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Brenna Nava’s Hard Work, Leadership ‘Literally Saving Lives’

The 2017 class of Leadership San Antonio was touring the nonprofit healthcare organizations BioBridge Global and helping assemble packets used to match marrow donors with patients. One class member — Rackspace Technology Senior Counsel Brenna Nava, a former high school dance teacher turned corporate in-house counsel — was fascinated.

Seven years later, Preferred Legal Counsel President Morgan Matson called Nava with an interesting opportunity: the deputy general counsel position at BioBridge. Nava is the 2026 San Antonio Senior Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department.

Winter Storm Uri Litigators’ Last Stand

In one of the last remaining legal battles stemming from the February 2021 winter freeze, the First Court of Appeals in Houston will hear oral arguments Tuesday over whether to revive market manipulation and price-gouging claims against 43 major natural gas companies. Plaintiff CirclesX Recovery argues that energy producers and pipeline operators intentionally restricted fuel supplies during Winter Storm Uri to starve power generators and extract billions in windfall profits.

Fifth Circuit Judicial Council Releases Report on NDTX Judge Ada Brown

U.S. District Judge Ada Brown set off a weekend scramble when she emailed confidential Fifth Circuit misconduct documents about herself to dozens of judges at 2 a.m. Saturday, prompting the judicial council to officially release them Monday. The newly public findings include probable cause that Brown created a hostile work environment, abandoned her docket and refused to cooperate with investigators, and raise questions about her ability to serve. Brown is now required to sit Oct. 30 for a sworn interview with the investigating committee. The Texas Lawbook has the official documents and full report by Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Jennifer Elrod.

Litigation Roundup: Fish Fraud, Talarico Town Hall and More

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals revives a RICO suit against a restaurant accused of seafood fraud, a conservative commentator files a federal trademark infringement suit against CNN over U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s town hall last week, and ExxonMobil is stuck with an $816 million verdict according to a Pennsylvania appellate court.

CDT Roundup: Beyond Bumble, the Blahs

The week that ended Oct. 17, dipped back below the yearly average with just seven deals valued at $3.6 billion. One of the deals included dozens of lawyers from across the country: but just one from Texas.

Judge Rejects DOJ Bid to Disqualify Susman Godfrey from ABA Lawsuit

A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s bid to remove Susman Godfrey as lead counsel for the American Bar Association’s lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of illegally intimidating law firms, ruling the firm’s lawyers are unlikely to be called as witnesses. The case could force discovery into communications between the White House and some of the country’s largest firms, several of which have Texas offices.

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