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Litigation Roundup: Exxon Gets SCOTUS Review in Climate Change Litigation - In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a petition for writ of certiorari that Exxon Mobil and Suncor filed more than six months ago that could have a major impact on climate-change litigation the oil companies are facing nationwide. We also provide details on a San Antonio investment company executive who copped to a nearly $70 million Ponzi scheme and a wrongful death lawsuit against Valero stemming from a refinery fire. February 23, 2026Michelle Casady
Families of 9 Who Died in July 4 Camp Mystic Flood Sue DSHS - The families of nine Camp Mystic campers and counselors who died in the July 4 flood last summer filed a lawsuit Monday morning in the Western District of Texas against the Texas Department of State Health Services, claiming the agency should not have approved the camp’s license. The camp’s license expires next week, and it has announced it will reopen this summer. February 23, 2026Alexa Shrake
Dallas-based Home Health and Hospice Care Provider Enhabit Going Private - Dallas-based Enhabit Inc. announced Monday that it agreed to be acquired by Kinderhook Industries, a middle market private equity firm, in a cash deal with a disclosed enterprise value of about $1.1 billion.

Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis advised on the deal. February 23, 2026Jason Philyaw
CDT Roundup: Tampa Tanks, Bitcoin and a Cherokee Nation Power Play - For the week ended Feb. 21, the CDT Roundup saw 10 deals reported with a total value of about $7.1 billion. That's down from both the prior week's 14 for $20.5 billion and the 17 deals this time last year for $12.1 billion. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup. February 22, 2026Jason Philyaw
Texas Business Court’s First Jury Trial Ends with Late-Night Win for Plaintiff - Marking a milestone for the state judiciary, a Harris County jury late Friday night delivered the historic inaugural verdict in the Texas Business Court. February 20, 2026Michelle Casady
NDTX Judge Rules Eyecare Communication Bill Violates First Amendment - U.S. District Judge Wes Hendrix granted summary judgment and found House Bill 1696 violates the First Amendment. The court found little had changed since the Fifth Circuit’s November ruling.  February 20, 2026Alexa Shrake
Chambers County Jury Clears Brown & Root in $258M Trade Secrets Case  - CAM Industrial Solutions failed to convince the jury in its trade secrets lawsuit against Brown & Root. The Chambers County jury trial lasted three weeks with the jury deliberating for nearly two days. February 19, 2026Alexa Shrake

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‘Are You Kidding?’: Ex-Prosecutor Defends 81-Year-Old Former Doctor in Tossed Kickback Case - Katten's Brandon N. McCarthy said he was perplexed when his client, retired Dr. David Wolf of Houston, was indicted on an alleged kickback scheme that was ultimately dismissed against 10 doctors.

“This was perplexing as my client was 81 years old and had retired from medicine over half a decade ago,” McCarthy said. “He had a 50-year career as a doctor with a perfect record. No medical board issues. No criminal record.”

“My first thought was, ‘What in the world are they doing?’” he said. “Mind you, I had been a federal prosecutor in this very office, working fraud cases in this exact same department from 2007 to 2015.” February 23, 2026Mark Smith
Federal Judge Dismisses Texas Kickback Indictment Involving 10 Doctors, Pharma Executives - A Texas federal judge tossed a superseding indictment accusing 10 doctors, two pharmaceutical executives and two business entities of a kickback scheme involving prescriptions that spanned six years from 2013 to 2019. 

The defendants had moved to dismiss the superseding indictment on several grounds, including statute-of-limitations issues.

Rather than respond to that motion, the prosecutors moved to dismiss the case “in the interests of justice.” February 23, 2026Mark Smith

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New DOJ Rule Makes Immigration Judge Decisions Final in Most Cases - A significant regulatory change by the U.S. Department of Justice is quietly reshaping how immigration decisions become final within the nation’s removal adjudication system. Under a new rule, most appeals from immigration judge decisions to the Board of Immigration Appeals will no longer receive routine appellate review. The rule has immediate relevance for Texas practitioners, courts, and policymakers. February 23, 2026Daniel H. Weiss
Your Client’s ChatGPT Strategy Session Just Became Government Evidence - A Manhattan federal judge’s landmark ruling has direct consequences for Texas lawyers, corporate general counsel and every executive who has ever opened an AI chatbot to think through a legal problem — before calling their lawyer. February 18, 2026Chris Schwegmann

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