In a short hearing, Dallas County Judge Emily Tobolowsky granted Robert Morris’ motion to clarify and stay so they can proceed with mandamus before the Fifth Court of Appeals. The parties had reached an agreement.
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‘Law as a Profession Rises and Falls on Leadership’
Jim Coleman, a role model and mentor for scores and scores of Texas attorneys, openly worried that law was quickly becoming just like every other business and was no longer a noble profession.
“The law, as a profession, rises and falls on leadership,” he told The Texas Lawbook in 2015.
Never have those words been more important than today.
The Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Lawbook are pleased to announce the launch of the Texas Lawbook Leadership Symposium, which will focus on issues facing legal industry leaders, provide insight into leadership decision-making and honor corporate general counsel and law firm executives and managing partners who have demonstrated great leadership during an era of disruption.
Litigation Roundup: ERCOT Scores Another Win in Winter Storm Uri Case
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the Texas Supreme Court undoes a jury’s $26 million damages award in a fight involving a contract to deliver fracking water in North Dakota and Texas’ attorney general claims victory in a short-lived Oklahoma border dispute.
Alex Wolens Joins Hamilton Wingo
Hamilton Wingo continues to add experienced trial lawyers to the firm with its latest addition of Alex Wolens. Wolens spent the last six years with Winston & Strawn.
Robert Morris in Jail, Gateway Church in Court: A Look the Multifront Battle Across Texas
While Robert Morris, the convicted child sex offender and former pastor of Gateway Church, is sitting in a jail cell in Osage County, Oklahoma, the wake of his crime continues to ripple as the high-stakes litigation involving the megachurch and its elders is spreading and unfolding in courts across North Texas.
Morris, the church, its elders and congregants and Gateway’s insurance company are mired in lawsuits playing out in state and federal courts. Claims range from defamation to dishonesty about the allocation of tithe money to a dispute over retirement payments to Morris.
The Texas Lawbook‘s Michelle Casady takes you inside the morass of civil litigation.
CDT Roundup: Thirteen Deals, One Theme? Energy Still Rules
For the week ended March 14, the CDT Roundup saw 13 deals reported — same as the week prior and the same as this time last year. The reported values were different, ranging from $5.9 billion last week, down from $48.1 billion during the prior week and $13.7 billion last year. The bump in value in our last report derived from BlackRock’s $33 billion take-private deal of AES. There was nothing of that magnitude this week.
There was, however, plenty of energy represented.
San Patricio County Jury Awards $198M in Sexual Assault Case
A San Patricio County jury awarded a woman $198 million in damages stemming from the sexual assault and attempted murder she experienced over a decade ago. The jury deliberated for two hours after the three-day trial Wednesday and found David Strickland liable for assaulting and shooting of Mary Kristene Chapa. They awarded $100 million in exemplary damages.
P.S. — AZA Draws Record Turnout for Seventh Annual Iftar, Beck Redden Sponsors Women’s History Month Event
In this edition of P.S., women across Houston’s legal community shared their career insights and celebrated each other’s growth in a Women’s History Month event sponsored by Beck Redden.
In observance of Ramadan, hundreds of guests attended an annual Iftar hosted by Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing.
We also highlight a general counsel program sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney’s Dallas office that featured an all-Hispanic panel of legal professionals.
ES3 Minerals Wins $50M+ Jury Verdict in Texas Business Court
A jury in the Third Division of the new Texas Business Court in Austin late Tuesday returned a verdict of at least $50 million in favor of ES3 Minerals, and in support of its claim that several former employees conspired to steal proprietary information and software to start their own competing businesses.
Al Hill III’s Daughter Back in Dallas County Probate Court After Judge Lindsay, Fifth Circuit Sided with Her
Caroline M. Hill, a 21-year-old student at Vanderbilt University, is seeking access to the books and records for the Lyda Hunt-Margaret Trust. Her lawsuit alleges she is a contingent beneficiary of the trust, which should contain at least $15 million but has instead been “looted” and “dissolved.” Disputes involving members of the Hill family and the trusts that hold the family’s fortune are not new.