In a groundbreaking criminal case, the former owner of a staffing agency that provided physical therapists to home-healthcare companies is convicted of obstructing an FTC investigation – but acquitted of conspiring with competitors to fix wages.
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Houston Appeals Court Reverses Multimillion-Dollar Arbitration Award
Houston’s 14th Court of Appeals has reversed a $7 million arbitration award in an attorney-fees dispute because the arbitrator failed to disclose he had been an expert witness in litigation involving the party who selected a list of arbitrators. The court found the nondisclosure constituted “evident partiality” under Texas law.
2022 Science & Technology Law Review Symposium
The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the healthcare industry is no longer an abstract idea that lives in the pages of science fiction novels. SMU Dedman School of Law and Perkins Coie recently partnered together to examine the innovations in medical AI and its legal and ethical dilemmas.
KRCL: Four Lawyers, a Fax Machine and 30 years of Extraordinary Texas Success and Now Succession
Raymond Kane, Gordon Russell, Joe Coleman and Mike Logan started KRCL in 1992 to flee financial bad habits of their old firm. Thirty years later, the firm they built is entrenched in the Texas middle market of corporate law firms, ranking 46th statewide in revenues in the upcoming 2021 Texas Lawbook 50. But the four partners discovered much more than success. They and their firm used fiscal restraint and commitment to long-term client service to find peace and friendship. At the twilight of their careers, they still love the practice of law and each other.
Sunoco Wins Defense Verdict in Dallas County
A jury trial in Dallas County concluded Wednesday with a take-nothing verdict in favor of a Sunoco affiliate.
East Texas Jury Awards $41.8 Million in Cancer-Drug Patent Case
A Seattle company represented by Johnny Ward of Ward, Smith & Hill prevails in a suit claiming patent infringement by a Japanese big pharma firm that reaped hundreds of millions of dollars from sales of an innovative breast-cancer treatment.
CDT Roundup: 17 Deals; 14 Firms; 184 Lawyers; $4.4B
Sarah McLean has been busy, to say the least. The Shearman & Sterling partner has advised on at least four energy transactions so far this year. Find out about what McLean thinks about the current climate for private equity and see who is leading the week’s deals on the Corporate Deal Tracker.
Masters Champ and Golf’s World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler’s Legal Lineage in Texas
Scheffler’s mom, a former Thompson & Knight COO, and father-in-law, an attorney at QSLWM, were there to celebrate the big Masters win.
A&M Law Is Working Hard at Ranking Higher, and Showing Success
The Texas A&M University School of Law intends to become one of America’s greatest law schools. That’s not just A&M Chancellor John Sharp’s lofty goal or an empty objective for the law school dean. But in the so-important U.S. News rankings the school has been on a meteoric rise since A&M bought it almost 10 years ago. “The top 10 is where we ought to be,” Sharp says.
Updated — Answering a Call of Duty, KRCL Attorney Johnathan Jordan Joins Envy Gaming as VP of Legal
With the move, Johnathan Jordan becomes one of the first in-house counsel at a professional esports and gaming organization.