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Brothers Convicted in $240M Agridime Cattle Ponzi Scheme - A Fort Worth federal jury convicted brothers Joshua and Jason Link of running a $240 million Ponzi scheme through Agridime, a cattle company that sold more than 2,200 buyers nationwide contracts for about 60,000 more head of cattle than it actually had. Jurors also found the brothers embezzled $2.7 million from Agridime itself through fake feed bills, with proceeds going to a Kansas “barndominium” and a Hummer. Each faces up to 20 years in prison on the most serious counts when they’re sentenced in March. November 12, 2026Alexa Shrake
UPDATED: California Jury Awards $34.21M Against J&J in Mesothelioma Case - Jurors found Johnson & Johnson 40 percent responsible for a Sacramento-area man’s mesothelioma and awarded his family $34.21 million, with the rest of the fault assigned to Merck’s Dr. Scholl’s, which settled before trial. It’s the second talc verdict against J&J in four days. November 11, 2026Alexa Shrake
Trump Makes Nominations to NDTX, WDTX Benches - President Donald Trump has nominated Department of Justice official T. Elliot Gaiser to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and Texas Supreme Court Justice James Sullivan, who lost his reelection bid last week, to the Western District of Texas. The nominations come after Democrats flipped every Texas statewide seat up for grabs in last week’s election and will now control the U.S. House and Senate in January. November 11, 2026Alexa Shrake
Jury Rejects $370M Ask in Injury Case, Awards $360K - Five contractors seeking $370 million for alleged catastrophic injuries sustained during a 2021 incident at a Pasadena Air Liquide facility walked away with a fraction of their request, as a jury awarded them a combined $360,000. November 11, 2026Michelle Casady
Boston Jury Awards $3.3M Against J&J in Mesothelioma Case - A Massachusetts jury awarded $3.3 million to the family of Missy Haddad, finding that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her mesothelioma, though not her death. Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley secured the verdict against defense teams from King & Spalding and Kirkland & Ellis. November 9, 2026Alexa Shrake
Litigation Roundup: Paxton Drops Suit Against Glass Lewis - In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a Houston lawyer nets back-to-back wins in sex trafficking suits against Meta, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice turns to the Northern District of Texas to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit wades into the applicability of “mi casa es su casa” in an intellectual property dispute between tequila companies. November 9, 2026Michelle Casady
LS Power Reacquires 6 Power Plants from NRG for $4B - In May 2025, NRG Energy bought 18 natural gas-fired power plants across nine states from LS Power for $12 billion, including debt. November 9, 2026Jason Philyaw
CDT Roundup: M&A Surfs a Blue Breaker with an Almost Normal Week - In a week that saw a seismic change in Texas political governance, Texas dealmakers still managed to push a dozen deals across the finish line. And given the slow walk of transactions taking place before the election, last week shows that Texas dealmaking still has a pulse.
November 8, 2026Jason Philyaw
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Shock & Y’all: Texas Dealmaking in a New Shade of Blue - The client calls and texts started on Election Night, as the blue-shaded Texas results grew deeper and deeper on the ballot. Clients wanted to know what to make of it, what changes they could expect. But their Texas lawyers were just as shocked as their clients. And days later they are cautiously optimistic, even hopeful, that a Blue slate in Texas will keep the money green. November 8, 2026Allen Pusey
Civil Litigation Experts: 2026 SCOTX, 15th COA and Texas AG Elections Will Have ‘Monumental Impact’ - The unexpected election of four Democrats to the Texas Supreme Court and three to the new Fifteenth Court of Appeals fundamentally alters the state’s civil justice landscape. More than a dozen prominent Texas trial and appellate lawyers weigh in on how the new courts — and a new attorney general — will reshape corporate dockets, jury verdicts and the balance of power. November 5, 2026Mark Curriden
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New Elizabeth Holmes Doc Shows Why Jury Trials Outperform Films in the Search for Truth - The buzzy new documentary You Can See Everything gives the founder of Theranos a platform to repeat her claims of innocence, but cameras are no substitute for cross-examinations. This column makes the case why the rigorous mechanics of a courtroom beat storytelling on film in the search for truth. (Photo courtesy A24) November 9, 2026Tom Melsheimer & Alex WolensStop Objecting on Autopilot: A Young Litigator’s Guide to Discovery Responses That Actually Hold Up - For litigators in their early years of practice, drafting discovery responses that comply with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure requires a thoughtful approach, one that can withstand a motion to compel and build a defensible record to thrive in a meet-and-confer with opposing counsel. Here are five rules for crafting discovery motions that can withstand scrutiny. November 9, 2026Jay D. Evans









