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UPDATE: Jury Finds NFL Breached Contract, Awards Only $76,000

An eight-person jury heard a preview of the measures that a group of football fans took to get to the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas, such as two diehard Green Bay Packers fans from Madison, Wisconsin, only to have their Super Bowl experience ruined by the infamous seat fiasco at the Cowboys Stadium.

“[Their trek] will remind you of Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” said Michael Avenatti, the lead attorney for seven disgruntled ticketholders who are finally getting their day in court against the National Football League in a federal trial that began Monday in Dallas. “It was needless to say, an odyssey.”

Check here for updates throughout the trial from The Texas Lawbook.

Headscarf Headache: Supreme Court Considers EEOC’s Case Against Abercrombie

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.

UPDATED – Texas Supremes: Balancing the Bundle of Rights that Comprise a Mineral Estate Creates a “Conundrum”

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.

Updated – Exxon Mobil’s William Buck to Lead Houston Pro Bono Effort

William Buck, the GC of Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Upstream Companies, has a message for corporate legal departments: Do your fair share of pro bono. The new Houston Bar Foundation chair, who specializes in transactional law, says, “I plan to remind all companies that we in-house lawyers also have pro bono obligations. We in-house lawyers are more than capable of handling some of these pro bono needs.”

Dallas Super Bowl Ticket Dispute Trial Begins

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.

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