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Businesses and individuals filed 26 percent more patent infringement lawsuits in East Texas during the first six months of 2014 than they did in 2013, which was also a record year. The federal courts in the Eastern District have seen a 1,400 percent increase in new patent filings over the past decade, even as such cases have remained steady in the rest of the state.

But a separate study shows that the district is in danger of losing its reputation as pro-plaintiff due to an increase in defense verdicts. This is a comprehensive update on patent litigation in the Eastern District of Texas.

The partnership, called THQ, will pursue the acquisition, development and exploitation of oil and gas assets in North America.

The partnership, called THQ, will pursue the acquisition, development and exploitation of oil and gas assets in North America.

Houston’s 14th Court of Appeals has applied the “single publication rule” to online media, which provides electronic news sites with the same statutory limitation protections as print and TV media.

Lawyers for Hillwood claimed that the Mavericks are “insolvent on a stand-alone basis” because the NBA team is unable to pay its debts when they come due without the contributions of a third party, which, in this case, is billionaire Mark Cuban.

This article is an extensive update on the legal issues regarding commercial drone use and what is ahead.

The Texas Supreme Court is expect to decide any day whether stock incentive benefits can be denied when an executive jumps ship. Briefs filed by business and oil and gas associations worry that the decision could have “far-reaching and radical implications.”

The Houston-based company is selling its centrifugal compression business to Irish industrial company, Ingersoll Rand. Non-Texas attorneys from Baker Botts and Simpson Thacher also advised.