The deadly crash happened in December 2014 on an icy interstate near Odessa when a pickup truck carrying a woman and her three children crossed into the path of an 18-wheeler helmed by a driver trainee. Trucking and business interests decry the $116 million Harris County trial judgment as an outlier among commercial vehicle cases.
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Sidley Leads Independence Drilling’s Bankruptcy Restructuring in SDTX
Houston-based Independence Contract Drilling and its affiliated company, Sidewinder Drilling, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Monday in the Southern District of Texas. ICD leaders chose Sidley Austin as its lead legal advisor. Latham & Watkins is counsel for the noteholders. Piper Sandler is the investment bank advising ICD.
Litigation Roundup: Buc-ee’s Goes to Court, Again, in TM Spat
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, we detail the outside lawyers Texas has hired to bring suit against some of the largest private equity firms in the world alleging they conspired to depress the market for coal and a Beaumont personal injury lawyer gets sanctioned for using Claude to write a brief that included made-up cases and quotes.
Dallas Law Firms Face Off in $33M Breach-of-Contract Case Over Pipeline Explosion Near Pittsburgh
Cardinal Midstream II LLC, represented by Reese Marketos, is suing Energy Transfer and its affiliate ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC for $33 million in a bench trial that started Monday before Beaver County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas Judge James J.Ross. Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann represents Energy Transfer, which says the judge should find the force majeure clause applies because a landslide caused the 2018 pipeline explosion.
CDT Roundup: 10 Deals, 9 Firms, 103 Lawyers, $10.3B
As we approach the end of 2024, it’s crucial to ensure that your submissions to the Corporate Deal Tracker are fully credited. The Texas Lawbook’s M&A team is committed to identifying all relevant submissions for deals involving Texas-based lawyers, and we want to make sure that no qualified deal from your firm goes unaccounted for. That and more, including last week’s deals, in this edition of the CDT Roundup.
Foley Leads Vodka Maker’s Bankruptcy
The U.S. subsidiary of vodka producer Stoli Group and its sister company, whiskey maker Kentucky Owl, have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Northern District of Texas.
Update: GOP Considers Appeal in Dallas Appeals Court Election
Thompson Coe litigation partner Matthew Kolodoski, a Republican candidate for the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas, will have to decide in the next few days whether he will challenge the official election results in his race against his Democratic opponent, Dallas Criminal Court Judge Tina Clinton. When votes were tallied on election night, Nov. 5, Kolodoski was unofficially declared the winner, leading Judge Clinton by 1,512 votes. But mail-in and provisional ballots were counted, there was a 3,000-vote swing in Judge Clinton’s favor.
Texas Secretary of State Updates Results in Dallas Appeals Court Election
Wednesday afternoon, as lawyers left their offices for the long Thanksgiving weekend, Texas election officials quietly updated the official results of the race for the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas. The final vote tally shows that Dallas County Criminal Court Judge Tina Clinton received nearly 1,600 votes more than her Republican opponent, giving the Democrats a sole victory among the eight races for state appellate court. But lawyers say that state Republican leaders are pressuring its candidate to challenge the results.
Weil, AZA Name Newly Promoted Partners for 2025
Weil and AZA are the 12th and 13th law firms in Texas to release their new partner list, bringing the total number of newly minted partners this cycle to 69.
Dallas-Based Dean Omar Branham Shirley Takes Johnson & Johnson to Trial in String of Legal Fights
DOBS has been in near back-to-back trials this year across the country against Johnson & Johnson over claims its talc-based baby powder was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos. At the heart of DOBS’ latest trial is Michaeleen Lee, an 80-year-old grandmother and former chemistry professor who died from mesothelioma, a cancer in the lining of the lung.