Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Lawyers for Baker Botts in Houston and Austin scored a huge courtroom victory Tuesday for Houston based Kinder Morgan. A state district court judge in Austin tossed out a lawsuit that sought to stop a Kinder Morgan pipeline from being routed through the Texas Hill Country.
A Colorado jury has handed a $96 million win to a team of Houston lawyers representing Denver-based Antero Resources Corp. in a dispute over what’s believed to be one of the largest natural gas purchase agreements in the U.S.
Irving-based Courtroom Sciences Inc. has denied all claims by former employee Megan Cartwright that the litigation services firm discriminated against her and fired her 10 days before she was due for a C-section as retaliation because she was pregnant.
The Texas Citizens' Participation Act is changing: literally, in terms of legislative alterations, and judicially, in two new interpretations by the Texas Supreme Court. Laura Lee Prather and Wesley Lewis bring you up to date on the specifics of what's changed, and what to expect for Anti-SLAPP defenses in this altered landscape.
Anti-SLAPP requests have officially touched down in Texas state courts for a new kind of lawsuit. Two law firms on Friday filed the state’s first TCPA motion to dismiss for an IPO-related securities class action. Natalie Posgate has the details
DLA Piper partner Danny Tobey, co-chair of the firm's new AI practice, received a prestigious Burton Award in May for outstanding legal writing. The Texas Lawbook has published the former software entrepreneur's award-winning article here.
After issuing a notice of violation on April 11, Harris County Pollution Control last month filed a civil suit accusing Exxon Mobil of violating provisions of the federal Clean Air Act. Perla Trevizo of the Houston Chronicle has the story.
Clients, particularly defendants, prefer federal courts to state courts, and frequently seek to move them to a federal jurisdiction. Such moves are heavily scrutinized and difficult for that reason. But don't despair, say Sidley's Yvette Ostolaza and Daniel Driscoll. It's not impossible.
A proxy battle unfolding in Dallas involving one of Texas’s largest landowners is getting uglier by the day. The latest development: a countersuit filed by a shareholder who might become Texas Pacific Land Trust’s newest trustee. Both sides say their courtroom opponent has unclean hands. And both sides have hired some of the best litigators in Dallas to fight it out. Natalie Posgate has the details.
A federal jury in Houston ruled Thursday that the Houston Independent School District repeated violated copyright laws and awarded DynaStudy $9.2 million. Lawyers with Cole Schotz and Klemchuk represented DynaStudy in the seven-day trial.
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