Dallas Judge: Travelocity Didn’t Violate Search Patent
Fish & Richardson convinced U.S. District Judge O'Connor to toss a $20 million patent infringement lawsuit against Southlake-based Travelocity.
Fulbright Survey: Corporate Litigation has Stabilized
Companies are facing more litigation over governmental regulatory investigations and proceedings, but fewer class action lawsuits and fewer labor and employment disputes, according to the Annual Litigation Trends Survey.
K&L Gates Attorneys Sued for Conflict of Interest
The legal malpractice case is claiming that the attorneys put one interest ahead of the other in a joint representation.
As BP Oil Spill Trial Begins, Don Godwin Takes Center Stage
The potentially historic Deepwater Horizon trial is scheduled to start Monday and Donald Goldwin is right in the middle of it. “This case is unprecedented, both in terms of the size of the litigation and the amount of money at stake," says Godwin, who is lead lawyer for Halliburton. "Damages could exceed $70 billion. I’ve never seen anything like it. Nobody has.” But don't expect Godwin to settle: "I'm here to win."
Tennis Legend Andy Roddick Sues Tennis Charity in Dallas
Dykema Gossett litigation partner Brian Colao, who has represented several pro athletes, including Phil Mickelson, is representing Roddick in the lawsuit.
Spearmint Rhino and Monster Truck Driver Must Pay $10.5 Million
A Dallas jury has ordered the topless bar and drunken driver to pay $10.5 million to the family of a 23-year-old young woman who was crushed to death when the truck driver ran over her two years ago. It is believed to be one of the largest Texas jury verdicts in a "dram shop" case during the past two decades.
Dallas Auctioning Company Stopped from Selling a Masters Green Jacket
A temporary restraining order is prohibiting a Dallas auctioning company to sell the 1959 Masters golf champion's green jacket in an upcoming New York auction.
ABF Experts: Texas Tort Reform ‘Isn’t Worth the Squeeze’ — Updated
Tort reform is causing a detrimental effect on injured Texas' citizens and the trial lawyers who represent them. Laws that capped damages in personal injury and medical malpractice verdicts are causing lawyers to reject many legitimate cases because the expenses now exceed the damages lawyers could recover for clients, according to two studies and a panel of legal experts presented at the ABA meeting in Dallas this past week.
East Texas Jury Rules for T-Mobile in Patent Dispute
A federal jury in Tyler ruled that the communications giant did not infringe the patent rights of Realtime Data.
Patent Lawsuits Skyrocket in Texas
The America Invents Act was supposed to reduce the amount of new patent litigation, but instead, IP dispute filings are going through the roof in Texas -- according to legal experts
Dallas Federal Judge Rules for Verizon in $9 Billion Lawsuit
Creditors in the 2010 bankruptcy case of Dallas-based Idearc Inc. seeking to recoup more than $9 billion in losses were dealt a near certain death blow Tuesday when a federal judge in Dallas ruled they have almost no chance of winning their case.
FedEx Sues Texas Workforce Commission
FedEx says the TWC is illegally forcing the company to pay $1 million in unemployment taxes for its drivers, which FedEx claims are independent contractors. FedEx also accuses the state of double dipping by attempting to collect unemployment taxes from both the company and the hundreds of independent contractors. The case is being watched by scores of major corporations, including AT&T and TimeWarner Cable, which use contractors in Texas.