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Patent Lawyers: WDTX Waco Order Unfair, Misguided and Hypocritical
Since Judge Alan Albright took the federal bench in 2018, businesses and individuals have filed 2,622 lawsuits in Waco accusing others of patent infringement. New statistics show he handles 24 percent of patent disputes in the U.S. – more than any other judge. His cases proceed quickly from filing to finish. Empirical data shows plaintiffs and defendants each win about half of their trials. Judge Albright rules for defendants 90 percent of the time on summary judgment.
This week, the federal judiciary shut down Judge Albright’s patent docket and has started sending his patent cases to other judges. In an in-depth report, The Texas Lawbook looks at the allegations by some tech companies against Judge Albright, reveals new data about his caseload and provides feedback from 19 patent lawyers in Texas. FYI: They are pissed.
DBJ: Munsch Hardt Opts to Keep HQ at Ross Tower with New Lease
The firm, which hit record profits last year, has 50% more employees since it first made the move to Ross Tower and expects to move to the new space in the fall of 2023.
Drew Baldinger Weighs In on Return to Skadden and the Making of his Practice
The Texas Lawbook visited with Baldinger, who was previously the co-chair of DLA Piper’s energy practice, about how much of his energy practice has shifted to renewables work.
Q&A with Recent GT Real Estate Shareholder Additions in Dallas
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Ashley Aten and Austin Wyker, both formerly of Munsch Hardt, about why they moved and what they are seeing in their practices.
Texas M&A Lawyers Look Ahead: More of the Same, Maybe
This week, The Texas Lawbook published new Corporate Deal Tracker data showing M&A lawyers were busier during the first six months of 2022 than they have ever been. The article quoted several of the state’s leading dealmakers on the trends they saw during H1 2022. Now, we asked those same M&A lawyers to look into their crystal balls for the second half of the year? The bottom line: Opinions differed.
Watermelon Display Injury Verdict Wiped Out on Appeal, New Trial Ordered
Roel Canales will get another shot at proving Pay and Save was negligent in the way it displayed watermelons. But the Fourth Court of Appeals panel said the evidence supporting the gross negligence claim was too weak and ordered Canales take nothing on that claim.
In Competition Suit That Sought $41M, Dallas County Jury Awards $120K
Alston & Bird attorneys representing Boral Windows got a ruling that ensured the jury never got to consider counterclaims seeking $100 million in damages against its client. And Don Godwin batted back Boral’s bid for about $41 million in damages against his client, who sold his company to Boral.
Houston PE Lawyer Jumps to O’Melveny
With the move Garrett Johnston is reuniting with former colleagues Angela Olivarez, Steven Torello and Ryan Cicero.
Charter/Spectrum Hit With Staggering $7B in Punitive Damages in 2019 Murder of 83-year-old Cable Customer
A Dallas County jury deliberated less than two hours before finding that the cable giant was liable for the exemplary damages on top of an earlier verdict of $375 million in actual damages.