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Litigation Roundup: Opioids, Psilocybin & (Alleged) Legal Malpractice

This week of the Litigation Roundup features a settlement, an attorney’s fees award and three new lawsuits. The litigation features a deceased Houston Rockets scout, a disabled NFL player, a Houston DEA agent who won awards for putting pill-pushing doctors in jail, the founder of a well-known Dallas hedge fund and a Houston litigation boutique’s role in a Freedom of Information Act request involving the clinical use of magic mushrooms in Washington state. 

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Judge in Salesforce MDL To Decide Whether Plaintiffs Can Use Discovery in Related Cases

A hearing on a motion to modify the protective order governing an MDL in which Salesforce is accused of facilitating sex trafficking ended Friday with the presiding judge deciding he would review on a case-by-case basis the discovery the plaintiffs’ lawyers are seeking to use in other related litigation nationwide. Salesforce’s attorney Michael Raiff of Gibson Dunn said at one point in the hearing he felt he was being accused of committing fraud on the court, but the plaintiffs’ lawyers said that wasn’t the case.

Litigation Roundup: Nike Ghosts Patent Lawsuit, Tennis Star Double Faults in Court of Law, Energy Transfer Sued

Two jury verdicts that exceed $1 billion, including abortion issues involving Southwest Airlines and the adjudication of long-anticipated Dallas Police and Fire Pension dispute. Two new lawsuits against two major North Texas corporations — one involving alleged illegal horizontal drilling and another involving boiling water poured on customers. Two Ukrainian nationals accused of money laundering strike plea deals with federal prosecutors. All that and more in this week’s Litigation Roundup.

Texas Lawbook Hires Law360 Litigation Reporter Michelle Casady

Michelle Casady joins Natalie Posgate, who has been with The Lawbook for a decade, and former Dallas Morning News writer and editor Bruce Tomaso in covering litigation for The Lawbook.

“Michelle’s tremendous experience and knowledge in covering Texas courts will mean The Lawbook will provide our readers with more breaking news stories and more in-depth coverage of litigation trends and personalities than ever before at any news publication in Texas,” said Posgate. “Michelle is a highly respected and gifted reporter and we are greatly pleased to be working with her now as a colleague rather than against her as a competitor.”

Litigation Roundup: An American Settlement, Money Laundering & Ducks

A couple feeds ducks in their neighborhood and now may lose their house from a costly lawsuit brought by their homeowners association. Elon Musk hires lawyers in Austin. Prosecutors in the Northern District of Texas score a plea deal in a money laundering case. In this week’s Litigation Roundup, Natalie Posgate details each case and invites you to tell your own HOA stories.

Ben & Jerry’s Sues Parent for Backtracking on West Bank Ice Cream Sales Stance

Famed ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s sued Conopco, a subsidiary of parent company Unilever, in Manhattan federal court Tuesday morning alleging a deal Unilever struck regarding sale of the company’s ice cream in the West Bank violates their 2000 merger agreement. The lawsuit, filed by AZA, presents a conflict between the prerogative of Ben & Jerry’s independent board to make decisions about its social missions and its parent company’s authority over finances and operations.

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