After a three-week trial, a New Orleans jury found that industrial gas provider Praxair repeatedly breached its promises to Huntsman Corp. in a contract agreement and that those breaches directly caused Huntsman substantial financial damages. The verdict is the latest of a series of significant courtroom and boardroom wins Huntsman and its legal teams have achieved in recent months.
Beating the TRO: Get Ready Now … and Ensure There’s Gas in the Tank
Unfair competition lawyers get to marry adrenaline, strategy and competition. This article shares a real-life example featuring all of those things on the way to beating a temporary restraining order.
American Airlines Flight Attendant Gets Day in Court
A jury trial that began Monday in Fort Worth state court will determine whether American Airlines will be held liable for an alleged sexual assault that one of its longtime flight attendants said was encouraged by airline executives. The night in question involves British celebrity chef Mark Sargeant. Natalie Posgate has the details.
Burns Charest Scores Victory in Fight Over Vast Costa Rican Energy Concession
The Dallas law firm represented GT Resources of Denver, which won a $41 million verdict this week in a dispute over royalties on 2.3 million acres in Costa Rica.
KRCL: Four Lawyers, a Fax Machine and 30 years of Extraordinary Texas Success and Now Succession
Raymond Kane, Gordon Russell, Joe Coleman and Mike Logan started KRCL in 1992 to flee financial bad habits of their old firm. Thirty years later, the firm they built is entrenched in the Texas middle market of corporate law firms, ranking 46th statewide in revenues in the upcoming 2021 Texas Lawbook 50. But the four partners discovered much more than success. They and their firm used fiscal restraint and commitment to long-term client service to find peace and friendship. At the twilight of their careers, they still love the practice of law and each other.
Sunoco Wins Defense Verdict in Dallas County
A jury trial in Dallas County concluded Wednesday with a take-nothing verdict in favor of a Sunoco affiliate.
East Texas Jury Awards $41.8 Million in Cancer-Drug Patent Case
A Seattle company represented by Johnny Ward of Ward, Smith & Hill prevails in a suit claiming patent infringement by a Japanese big pharma firm that reaped hundreds of millions of dollars from sales of an innovative breast-cancer treatment.
Initial Strategy and Attorney To-Do List in Departing Employee Cases
This article covers what attorneys, from the perspective of the former employer’s counsel, should consider when developing their initial case strategies and possible action items in connection with them.
Judge Preserves Bulk of False Claims Case Against Afghan War Defense Contractor
The ruling in the Southern District of Texas paves the way for a group of qui tam whistleblowers to continue alleging that a Dallas-based defense contractor billed the government more than $100 million for military support in Afghanistan that it did not actually provide.
‘It Is High Time’ To Halt Inheritance Litigation by Albert Hill III, Judge Declares
U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay rejected yet another lawsuit by ‘Al Three,’ an embittered descendant of oil magnate H.L. Hunt, and said he’s considering sanctions against the ‘vexatious litigator’ and his lawyers.