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Testimony Begins in $160M Medicare Fraud Trial of Pharmacy CEO

The CEO of 4M Pharmaceuticals, Mohamed Mokbel, is facing 15 charges related to his alleged role in a Medicare fraud scheme that prosecutors said involved call centers in Egypt and the Philippines, targeted elderly individuals and resulted in a $160 million fraud on the government. Mokbel’s attorneys told jurors Tuesday their client was operating within the bounds of the law with his business plan, which involved payments to a third-party lead generator.

Litigation Roundup: Details on Four Recent Jury Verdicts

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, we’ve got updates in legal disputes involving hip hop and rap artists Cardi B and T.I., EOG Resources wins a $15.6 million verdict in a dispute with a Webb County ranch owner, and private equity firm Welsh Carson gets dismissed from an antitrust lawsuit.

Jackson Walker Bankruptcy Fee Cases Reassigned After Judge Isgur’s Recusal

In the week since U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur recused himself from all disputes involving Jackson Walker and the U.S. Trustee — related to the firm’s failure to disclose a former bankruptcy partner had a romantic relationship with a sitting bankruptcy judge — they have been officially reassigned to other bankruptcy judges sitting in the Southern District of Texas, court records show.

Arnold & Itkin Wants AZA DQ’d in Hurricane Zeta MDL

In 13 days, Arnold & Itkin has filed two motions to disqualify Ahmad Zavitsanos & Mensing from representing Transocean in the multidistrict litigation stemming from alleged injuries suffered by offshore workers during 2020’s Hurricane Zeta. The most recent motion alleges a former law clerk for Arnold & Itkin “improperly took confidential and proprietary information” with her when she went to work for her current employer, AZA.

PlainsCapital’s $50M+ Lawsuit Won’t be Heard by Fifteenth COA

In a one-sentence order issued Wednesday, the Texas Supreme Court denied a request from PlainsCapital Bank to move its appeal from the Fifth court of Appeals in Dallas to the newly created Fifteenth Court of Appeals in Austin. The bank had argued the state’s high court should grant the permissive transfer because the case is “extraordinarily important to the business community.”

BP Energy Says Dallas Oilman Brad Cox Owes $270M+

BP Energy Company has filed a lawsuit in the Texas business courts accusing Dallas oilman Brad Cox of breaching a $270 million guaranty agreement related to a loan given to MLCJR LLC, a business owned by Cox.

It is one of less than a dozen cases filed in the business courts since they opened Sept. 1 and is by far seeking more damages than any of the other cases filed in those courts.

Litigation Roundup: Split Panel Sides with Anadarko in $30M Wells Fargo Suit

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Texas touts what could be a first-of-its-kind settlement with an artificial intelligence company accused of misleading customers about the reliability of the product, The Wall Street Journal secures a ruling upholding the strength of its subscription agreements, and the full Fifth Circuit agrees to rehear a case involving a Houston personal injury law firm and a former associate.

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