In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review a Fifth Circuit decision against the Federal Communications Commission, we identify the Dallas lawyers who helped secure a nearly $100 million verdict for the family of Botham Jean, and Vedder Price is tapped to represent NFL quarterback Baker Mayfield in a $12 million family feud.
Marshall Jury Hits Samsung with $118M Verdict
A federal jury in Marshall found Samsung willfully infringed three patents owned by semiconductor manufacturer Netlist regarding computer memory modules. The verdict is the latest in a string of wins for Netlist against Samsung.
New Trial Order Predicated on Juror Misconduct Allegations Undone in Nissan Products Liability Case
A jury had sided with Nissan in March, issuing a take-nothing verdict in the lawsuit brought by Deana A. Rios following the April 2022 death of her husband. In a 46-page opinion issued Thursday and authored by Chief Justice Terry Adams, the panel held Harris County District Judge Fredericka Phillips had abused her discretion by granting Rios a new trial, in part by relying on inadmissible testimony from some of the jurors about deliberations in the case.
Blackstone’s ‘Rushed’ $788M Sale of Energy Company Kicks Off Docket of Dallas Business Court
Oral arguments on a motion for summary judgment, pitting Kirkland & Ellis against Susman Godfrey, are believed to be a first for the newly created court.
Judge Isgur Tosses Insurers’ $1.3B Claims Against Zachry, Chiyoda
According to audio of the hearing available on the docket, Judge Isgur told counsel for the insurers about four minutes before he issued an oral ruling from the bench dismissing the subrogation that he wasn’t inclined to adopt his arguments. “I’m not even following a little bit of your argument, just so you know,” he said. “It seems obvious that you’re wrong.”
Judge Cuts $2.17M Jury Award in SkyWest Airlines Sexual-Harassment Case to $300K, as Prescribed by Law
In accordance with federal damages caps, U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater on Thursday reduced a jury’s $2.17 million verdict against SkyWest Airlines to $300,000.
Dallas County Judge Ordered to Rule on Motion for Arbitration Pending Since July 2022
In an opinion dated Nov. 12 but not published to the court’s website until Monday, the panel found that “the trial judge has abused her discretion by failing to perform her ministerial duty to rule on Megatel’s motion to compel arbitration despite Megatel’s numerous attempts to set a hearing and request a ruling.”
Litigation Roundup: SCOTX Will Hear Anadarko Lease Dispute
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Kroger strikes an $83 million deal to bring an end to opioid epidemic claims in Texas, the state is given a deadline to reply to a rehearing request in the longrunning litigation over the safety of the foster care system and a fried chicken trademark spat lands in the Eastern District of Texas.
Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple Sues Co-Founder’s New Venture Over Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets, Proprietary Technology
Autonomous trucking company TuSimple Holdings Inc. is suing a new venture led by TuSimple’s co-founder and ex-CEO in one of the first Texas business court cases. Lawyers for TuSimple say the case is among the earliest and largest nationwide in which artificial intelligence technology is at the core.
Securing Texas Business Court Jurisdiction Over ‘External’ Disputes
For Texas’s commercial litigation bar and their clients, the wait is over. Texas’ business court is open for business.
But it’s still a court of limited jurisdiction, and securing a hearing there is far from guaranteed. The business court can only hear the kinds of disputes listed in its jurisdictional statute, the new Texas Government Code § 25A.004, write Gibson Dunn’s Matt Scorcio and Trey Cox in this Expert Voices column.
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