Texas

  • February 28, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Gov't Lease Limbo, AI Upset, Profiteering

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into federal lease upheaval, the impact of AI efficiency on data centers and price-gouging in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.

  • February 28, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Gun Violence Liability & Nuclear Waste

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to consider Mexico's attempt to hold gun manufacturers and distributors liable for cartel-related gun violence and a nuclear waste site dispute that could determine who can challenge future agency actions.

  • February 28, 2025

    Insurer Gets Partial Early Win In Oil Pollution Coverage Suit

    Because of a late notice, an insurer shouldn't have to defend an oil and gas company against litigation claiming it damaged neighboring land after it discharged wastewater, a U.S. magistrate judge recommended to a Texas federal court Friday, but indemnification might still be on table.

  • February 28, 2025

    Steakhouse Workers Score Collective Cert. In Tips Row

    Servers and bartenders claiming that a steakhouse known for its 72-ounce steak challenge cheated them out of tips and didn't reimburse them for their uniforms can move forward as a collective, a Texas federal judge ruled, while saying the limitation period clock will start ticking later.

  • February 28, 2025

    Seattle Property Owner Slaps Exxon With Cleanup Suit

    A Seattle property owner hit Exxon Mobil Corp. with a lawsuit seeking to hold it liable for the costs of cleaning up pollution from a former gas station, according to a complaint the energy giant removed to federal court on Friday.

  • February 28, 2025

    Texas AG Paxton Announces 3 Deputy Promotions

    Three longtime staffers of the Texas attorney general's office have been promoted to deputy positions, Ken Paxton announced Thursday.

  • February 28, 2025

    La. Regulators Ask Justices To Review Tesla Sales Ban Case

    Louisiana regulators have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review Tesla's case over the state's ban on direct sales by automakers, saying the presence of car dealership owners on a regulatory board does not violate the electric-car company's due process rights.

  • February 28, 2025

    Frontier Communications Must Face Suit Over Woman's Death

    Frontier Communications of America Inc. must face a lawsuit by the estate of an elderly Connecticut woman who fell in her basement and could not call 911 because her phone lines were down, a Putnam trial court judge has ruled.

  • February 28, 2025

    Roc Nation Aims To Get Out Of Buzbee Conspiracy Suit

    Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation has asked a Texas federal court to let it exit a lawsuit that claims Roc Nation conspired to "finance" malpractice suits against attorney Tony Buzbee in retaliation for an abortive lawsuit Buzbee filed accusing the rap star of rape.

  • February 28, 2025

    Arnold & Porter Lands 2 IP Partners From King & Spalding

    Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP has added two attorneys from King & Spalding LLP to bolster its intellectual property practice through their extensive backgrounds handling life sciences and technology IP disputes.

  • February 28, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Adds Former Flag Football League Exec

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired an attorney with experience as a high-level executive for a sports league and teams, including the American Flag Football League and the Houston Roughnecks, now of the United Football League, to expand its sports law practice.

  • February 28, 2025

    3M Wants Texas 'Forever Chemical' Suit Tossed

    3M Co. told a Texas federal judge that the Lone Star State's lawsuit accusing chemical manufacturers of selling forever chemical-containing products despite knowing they present health risks to humans should be tossed because the court doesn't have jurisdiction over the companies.

  • February 28, 2025

    MPLX Paying $715M For Full Control Of BANGL Pipeline

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP-advised MPLX LP said Friday it has agreed to acquire the remaining 55% interest in the BANGL pipeline system of Texas for $715 million, plus potential future earnout payments, from affiliates of WhiteWater and Diamondback Energy.

  • February 28, 2025

    GOP Rep. Reintroduces The JUDGES Act

    The chair of the House Judiciary Committee's courts panel has reintroduced a bill to create 66 new and temporary federal judgeships, which former President Joe Biden vetoed at the end of last year.

  • February 27, 2025

    Judge Rejects Bid To Halt Sale Of NBA Star's Viral Jersey

    A New York state justice on Thursday allowed the sale and delivery of a Victor Wembanyama jersey acquired in a well-publicized swap with a young NBA fan to proceed, according to both sides of the dispute over the jersey's possession.

  • February 27, 2025

    VW Urges Fed. Circ. Not To Revive 3D Glasses Patent Suit

    Volkswagen urged the Federal Circuit on Wednesday to uphold a lower court's dismissal of patent-holding company VDPP LLC's patent suit against it, arguing that VDPP "failed to investigate facts, pressed unreasonable positions, disregarded court orders and rationales, 'lied,' and committed innumerable careless errors."

  • February 27, 2025

    5th Circ. Won't Revive Sheriff's Workers' Leave Policy Suit

    The Fifth Circuit declined Thursday to reinstate a lawsuit employees brought against the Harris County Sheriff's Office over a policy restricting how they can use the compensatory time off they receive in lieu of overtime wages, saying the workers cannot show they have a property interest to the accrued time.

