Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
In a three-page order, U.S. District Judge Robert Schroeder III granted Samsung’s motion for judgment as a matter of law that it had not infringed asserted claims in three patents covering technology used in smart phones and smart home appliances. The judge also invalidated asserted claims in two of the patents in the Sept. 18 order.
Here’s a question that has arisen more frequently as we’ve litigated cryptocurrency cases: What does it mean to “own” a crypto token? While blockchain technology offers revolutionary financial possibilities, it simultaneously challenges traditional concepts of ownership and accountability. Legal frameworks globally are still adapting to digital asset realities, with varying standards for ownership verification, asset seizure and inheritance.
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, executives of a Houston-based company that operates strip clubs are indicted on tax fraud charges in New York, and a trio of cities ask the entire Third Court of Appeals to rehear their constitutional challenge to a new state law.
A Boston jury found a Massachusetts woman's mesothelioma death was caused by American Art Clay Company’s asbestos-laden products. This is the second multimillion-dollar verdict in three weeks for Dallas-based litigation boutique Iola, Gross & Forbes-King.
Dallas law firm Burns Charest represented a man who was left profoundly disabled after suffering a stroke just before boarding and another stroke while flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Fort Worth-based American Airlines had argued they bore no responsibility for his injuries because he declined to deplane before the flight departed for Madrid.
Although much has been said of HB 40’s newly effective changes to the Texas Business Courts’ jurisdiction, many may have overlooked HB 40’s revision to Section 74.162 of the Texas Government Code, which weaves the Business Court into the Texas framework for multidistrict litigation. At first blush, this amendment appears to open the door for the business courts to hear a wide array of consolidated MDL proceedings. But practitioners should remain mindful of two significant roadblocks that prevent parties from funneling MDL proceedings to the business courts.
The lawyer representing the Bartholet family, Houston solo practitioner Seth Rubinson, who has represented pipeline companies in other litigation, made it clear in an interview with The Texas Lawbook Tuesday that both he and his client are not “anti-pipeline” and “believe infrastructure projects are important.”
“But this is a case about enforcing a restrictive covenant,” Rubinson said.
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million is filed by a woman who was paralyzed after a tree fell on her SUV in East Dallas, amicus counsel defending Texas firearm restrictions dig back to 14th Century English law in support of their case, and a fight between competing Thai restaurants in Houston heats up.
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