GT Recruits Gruber-led Litigation Team
Mike Gruber and two young shareholders have left Dorsey for Greenberg Traurig. The Texas Lawbook spoke with the lawyers on Day One at GT.
Litigation Roundup: SCOTUS Cert Petition Filed in Williamson Co. Wrongful Conviction Case, Antero Secures $11.9M Final Judgment, ITC Gets Oil Pollution Act Claims Tossed
This week’s Litigation Roundup features a fight between the Houston Astros and Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar over about $462,000 in taxes assessed against the ball club, a $3.3 million jury win for the buyers of a North Dallas office complex and a second bite at the apple for a Louisiana federal judge who enjoined a Biden administration order pausing oil and gas lease sales.
Hurricane Harvey Litigation Still Winding Through Courts Five Years Later
In the five years since Hurricane Harvey devastated the Houston region, courts have been wrangling the massive amount of litigation spawned by the storm, brought by property owners seeking damages for the flooding that in many instances took everything they had. Storm cleanup and later the COVID-19 pandemic caused some roadblocks to resolution, but time hasn’t run out for those still waiting to make a claim.
Jury Says No Damages In Citgo Desalination Plant Suit
A major point of contention in the case was whether Rothwell Energy Services’ president and director, Juan Hurtado, was the actual nephew of the former head of Citgo, Nelson Martinez, who later served as Venezuela’s oil minister and died in prison after being swept up in the PDVSA corruption probe. Rothwell’s attorneys argued Hurtado referred to him as “uncle” but had no blood relation with the close family friend, while Citgo’s attorneys argued that relationship was proof of impropriety in the deal.
Deconstructing Texas’ Covenants Not to Compete Act
There remains a minefield of issues that can drastically impact the enforcement of noncompete covenants. This article highlights several key issues that practitioners should be mindful of under Texas' Covenants Not to Compete Act.
News Report: Uvalde Victims’ Families to Sue Law Enforcement, Gun Supplier
KSAT TV in San Antonio reports that several of the families of victims and survivors of the Robb Elementary school shooting in May plan to file a lawsuit seeking billions of dollars against the law enforcement agencies involved in the Uvalde tragedy and the maker and seller of the gun used in the mass shooting.
Insurers Don’t Have to Defend Blue Bell in Shareholder Suit
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman on Monday sided with Discover Property & Casualty Company and The Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut and agreed the commercial general liability policies didn’t require it to defend the breach of fiduciary duty claims. Judge Pitman wrote that Texas courts haven’t squarely addressed the issue presented in this lawsuit.
Litigation Roundup: Law Firm Draws Suit Over Charity Golf Tournament Injury, Distiller Moves To End Texas Lotto’s TM Claim, CenterPoint Hit With $15.4M Injury Verdict
This week’s edition of Litigation Roundup features another chapter in a legal malpractice lawsuit against Haynes and Boone that’s already made it to the Texas Supreme Court, a Fifth Circuit panel striking down a “vague” nationwide injunction that would have allowed oil and gas lease sales to resume and a retired dentist suing a Houston restaurant after being allegedly assaulted by its bouncer.
Trial Groups Tell Texas Supreme Court Compelled Remote Jury Trial Is Unconstitutional
The Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel are all on the same side of the issue: Harris County District Judge Dedra Davis’ remote jury trial order is unconstitutional. Among the issues with the proceedings, the amici argued there’s been no effort to ensure the pool of potential jurors have access to technology necessary to participate, artificially limiting the diversity of the panel.
Litigation Roundup: IBM Settles One Trial, Bucks up for Appeal of Another; Pretrial Begins in F1 Patent Case
In this week’s roundup, we have a mid-trial settlement, a new securities fraud lawsuit regarding a SPAC transaction, an anticipated patent trial inching closer to the jury and an eight-figure attorneys’ fees award.
Litigation Roundup: Tax Fraud, Landlord RICO Claims, Media Wants Answers in Uvalde Shooting
In this week’s Litigation Roundup, we have a multimillion-dollar civil jury verdict, a criminal jury verdict and four new lawsuits brought by a chef, a law firm and more than a dozen major media outlets.
Litigation Roundup: Private Planes, Insurance Claims, Patent Suits Against Big Names
A lender that recently emerged from bankruptcy sues its insurance company. An out-of-state bank defeats a Dallas-based homebuilder in a dispute over an airplane. Patent infringement litigation begins against two giants in the smartphone and beverage industries. This week's Litigation Roundup details it all.