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Fort Worth Boutique Firms Merge - Vartabedian Hester & Haynes and Forshey Prostok are ringing in the new year by adding expanded services for their clients through the combination. January 1, 2025
SCOTX: Cities Not Liable for Cop Car Crash Injuries - Rulings in the two latest cases and a third decided in May set up a demanding standard for when police officers can be sued over injuries and deaths caused while pursuing suspects or responding to calls for help. Although the circumstances varied, the court said none of the cases met the emergency exception to governmental immunity. December 31, 2024
Litigation Roundup: Fifth Circuit Rules Against NFL HOF’er LaDainian Tomlinson - In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Match Group draws a shareholder class action lawsuit in California, Medicaid fraud whistleblowers get a piece of a $212.3 million settlement, and a Harris County District Court judge sees a public reprimand against her vacated by a court of special review. December 31, 2024
Experts: Antitrust, Employment, International Trade and Energy — What to Expect Under Trump 2.0 - In a CLE event hosted by The Texas Lawbook, lawyers from Akin, Baker McKenzie and Capital One discussed various topics related to how they are preparing themselves and their clients for the transition between administrations in January when Donald Trump assumes office in his second term as president. December 30, 2024
Lawbook Hires Nick Peck to Cover M&A, Restructuring - Earlier this month, The Texas Lawbook hired Nick Peck as its new M&A and restructuring reporter, stepping into the role previously held by veteran deals newshound Claire Poole, who retired in August. December 30, 2024Whiplash: Fifth Circuit Unblocks, Blocks Corporate Transparency Act in 2 Orders Issued 3 Days Apart - While the court’s original order lifting the injunction, issued Monday, was signed by the three judges who issued it — Judges Carl E. Stewart, Catharina Haynes and Stephen A. Higginson — the subsequent order putting the nationwide injunction back in place, issued Thursday, was not signed, but entered instead by the clerk of the court at the direction of the court. December 27, 2024
Litigation Roundup: Appellate Losses for Salesforce, Justin Timberlake - In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the Fifth Circuit explains the limitations of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in allowing a lawsuit against Salesforce to proceed, the Houston city council greenlights a settlement in a revenge porn case involving members of the fire department and a multimillion-dollar jury award in a case involving a contract to construct a natural gas plant is slashed. December 24, 2024
Centerpiece
Biggest Texas Verdicts of 2024 - Juries in the Eastern District of Texas handed out the largest and second-largest awards of the year and five of the Top 10. But no jury in the state cracked the $1 billion damages award threshold in a single case in 2024. December 30, 2024P.S. — Dallas Cowboys’ Kaleisha Stuart, SPCA’s Chris Luna Win DFW Corporate Counsel Awards - The Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook are awarding the 2024 DFW Corporate Counsel Award for Diversity and Inclusion to Dallas Cowboys Deputy General Counsel Kaleisha Stuart and the Creative Partnership Award to SPCA of Texas CEO Chris Luna and Jones Day partner Joseph Van Asten. Also in this P.S. column, Munsch Hardt and Paul Hastings share the holiday spirit with those less fortunate. December 27, 2024
Expert Voices
Top 10 Texas Legal News for 2024 - Astroworld, Hurricane Beryl, and the attack on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are just a few of the events connected to the biggest legal stories of the year in Texas. December 26, 2024
Legal Hiring Trends: A Look Ahead to 2025 - Russell Newhouse, founding principal of legal search firm Newhouse + Noblin, shares insights into which sectors and industries corporate legal departments are focusing post-election and heading into the new year. December 26, 2024
