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Kirkland has landed what is believed to be its first Dallas litigation partner, who joined from Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst. The move comes two months after the firm announced it was launching a plaintiff-side trial group that tackles commercial litigation matters on a contingency or other alternative fee basis. Natalie Posgate has the scoop.
A Dallas County probate judge cut a short hearing shorter Tuesday, asking for written arguments in the dispute over a new trustee for the Ruff Management Trust. Allen Pusey reports that the abbreviated, chaotic hearing seemed emblematic of the rancor that has embroiled a Dallas family in their long-running fight for control of a relatively modest family fortune.
Tony Aquila said in a statement that Solera has breached a separation deal and refuses to honor its obligations to pay the company's founder for his vested stock options worth in excess of $100 million.
The investigation will look into whether the company, which “dominates all aspects of advertising on the internet and searching on the internet,” has acted in ways that restricted competition or consumer access, Texas AG Ken Paxton said at a press conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
A Texas judge has initiated a "court of inquiry" to handle allegations of criminal misconduct made by the children of deceased Dallas banker Arthur Ruff against Texas lawyers and bankers involved in their family’s multimillion-dollar trust. The judicial led probe comes as Ruff's widow seeks to enforce a $66 million judgment against her own son. The web of lawsuits shows just how nasty family disputes over cash and control can get.
Nearly three dozen more residents of the Elan City Lights apartments in Dallas have sued Greystar and Bigge Crane and Rigging. They represent a segment of more than 500 displaced residents after a crane crashed into the complex during a severe Dallas storm. Natalie Posgate has the scoop.
The DOJ on Tuesday filed an antitrust suit in Delaware attempting to block Southlake-based Sabre's $360 million deal with a Miami-based airline technology firm. The DBJ has the details.
You might think you've never done something stupid during trial, but judges will tell you otherwise. Four Texas trial judges who've seen a lot of dumb things shared their advice on how to avoid a few of the most common errors in courthouse etiquette. Natalie Posgate was there.
Texas Pacific Land Trust and a group of activist investors have halted their contentious proxy battle and reached a settlement in a connected legal fight, both parties announced Wednesday. Though settlement was in the best interest of both sides, it put an end to what could have been an epic legal showdown. Natalie Posgate has the details.
A small employment defense law firm called the Hagan Law Group is one of two businesses that filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to stop the Dallas Paid Sick Leave Ordinance from going into effect this week.
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