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Litigation Roundup: SCOTX Will Hear Anadarko Lease Dispute

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Kroger strikes an $83 million deal to bring an end to opioid epidemic claims in Texas, the state is given a deadline to reply to a rehearing request in the longrunning litigation over the safety of the foster care system and a fried chicken trademark spat lands in the Eastern District of Texas.

November 18, 2024 Michelle Casady

Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple Sues Co-Founder’s New Venture Over Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets, Proprietary Technology

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple Holdings Inc. is suing a new venture led by TuSimple’s co-founder and ex-CEO in one of the first Texas business court cases. Lawyers for TuSimple say the case is among the earliest and largest nationwide in which artificial intelligence technology is at the core.

November 15, 2024 Krista Torralva

Fort Worth Jury Convicts E-Discovery Firm of Class B Misdemeanor

Consilio, which claims to be the largest e-discovery firm in the world, committed a Class B misdemeanor offense when it accessed a woman’s computer without consent, a jury recently determined. Rob Miller of Miller Copeland, who represented the plaintiff, told The Texas Lawbook he believes this is the first lawsuit of its kind to be decided by a jury.

November 7, 2024 Michelle Casady

Texas Lawyer Leads Trump Lawsuit Against CBS in Amarillo

Former president Donald Trump has hired Amarillo lawyer Christopher D. Parker, a shareholder at Farris, Parker & Hubbard, as one of three attorneys to file a lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting claiming that the TV network committed “unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive and substantial news distortion” by editing interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris that were broadcast in early October.

October 31, 2024 Mark Curriden

Gibson Dunn Leads Industry Challenge to FTC ‘Click to Cancel’ Rule

The Fifth Circuit has shown a willingness to invalidate agency actions like the FTC rule being challenged here. In recent years, the court has struck down a variety of rules after finding their implementation ran afoul of either the enacting agency’s authority or the federal Administrative Procedure Act.

October 24, 2024 Michelle Casady

Rapper Travis Scott, Live Nation Settle Scores of Personal Injury Suits with Astroworld Plaintiffs

Three bellwether plaintiffs were set to have their day in court Tuesday. But late last week, two bellwether plaintiffs were among nearly 100 parties who settled their claims with the performer and venue operator. The trial for a third bellwether plaintiff will be rescheduled.

October 21, 2024 Krista Torralva

Fort Worth Jury Awards American Airlines $9.4M in Suit Against Bargain-Fare Site Skiplagged

After deliberating for parts of two days, jurors in the court of U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman ordered Skiplagged Inc. to pay American Airlines $4.7 million in damages for copyright infringement, and another $4.7 million in disgorged profits.

October 15, 2024 Bruce Tomaso

Litigation Roundup: A $2.2B Zantac Settlement and More

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Big Oil is denied its request to bring an early end to a climate suit in California, Marriott reaches a data breach settlement with all 50 states, and we bring you details of the $2.2 billion settlement GlaxoSmithKline reached to bring an end to thousands of Zantac lawsuits.

October 15, 2024 Michelle Casady

Truelove: The Last Name Attached to Some of Marshall’s Biggest Verdicts

From the $663 million False Claims Act judgment against Trinity Industries in 2014 to this year’s $1.4 billion settlement on behalf of the state of Texas against Facebook parent Meta, one name stands out: Truelove. Jennifer and Kurt Truelove have been involved in some of the biggest verdicts and settlements to come out of Marshall, the East Texas town famous for its patent litigation docket.

October 10, 2024 Krista Torralva

‘Skiplagging’ Hurts American Airlines and Its Customers, Witnesses Say

The testimony came on the second day of AA’s suit against an online site that promotes cheaper flights to users who book ‘hidden city’ tickets to destinations other than those at which they truly intend to arrive.

October 8, 2024 Bruce Tomaso