: A Massive Child Custody Case Remembered 10 Years After
Ten years ago, Carmen Dusek found herself square in the middle of the largest child custody case ever litigated. The case involved charges of child abuse and rape in a remote compound run fundamentalist religious sect run by Warren Jeffs whose Biblical beliefs included a particularly strident form of polygamy. The case came to include scores of lawyers who volunteered from afar to assure adequate legal representation for some 400 children. She recalls the pride and disappointment to Janet Elliott in The Texas Lawyer.
Swiss Deportee to File Claims Against his Lawyers, Federal Marshal for Malpractice, ‘Entrapment’
A Swiss businessman may soon be filing a malpractice lawsuit against the federal public defenders who represented him in a criminal bankruptcy fraud case, a recent letter to a federal appeals court indicates. This is a man who was a fugitive after fleeing a federal contempt order, a pro se party several times in litigation after failing to pay his lawyers’ retainer fees, and a big spender on cars and townhouses but not so much on a $2 million civil judgment from 2011 that he still owes to his courtroom opponent. The Lawbook has the latest on this truly remarkable legal saga.
Cantey Hanger Adds Partner in Dallas from Litigation Boutique
Machir Stull was previously at Gruber Hail Johansen Shank, which recently dissolved.
Houston NRF Lawyer Scores Appellate Win for Phillips 66 in Toxic Tort Case
A group of Houston lawyers at Norton Rose Fulbright have been on a winning streak of toxic tort cases for Phillips 66. The latest happened in a federal appeals court in Denver. Details here.
Akerman Adds Insurance Litigation Pro in Dallas
Matt Schroeder, who left Gardere, has special expertise involving coverage issues related to environmental risk policies
Exclusive: Litigation Boutique Pioneer Mike Gruber Joins Dorsey
Prominent litigator Mike Gruber has left the Dallas litigation firm that bears his name to join Dorsey & Whitney, a 106-year old Minnesota firm. The decision was hard, he says, but his reasoning is simple: “Its hard to compete against these national law firms." Mark Curriden has the story.