Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
A serial entrepreneur known for building one of the largest minority woman-owned construction companies in the country was sued Wednesday by a competitor of her latest venture.
Lawyers who were hoping for a wave of litigation to emerge from COVID-19 should perhaps grab a cold one before changing into their wetsuits. Legal experts and recent data suggest that pandemic-related lawsuits are yet to generate the amount of work that some had predicted. Natalie Posgate explains.
The injunction is tied to a lawsuit Ryan filed last month against Ernst & Young that claims EY stole Ryan’s trade secrets in order to benefit a competing practice group that EY built out.
A Dallas state court has denied Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought earlier this month by eight Texas bar owners who claim Abbott violated their constitutional rights with an executive order that shuttered bars across Texas in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Steve Susman, 79, a fearless and possibly peerless trial attorney, died Tuesday from injuries suffered in an April bicycle accident.
He is remembered, not only as a pioneer, but as a bold character in a stodgy profession — and an inveterate prankster.A lawsuit filed Wednesday against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott by eight bar owners alleges that the governor prioritized politics over science when he issued an order that shut down standalone bars statewide but not “affiliated” bars — bars within restaurants, hotels and other businesses.
The ruling paves the way for North Dakota-based Meridian Energy Group to move forward with its Davis Refinery project, which will impact the company's growing Houston operations and legal work by some Texas lawyers handling the financing.
The lawsuit claims Red Bull committed fraud, breached its fiduciary duty and breached a contract when it ended its two-decade business relationship with KC Distributing despite promises that KC would not be terminated and despite significant investments KC had made.
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