Litigation Roundup: Ericsson Dinged with $31.5M Infringement Verdict; BMC, Baker Hughes March Toward TM Trial; and More

In this week’s edition of Litigation Roundup, a team from Susman Godfrey obtained a patent infringement win against Ericsson, two Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys took another step toward ending a recruiter’s fee lawsuit, the Fifth Circuit affirmed a $3 million award in a trade secrets lawsuit between competing oil industry employment websites and Baylor College of Medicine won a $48 million Covid-19-related jury award.

September 6, 2022 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: SCOTUS Cert Petition Filed in Williamson Co. Wrongful Conviction Case, Antero Secures $11.9M Final Judgment, ITC Gets Oil Pollution Act Claims Tossed

This week’s Litigation Roundup features a fight between the Houston Astros and Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar over about $462,000 in taxes assessed against the ball club, a $3.3 million jury win for the buyers of a North Dallas office complex and a second bite at the apple for a Louisiana federal judge who enjoined a Biden administration order pausing oil and gas lease sales.  

August 29, 2022 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: Law Firm Draws Suit Over Charity Golf Tournament Injury, Distiller Moves To End Texas Lotto’s TM Claim, CenterPoint Hit With $15.4M Injury Verdict 

This week’s edition of Litigation Roundup features another chapter in a legal malpractice lawsuit against Haynes and Boone that’s already made it to the Texas Supreme Court, a Fifth Circuit panel striking down a “vague” nationwide injunction that would have allowed oil and gas lease sales to resume and a retired dentist suing a Houston restaurant after being allegedly assaulted by its bouncer. 

August 22, 2022 Michelle Casady

Litigation Roundup: IBM Settles One Trial, Bucks up for Appeal of Another; Pretrial Begins in F1 Patent Case

In this week’s roundup, we have a mid-trial settlement, a new securities fraud lawsuit regarding a SPAC transaction, an anticipated patent trial inching closer to the jury and an eight-figure attorneys’ fees award.

August 14, 2022 Natalie Posgate

Litigation Roundup: Tax Fraud, Landlord RICO Claims, Media Wants Answers in Uvalde Shooting

In this week’s Litigation Roundup, we have a multimillion-dollar civil jury verdict, a criminal jury verdict and four new lawsuits brought by a chef, a law firm and more than a dozen major media outlets.

August 9, 2022 Natalie Posgate

Litigation Roundup: Private Planes, Insurance Claims, Patent Suits Against Big Names

A lender that recently emerged from bankruptcy sues its insurance company. An out-of-state bank defeats a Dallas-based homebuilder in a dispute over an airplane. Patent infringement litigation begins against two giants in the smartphone and beverage industries. This week's Litigation Roundup details it all.

August 2, 2022 Natalie Posgate

Litigation Roundup: Opioids, Psilocybin & (Alleged) Legal Malpractice

This week of the Litigation Roundup features a settlement, an attorney's fees award and three new lawsuits. The litigation features a deceased Houston Rockets scout, a disabled NFL player, a Houston DEA agent who won awards for putting pill-pushing doctors in jail, the founder of a well-known Dallas hedge fund and a Houston litigation boutique’s role in a Freedom of Information Act request involving the clinical use of magic mushrooms in Washington state. 

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July 26, 2022 Natalie Posgate

Litigation Roundup: Nike Ghosts Patent Lawsuit, Tennis Star Double Faults in Court of Law, Energy Transfer Sued

Two jury verdicts that exceed $1 billion, including abortion issues involving Southwest Airlines and the adjudication of long-anticipated Dallas Police and Fire Pension dispute. Two new lawsuits against two major North Texas corporations — one involving alleged illegal horizontal drilling and another involving boiling water poured on customers. Two Ukrainian nationals accused of money laundering strike plea deals with federal prosecutors. All that and more in this week's Litigation Roundup.

July 18, 2022 Natalie Posgate

Litigation Roundup: An American Settlement, Money Laundering & Ducks

A couple feeds ducks in their neighborhood and now may lose their house from a costly lawsuit brought by their homeowners association. Elon Musk hires lawyers in Austin. Prosecutors in the Northern District of Texas score a plea deal in a money laundering case. In this week's Litigation Roundup, Natalie Posgate details each case and invites you to tell your own HOA stories.

July 12, 2022 Natalie Posgate

Litigation Roundup: TCU Hazing, Ripped Gloves, Attorneys’ Fees Galore

A final judgment in a commercial landlord-tenant dispute. Another juror contracts Covid-19, delaying trial proceedings for a second time. A group of Houston lawyers score big in Las Vegas. All that and more in this week's litigation roundup.

July 7, 2022 Natalie Posgate