Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
When Chevron discovered an unaffiliated company was securing business deals on counterfeit Chevron letterhead, they filed a lawsuit that resulted in a $1.1 million jury verdict. But by the time U.S. District Judge David Hittner issued his judgment, the price tag was $15.6 million. Natalie Posgate explains why.
“He’s unconscious, but there are some promising signs,” says Susman Godfrey managing partner Neal Manne. “He’s got movement on both sides of his body, to the extent there’s some movement of arms and legs on both sides. That’s a good thing when you have a brain injury, obviously.”
A Dallas-based restaurant group that bears a Seinfeld-inspired company name is the latest to sue its insurer over refusal to cover business interruption and property damage claims tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Natalie Posgate provides the details.
Her lawsuit says a Collin County real estate firm fired Dallas lawyer Amy Reggio for complying with the county-wide shelter-in-place order.
The lawsuit is representative of the insurance disputes that are arising across the U.S. as the national debate heats up about which claims insurers should and should not be responsible for covering for businesses amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries Inc. agreed to a $60 million settlement of one of the stockholder lawsuits filed in Delaware that emanated from an outbreak of listeriosis traced to its ice cream. Investors have claimed they were blind-sided by the financial fallout that resulted from allegations that the company failed to maintain food production safety standards.
U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ruled federal courts do have habeas corpus authority to release migrant detainees when the conditions of their detention put their immediate health and life at risk. The decision is a huge pro bono win for Weil Gotshal lawyers in Texas, including Paul Genender (pictured above) who say there are other similar cases they might be pursuing.
Dallas-based Varsity Brands has sealed last year's $3.1 million Alabama jury verdict with a final win at the Supreme Court of Alabama. The court let stand a judgment against Jostens for luring 47 school clients by hiring two salesmen bearing key trade secrets from a Varsity Brands subsidiary.
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