EDTX saw Unprecedented Patent Suit Stampede in ‘15
The Texas Lawbook has the details on all the data, which even veteran IP litigators that are EDTX regulars find stunning.
Hope Shimabuku Takes Over as New USPTO Director
Hope Shimabuku grew up 15 minutes from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Her mother worked for NASA on the Apollo program. Her father was an oil and gas engineer. After college, Shimabuku worked as an engineer at Dell. On Monday, she becomes the first director of the new Dallas office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Shimabuku, a former lawyer for Blackberry and Xerox, has big challenges ahead. The Texas Lawbook has the full profile.
Legendary Trial Lawyer Joe Jamail dead at 90
Joseph D. Jamail Jr. was arguably the most famous and successful trial lawyer in history.
Chamblee Ryan Secures $1.85 Million Breach of Contract Verdict
A Rockwall jury recently ruled that a local human resources outsourcing company breached its contract with Central Freight Lines to provide workers’ compensation insurance and claims administration services.
Shimabuku to Run USPTO’s Dallas Office
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office named Xerox Business Services Corporate Counsel Hope Shimabuku to be the first regional director of the agency’s newly-created Dallas office. A former lawyer at BlackBerry, Shimabuku will take office Jan. 4. She will be charged with building an office that will eventually include more than 100 examiners, judges, and outreach and administrative staff.
UPDATED – Patent Lawsuits Flood East Texas Courts in November
Businesses and individuals filed a record 851 patent infringement lawsuits in November.
Beirne Maynard Scores Victory in Maserati Missing Miles Trial
Lawyers for Maserati North America are expected this week to ask an Austin judge to affirm a jury verdict that last Tuesday cleared the Italian luxury car maker of more
A Tale of Two Amys
Dallas is out of room for lawyers named Amy Stewart. The two who are in today’s North Texas legal community, Amy E. Stewart of Amy Stewart Law and Amy M. Stewart of Estes Okon, have received each other’s depositions, court transcripts – and in one instance – phone call from the other’s father. But they share more than a name. Find out tomorrow what else they have in common.
Bill Brewer Firm Disqualification in Int’l Trial Reversed
A Dallas judge improperly disqualified the law firm formerly known as Bickel & Brewer from being involved in a multimillion-dollar international business dispute after the law firm hired a former executive from the company it is suing who had confidential information about the case, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. The justices say the trial court used the wrong legal standard.
Federal Judges Yield Highest Satisfaction in HBA and DBA Judiciary Polls
Houston and Dallas business attorneys are more satisfied with the federal judges in their area than they are with state judges, according to new data from the Houston Bar Association and Dallas Bar Association. The two bar associations’ judiciary polls, which come out every two years, rate individual judges based on HBA and DBA members’ satisfaction with their impartiality, preparation for hearings and trial, timely opinions, knowledge of the law and temperament in the courtroom.
Judge Awards Dallas Medical Products Company $9.6 Million
A federal judge in Dallas Monday awarded $9.6 million to Flower Mound-based ThermoTek Inc. after a jury late last week determined that a competitor fraudulently obtained the medical products manufacturer’s business information for a series of physical therapy machines.
Reese Gordon Marketos Scores $5.5 Million Against Southwest Securities
A group of North Texas business leaders plan to ask a judge next week to issue an $8 million judgment against Dallas-based Southwest Securities – now HilltopSecurities – and one