Litigation Roundup: Houston-Area Clinic Owner Arrested in Alleged $906M Fraud

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher secures a big win on appeal for a major Brazilian mining company that was facing a $500 million lawsuit in Nueces County, and a team from King & Spalding beats back class certification in a 6,000-plaintiff antitrust case playing out in federal court in Illinois. 

Also, the Texas State Securities Board announced Monday it has appointed a new securities commissioner in Jeramy E. Heintz, who previously served as director of enforcement and succeeds Travis J. Iles as the ninth commissioner in the agency’s history. Iles recently retired after nearly a decade in the position.