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As a teenager, he delighted in mischievously putting his older sister’s bras in the freezer before her date nights. As a young attorney, he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, beating a loaded government legal team led by future Justice Samuel Alito Jr. As a single man, he turned down a date with the reigning Miss Universe and instead opted for a first date with a neighborhood girl and they would be married 39 years.

Until Friday the 13th, when his colorful 68-year-old life ended prematurely on the floor of the garage in his North Dallas home. This much is known: There was a fire, and firefighters found his dead body. Other circumstances remain shrouded in mystery two weeks later.

As a teenager, he delighted in mischievously putting his older sister’s bras in the freezer before her date nights. As a young attorney, he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, beating a loaded government legal team led by future Justice Samuel Alito Jr. As a single man, he turned down a date with the reigning Miss Universe and instead opted for a first date with a neighborhood girl and they would be married 39 years.
Until Friday the 13th, when his colorful 68-year-old life ended prematurely on the floor of the garage in his North Dallas home. This much is known: There was a fire, and firefighters found his dead body. Other circumstances remain shrouded in mystery two weeks later.

The Texas Supreme Court recently issued two very important decisions on First Amendment law that could have a broad impact on media companies doing business in Texas.

The Texas Supreme Court recently issued two very important decisions on First Amendment law that could have a broad impact on media companies doing business in Texas.

The former head of Apache Corp.’s Egyptian operations misappropriated sensitive trade secrets earlier this year when he left the Houston oil and gas company to help create a start-up firm that would compete with Apache for business, lawyers for Apache alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

A pair of upcoming trials will help determine whether two large makers of “smart” utility meters stole a small Carrollton company’s technology – and the stakes are huge.