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Lubbock District Judge Ruben Reyes sanctioned Dallas trial lawyer Bill Brewer $133,000 for alleged improper conduct committed misconduct for using a so-called push poll to improperly influence potential jurors in a West Texas wrongful death case that was weeks away from trial in 2014. Brewer denies it was a push poll and argues he has done nothing unethical.

“Mr. Brewer’s explanation that he bears clean hands because the poll was a blind study conducted by a third party vendor is insulting to this court,” the judge wrote.

While those damages in the patent infringement litigation may sound great, the Plano firm’s real goal could be to land a permanent injunction to get competing technology off the market.

Two Houston trial lawyers – David Gerger and Joel Androphy – spent 23 hours over the weekend at the federal prison in downtown Houston waiting for word from the White House on whether their clients, who are Iranian businessmen accused of violating the ban on doing with Iran, would get presidential pardons. Gerger and Androphy gave exclusive interviews to The Texas Lawbook.

The vibrant Texas economy drives business disputes into federal court and ultimately, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. This article identifies ten recent cases from the Fifth Circuit that will likely influence commercial litigation in the year ahead. The specific areas of law include forum selection, federal jurisdiction over class actions, arbitration, civil procedure, and the substantive fields of antitrust and trademark.