In a 255-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack ruled that the state is currently violating foster children’s constitutional rights by not protecting them from an unreasonable risk of harm.
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A group led by Mexican businessman Gabriel Brener has purchased Houston’s soccer team, the Houston Dynamo, the women’s team, the Houston Dash and the BBVA Compass Stadium in downtown Houston.
Six Firms Advise in String of EnCap-Devon Deals
Thompson & Knight, Locke Lord, Paul Hastings, Latham & Watkins, Vinson & Elkins and Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised the companies involved in a series of exit deals that EnCap Investments struck with Devon Energy and affiliates involving core assets this week that added up to $4.8 billion in value.
Jones Day’s David Lowery Advises in $2 Billion Real Estate Deal
Charleston, S.C.-based Greystar Real Estate Partners said Tuesday that an affiliate would sell a 32-property, 10,399-unit multifamily portfolio to the real estate outfit of The Blackstone Group for $2 billion.
Shimabuku to Run USPTO’s Dallas Office
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office named Xerox Business Services Corporate Counsel Hope Shimabuku to be the first regional director of the agency’s newly-created Dallas office. A former lawyer at BlackBerry, Shimabuku will take office Jan. 4. She will be charged with building an office that will eventually include more than 100 examiners, judges, and outreach and administrative staff.
UPDATED – Patent Lawsuits Flood East Texas Courts in November
Businesses and individuals filed a record 851 patent infringement lawsuits in November.
Beirne Maynard Scores Victory in Maserati Missing Miles Trial
© 2015 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate (Dec. 8) – Lawyers for Maserati North America are expected this week to ask an Austin judge to affirm a jury verdict
A Tale of Two Amys
Dallas is out of room for lawyers named Amy Stewart. The two who are in today’s North Texas legal community, Amy E. Stewart of Amy Stewart Law and Amy M. Stewart of Estes Okon, have received each other’s depositions, court transcripts – and in one instance – phone call from the other’s father. But they share more than a name. Find out tomorrow what else they have in common.
Bill Brewer Firm Disqualification in Int’l Trial Reversed
A Dallas judge improperly disqualified the law firm formerly known as Bickel & Brewer from being involved in a multimillion-dollar international business dispute after the law firm hired a former executive from the company it is suing who had confidential information about the case, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. The justices say the trial court used the wrong legal standard.
DMN: Bankruptcy Judge Approves EFH’s Plan
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi ruled Thursday that Energy Future Holdings can move ahead on breaking up the company, setting the stage for Texas’ largest power company to emerge from bankruptcy court in the spring. The ruling effectively ends a fight among hedge funds and Wall Street tycoons that just six months ago appeared as if it might drag out for years.