Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Winston partner Tom Melsheimer and Dallas Judge Craig Smith recently published a book discussing the importance and effectiveness of juries in deciding disputes. TLB interviewed Melsheimer about the book and attacks on the jury system.
In this chapter of their recently-released book, Tom Melsheimer and Judge Craig Smith argue that closing arguments, while important and dramatic, aren’t necessarily the most important phase of a trial.
The lawsuit that alleges the aircraft manufacturing giant stole trade secrets from an insurance company that had proposed creating a private alternative to the Export-Import Bank, the U.S. government’s official credit agency.
Litigation writer Natalie Posgate has the story of a defendant who couldn’t stop fibbing, even under oath.
Steve Sumner has set records for historical civil rights verdicts and worked on cases that are the inspiration to many books and movies.
A federal judge slapped major sanctions on the City of Houston for violating discovery rules and destroying evidence in a class action lawsuit alleging the city violated thousands of Houstonians’ rights.
An East Texas jury ruled the Chinese telecom giant that manufacturers Android smartphones willfully infringed on five patents related to wireless communications technology.
The Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas will induct Chief Justice Wright as a Texas Legal Legend at the State Bar’s Annual Meeting in Houston on June 21.
The Supreme Court of Texas ruled Friday that a Texas court has no jurisdiction over non-resident defendants in a lawsuit filed by Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company Inc. Reversing a ruling by the 14th Court of Appeals in Houston, the court ruled that neither routine discussions involving Texas lawyers nor the administration of a trust fund in Texas changed the fact that the underlying misconduct alleged by Pepsi—fraudulent transfer and tortious interference—occurred as the result of a settlement agreement reached in New York.
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