Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Prominent Dallas lawyer Lisa Blue Baron has sued Tolleson Wealth Management for its failure to obtain appropriate commercial insurance on her behalf, which she says led to a coverage refusal by two carriers after Al Hill III rekindled a legal spat with Blue this summer.
Arnold Spencer has tried around 100 cases in his legal career. But a recent Perry Mason moment during an insurance negligence trial came to him while wearing a different hat: a fact witness. Natalie Posgate tells his tale and how he and lawyers at Hedrick Kring secured a $20 million jury verdict this week on behalf of residents of a burned down Dallas condominium.
HP Inc. Tuesday won a $176 million antitrust verdict against a Taiwanese manufacturer of CD-ROM drives. But the case may not end there. Because the jury found that the firm's price fixing violations were intentional, HP's Beck Redden lawyers are asking that the damages be tripled. Natalie Posgate has the details.
Some associates may sit around "like a potted plant," but not AZA associates Neal Sarkar, Jason McManis and Jordan Warshauer, according to firm founding partner John Zavitsanos. The three young lawyers comprise an associate-exclusive trial team that takes on a Norwegian oil giant in court today. Natalie Posgate has the details.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Eskridge to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas with a 61-31 vote.
In a unanimous verdict, the jury ordered the principal of a large Texas-owned car dealership to pay Ford's financial services arm $53.7 million. The case is part of one of the nation's largest auto-dealer frauds.
U.S. District Chief Judge Barbara Lynn and Texas District Judge Tonya Parker are the two best civil court judges in Dallas, according to a new poll of lawyers who practice before them. The survey gave three other judges failing grades. The Texas Lawbook has details.
The Houston-based company defeated a derivative lawsuit tied to its 2018 merger with Enbridge. Natalie Posgate details the case and highlights the Skadden team who defended Spectra.
Texas lawyers at Norton Rose Fulbright and D.C. attorneys at Mayer Brown aided two oil and gas pipeline manufacturing companies to victory in a false advertising and unfair competition case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Yetter Coleman partner Collin Cox has about 200 bottles of nail polish sitting in his office. He recently won a $2.7 million jury verdict for his client in a four-year legal battle related to all of those bottles and has learned the nuances of at-home polish kits along the way. Natalie Posgate has the story.
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