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Dallas Judge: NCAA Head Injury Case Will Stay in D-Town

A Dallas state court ruled Friday that a former University of Texas football player’s lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association will remain in Dallas despite the NCAA’s efforts to move the case to Travis County.

February 7, 2020 Natalie Posgate

Jury Awards $2.1M in Houston Mall Dispute

“Meet me at the mall, it’s goin’ down,” has a whole new meaning beyond the lyrics in a 2006 hip-hop single after a jury found a real estate developer defrauded an investor in order to buy a Houston mall. Natalie Posgate details the story, which actually involved them meeting at the mall.

February 4, 2020 Natalie Posgate

A Texas Battle Over Trademarks Reveals A Buddhist Schism

It took a Houston jury only 30 minutes to decide last month that the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam hadn’t defrauded a member of its own church. But not even a quick verdict can resolve the ongoing dispute over what happened to $2.3 million and who gets to call itself “UBCV.” Natalie Posgate sorts it out.

February 3, 2020 Natalie Posgate

Cheniere and ex-CEO Souki Walk Away From Legal Battle on Eve of Trial

It began as a boardroom dispute then morphed into a legal feud involving Carl Icahn. But the much-anticipated trial between Cheniere Energy and its founder Charif Souki, ended before it began Thursday when the parties announced they’d reached a walkaway agreement. Natalie Posgate reports.

January 30, 2020 Natalie Posgate

A Texas-Sized Breakup Over a Handshake Deal

It’s styled as a simple contract dispute. But the upcoming courtroom fray between Charif Souki and Cheniere Energy, the company he founded, is a multi-layered conflict between a well-known entrepreneur and a well-known corporate raider.

January 28, 2020 Natalie Posgate

Appeals Court Upholds, Broadens Noncompete Injunction on Physician Recruiter

Not only does the ruling ban a former sales executive for Merritt Hawkins and Associates from conducting business in five states; it also increases the likelihood for MHA to recover damages in the trial court. Natalie Posgate explains.

January 26, 2020 Natalie Posgate

McKool & Team Score $85M against Apple

Mike McKool and a group of McKool Smith lawyers asked a San Diego federal court jury to order Apple to pay their client $85 million for patent infringement. On Friday, the jury did just that. The Texas Lawbook has details.

January 26, 2020 Mark Curriden

DBJ: Dallas Company’s Founder Taking New Owners to Court in a Move That’s Held Up a Key Deal

A founder of an Irving software company has gone to court to stop his company from making an acquisition – and it’s worked so far. Brian Womack of the Dallas Business Journal has the story.

January 24, 2020 Brian Womack of the Dallas Business Journal

State Securities Class Action Suit Heads to Montgomery Co. with Fewer Defendants

In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel ruled that a Dallas trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over British chemicals company Venator Materials, four of its executives and four underwriters of Venator’s 2017 IPO, who are all nonresident defendants in the litigation.

January 22, 2020 Natalie Posgate

Voices: The NDTX Bench Bar

The annual Bench Bar Conference for the Northern District of Texas last week was a non-stop crush of candid judicial observations and advice litigators ignore at their risk. Here’s a sampling of what attendees heard.

January 13, 2020 Allen Pusey