After a daylong evidentiary hearing, U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer said the radio station’s owners failed to show they would suffer irreparable harm if the new podcast by Dan McDowell and Jake Kemp continues until December, when a civil trial is scheduled to determine whether the two violated their noncompete agreements with KTCK “The Ticket.”
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AI Hallucinations in Legal Research Are a Serious Problem … for Now
By now, we know that GenAI hallucinates. It is very real. It is very serious. And it is most likely very temporary.
Looking to learn from others who are approaching the inevitable disruption that GenAI will bring to the legal industry, I talked with three legal technologists from the UK law firm Travers Smith about mitigating the hallucination problem, the development of their own open-source AI chatbot and more.
Vital Buys Oil & Gas Assets for $1.16B
In simultaneous acquisitions from three different sellers, Vital promises to add scale in the Permian Basin, increase cash flow and reduce leverage. Texas lawyers from six different firms were involved: Akin, Baker Botts, Jackson Walker, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Vinson & Elkins.
La Michoacana Meat Market’s Quest to See Biz Partner’s Books Continues in Arbitration
The dispute between the largest Hispanic grocery store chain in Texas and the business partner that supplies its meat will be settled through arbitration after a failed attempt by La Michoacana to get a district court to grant it access to the books and records of Amigos Meat Distributors. Judge Tanya Garrison, who sent the case to arbitration, told the parties at a hearing last month “I feel like this is a fight between my kids in the backseat. ‘He touched me first.’ And they’re saying ‘nuh-uh.’”
Texas Appellate Experts Preview SCOTX Term
Coming off another cohesive term, the Supreme Court of Texas began its new session hearing arguments this week in a variety of cases. The Texas Lawbook hosted a panel of appellate experts on Tuesday to discuss some of the upcoming cases they are watching and reviewed significant decisions from last term.
Gibbs & Bruns Associate Re-launches Debate Classes for Houston Prisoners
On Thursday, Caitlin Halpern will host a pizza party to commemorate the re-launch of a program that teaches public speaking and critical thinking through debate to incarcerated people in Harris County. Natalie Posgate collected details on the event, the program and the organization behind it that marries Halpern’s passions for debate and criminal justice reform.
CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 8 Firms, 102 Lawyers, $6.4B
Kirkland dominated this week’s Roundup with participation in four of the seven M&A/Fundings deals reported last week. But according to the firm, that’s also been the case during the summer, especially in the energy sector. They provided some rankings from Deal Point Data to back that up. We tested their data against some numbers from our own Corporate Deal Tracker, and the results may reveal some good news for everyone. And, of course, there’s the usual rundown of firms and lawyers involved in all the deals last week.
Fifth Circuit to IBM in $1.6B BMC Appeal: What Do You Want Us to Do?
U.S. District Judge Gray Miller, who presided over a bench trial, determined in May 2022 that IBM committed fraud in a dispute involving IBM’s removal of BMC’s mainframe products from their largest mutual client, AT&T. The case was argued before the Fifth Circuit Sept. 5.
Baker McKenzie Names Marredia Crawford as Chief ID&E Officer
The firm’s new top inclusion, diversity and equity official talked with The Lawbook about her background, the challenges the DEI industry is facing, how to retain diverse talent and why the firm leads with “inclusion” in her job title.
Litigation Roundup: Dallas Luxury Apartment Co. Sued over Mistaken Eviction, Fifth Circuit Revives False Arrest Claim Against Texas Police Chief
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the University of Houston gets a retaliation lawsuit tossed on appeal, a group of investors in a Dallas-area chain of hot chicken restaurants settles its suit with a hospitality group and the Fifth Circuit sides with the National Labor Relations Board in a suit involving fired plant workers.