  • February 27, 2025

    Lewis Brisbois Foe Urges 5th Circ. To Let TM Feud Go To Jury

    The main defendant of a group that was found liable for willfully stealing Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP's name for its mediation business has told the Fifth Circuit that a Texas federal court committed more than a dozen abuses of discretion and that the trademark dispute should go before a jury.

  • February 27, 2025

    Payment Processor Sues Trulieve Over Cashless ATMs

    A Texas payments processor is suing multistate cannabis giant Trulieve in Arizona state court, alleging the company's use of so-called cashless ATMs to handle retail marijuana sales triggered close to $1 million in fines.

  • February 27, 2025

    Texas Attorney Says He Can Contact Party While Pro Se

    An attorney barred from practicing law for five years has told the Texas Supreme Court that he was allowed to contact members of the Texas Bar's disciplinary wing instead of their counsel because he was pro se, asking the court to toss his punishment.

  • February 27, 2025

    Ex-Trump Atty Powell's Mich. Misconduct Hearing Set For May

    The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board on Thursday announced the date for a misconduct hearing for Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and other attorneys who were allegedly involved in a legal challenge to Michigan's 2020 presidential election results and supporting Donald Trump's election fraud theories.

  • February 27, 2025

    More CFPB Attys Departing Amid Agency Uncertainty

    Two more Consumer Financial Protection Bureau litigators are leaving the agency as it faces uncertainty due to the new presidential administration, including an attorney who has been with the agency since its creation in 2011.

  • February 27, 2025

    King & Spalding Finance Ace Jumps To Bracewell In Houston

    Bracewell LLP built out its finance team this week with a partner focusing on complex lending matters in the energy industry joining the firm in Houston from King & Spalding LLP's corporate finance and investments practice.

  • February 27, 2025

    Whistleblowers Fired By Paxton Propose $6.75M Settlement

    Four of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's former top deputies-turned-whistleblowers are asking for more than $6.75 million from his office to settle claims they were unlawfully fired for reporting Paxton's possible abuses of office to the FBI in 2020.

  • February 27, 2025

    Texas Atty Seeks Woman's Employment Docs In Sex Tape Case

    A Houston attorney accused of filming a sexual encounter with a woman and sharing it without her consent has asked a Texas state court for permission to subpoena the woman's employment records to help him defend against her suit.

Expert Analysis

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability

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    In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda as several of its rules were vacated by the Fifth Circuit, which could hinder the SEC's ability to enact rules extending beyond express statutory authority in the future, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Religious Accommodation Lessons From $12.7M Vax Verdict

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    A Michigan federal jury’s recent $12.7 million verdict against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan starkly reminds employers of the risks they face when assessing employees’ religious accommodation requests, highlighting pitfalls to avoid and raising the opportunity to consider best practices to follow, say attorneys at Williams & Connolly.

  • Justices Seem Focused On NEPA's Limits In Utah Rail Case

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    After last month's oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, the court appears poised to forcefully reiterate that the National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to review only those environmental impacts within their control, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

  • Series

    Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

  • Takeaways From SEC's Mixed Results In '24 Crypto Litigation

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    Though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new leadership seems likely to create a more favorable cryptocurrency regulatory environment, it must also confront the consequences of, and lingering questions raised by, the SEC's 2024 policy of investigating and charging cryptocurrency trading platforms for operating unregistered exchanges, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Opinion

    Aviation Watch: How Court Nixed Boeing Plea Deal Over DEI

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    A Texas federal court's rejection of the plea agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Boeing over the 737 Max aircraft gratuitously injected the court's views on diversity, equity and inclusion into a case that shouldn't have been a criminal matter in the first place, says Alan Hoffman, a retired attorney and aviation expert.

  • Reviewing The High Court's Approach To Free Speech Online

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    As the U.S. Supreme Court began addressing the interplay between the First Amendment and online social media platforms, its three opinions from last term show the justices adopting a nuanced approach that recognizes that private citizens, public employees and online platforms all have First Amendment rights, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Mich. Ruling Offers View On 'Occurrence' Coverage Definition

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    As demonstrated by a Michigan state court in its recent decision finding per-wound insurance coverage for a school shooting, the amount of coverage available under occurrence-based policies often depends on how courts interpret "occurrence," say attorneys at Hunton.

  • Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation

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    Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 5th Circ.'s Nasdaq Ruling Another Piece In DEI Policy Puzzle

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent en banc opinion vacating Nasdaq's board diversity listing rule wades into the hotly debated topic of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at a time when many public companies are navigating the attention that DEI commitments are drawing from activists and shareholders, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • A Guide To Significant 2024 Data Broker Legal Developments

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    2024 saw notable developments in U.S. data broker regulation and enforcement, and this momentum will likely carry into 2025, despite hypothetical efforts to the contrary under the new administration, say attorneys at Frankfurt Kurnit.

  • Series

    Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.

  • How Changes In State Gift Card Laws May Affect Cos. In 2025

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    2024 state legislative movements around the escheatment of unused gift card balances and consumer fraud protections should prompt issuers to consider whether changes in company domicile or blanket cash-back policies are needed in the new year, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025

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    As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.

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