Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Bill Moore’s wife of 52 years still wasn’t speaking to him. Two days before, a federal jury had unanimously sided against Moore, proving that getting what you want — even after spending $2 million and 25 years to get it — can be a miserable experience.
Meet Billy Ravkind, Cheryl Wattley and Tom Mills.
Gerry Pecht and Peter Stokes successfully secured two dismissals in the Southern District of New York for both LINN Energy/LinnCo and Magnum Hunter Resources.
Legal experts say it is the largest civil judgment ever awarded by a Dallas state court judge.
Nowhere has the trend been more prevalent than Houston, where many of these lawyers who strike out on their own compare themselves to oil wildcatters.
The names of Robert Pitman of San Antonio, Texarkana's Robert Schroeder III, and Sherman Magistrate Amos Mazzant III have been sent to the U.S. Senate for confirmation.
More than 50 law firms have asked the Texas Supreme Court Professional Ethics Committee to reconsider an ethics opinion issued last month that prohibits law firms from identifying non-lawyer employees as “officer” in their title. The ethics opinion would ban job titles including chief operating officer, chief marketing officer and chief technology officer.
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling Thursday will help courts apply existing patent laws to software inventions, experts say.
The Richardson video game maker id Software and its parent, ZeniMax Media, have laid out a detailed list of grievances in a trade secret dispute with Oculus VR, outside experts say.
Some 10 months after a new state trade secret statute became effective, an expected surge in litigation hasn't ensued, experts say.
A Dallas jury ruled in favor of the Carrollton-based restaurant chain regarding a bitter joint venture dispute involving restaurants at the DFW Airport.
A federal jury in Victoria awarded $25 million to HeartBrand Beef, Inc. for a Japanese cattle deal that went south with a Colorado cattle ranch.
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