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When does an employer “know” that a job applicant has a need for a reasonable religious accommodation (such that refusal to accommodate imputes liability onto the employer)? In a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, the justices are deciding whether actual notice to the employer is required to trigger an accommodation obligation, or is something less than actual notice sufficient to trigger the duty to consider accommodations? This case is important to every business owner and general counsel in Texas.

In a highly watched oil and gas case, the state’s highest court issued a mixed decision in a case in which royalty owners allege self-dealing by executive mineral right-holders who negotiate drilling agreements. Experts say the ruling will likely lead to greater scrutiny by trial courts. The plaintiff’s lawyer says his client is disappointed that oil and gas operators will not be held responsible in these kind of mineral rights disputes.

A federal jury in Plano found that a California company owes $48.7 million in actual damages and $10 million in punitive damages to Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions [TAOS] for breach of contract, patent infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Eight jurors were selected Monday afternoon for a federal trial involving the infamous 2011 Super Bowl seat fiasco at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. The Texas Lawbook is in the courtroom and will have updated details throughout the trial.

Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline and Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners have joined forces to construct a crude oil pipeline from the Denver-Julesburg Basin to Cushing, Oklahoma.

Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline and Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners have joined forces to construct a crude oil pipeline from the Denver-Julesburg Basin to Cushing, Oklahoma.