Commercial Vehicle Crashes Cause Litigation Boom for Texas Lawyers
The number of serious or deadly crashes involving commercial trucks hauling materials in the oil and gas boom has skyrocketed during the past three years.
Attn. General Counsel: Big Changes are Coming to Wage-and-Hour Law
It is simply a matter of time before the federal government starts enacting changes that could increase minimum wage, raise the salary threshold for overtime exemption, and change commonly used overtime exemptions that make it more difficult for employers to qualify employees under those exemptions. Is your company prepared? This article examines the landscape and tells you what to expect.
Obama Nominates Three More to Federal Judgeships in South Texas
The nominations of Harris County District Judge Alfred H. Bennett, Brownsville District Judge Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr. and U.S. Magistrate Judge George C. Hanks, Jr. of Houston have been sent to the U.S. Senate for confirmation.
Jury Awards $18.6 Million Against Goodyear
The jury found the tire company negligent for allowing continued exposure of asbestos fibers to its former employee, Carl Rogers, who passed away in 2009 from mesothelioma as a result.
Waco Judge Awards EFH/Luminant $6.4 Million, Calls Sierra Club ‘Frivolous’
The fees award follows two years of litigation in which Sierra Club claimed Luminant's Big Brown power plant violated the Clean Air Act.
Hamm Divorce Largest in U.S. History, Raises Securities Law Issues
The divorce trial of Continental Resources CEO Harold Hamm and his wife, Sue Ann, may be the largest divorce case in U.S. history. At stake is nearly $17 billion. She's asking for up to $6 billion. “The question is, will Mrs. Hamm come out of this trial filthy rich or filthy, filthy, filthy rich?” says Dallas family lawyer Charlie Hodges. But the Hamm divorce raises the issue of when should a company such as Continental should publicly disclose when its top executive and majority shareholder is getting a divorce.
Patent Cases Pour into East Texas Despite Data Showing District Not So Plaintiff-Friendly
Businesses and individuals filed 26 percent more patent infringement lawsuits in East Texas during the first six months of 2014 than they did in 2013, which was also a record year. The federal courts in the Eastern District have seen a 1,400 percent increase in new patent filings over the past decade, even as such cases have remained steady in the rest of the state. But a separate study shows that the district is in danger of losing its reputation as pro-plaintiff due to an increase in defense verdicts. This is a comprehensive update on patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.
TX Court Expands Libel Rule to Online Media
Houston’s 14th Court of Appeals has applied the “single publication rule” to online media, which provides electronic news sites with the same statutory limitation protections as print and TV media.
SMU Dedman Opens Patent Law Clinic
Starting this fall, law students at SMU and other Texas schools will provide free legal services to start-up companies and individual inventors in obtaining patents and trademarks.
ETP Expert Witness: Enterprise-Enbridge JV Not Possible Without ETP
DALLAS – Energy Transfer Partners’ expert witness told jurors Tuesday that the Seaway Pipeline joint venture between Enterprise Products and Enbridge “would not be the Seaway today” if not for
ETP President to Jury: We had a Partnership with Enterprise
DALLAS – Opening statements Thursday in the billion-dollar legal battle between three oil and gas giants – Energy Transfer Partners, Enterprise Products and Enbridge – at times resembled a nasty,
When is a Slap on the Hand More than a Slap on the Hand?
It was a single act of impulse, but could cost thousands.