Texas

  • October 22, 2024

    Texas Firm 'Tortured' Barratry Case, Appeals Court Hears

    A Texas law firm accused of ambulance chasing told a state appeals court that the opposition had "tortured" the case, saying during oral arguments Tuesday that Bandas Law Firm PC pursued the case merely as an extortion racket.

  • October 22, 2024

    Texas Rebar Giant Accused Of Crushing Rivals As Trial Opens

    Pacific Steel Group's counsel told a California federal jury during trial openings Tuesday that Texas rebar giant Commercial Metals Co. used anticompetitive tactics to "crush" competition and drive up rebar prices in the Golden State, while CMC's counsel said evidence will show PSG can only blame itself for its problems.

  • October 22, 2024

    Ex-Worker Says DOJ Retaliated Over Accommodation Request

    A former human resources officer in the Southern District of Texas lodged a retaliation suit against the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, claiming she had to wait 100 days for her post-traumatic stress disorder-related accommodation request to be approved.

  • October 22, 2024

    Supervisor Could've Prevented Electrician's Death, Widow Says

    The widow of a man who was electrocuted told a Texas appeals court during oral arguments Tuesday that it wouldn't matter if there was a supervisor looking over the deceased man's shoulder, claiming the question never came up because there wasn't a qualified supervisor on site.

  • October 22, 2024

    Death Claims In Lyondell Leak MDL Go To Mediation

    Family who lost loved ones in the 2021 gas leak at a LyondellBasell facility in La Porte, Texas, must pursue their wrongful death claims in mediation, a Houston state court judge has ruled, just a month after the first bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation reached a settlement.

  • October 22, 2024

    Texas DOT Ruled Immune In $1M Bike Accident Suit

    A Texas appeals court has thrown out a $1 million verdict against the state's Department of Transportation over a doctor's bicycle accident, saying there was no evidence to support a finding of gross negligence, and, as such, the state agency has sovereign immunity.

  • October 22, 2024

    BP Unit Says Mexican Cos. Owe It $46M For Natural Gas

    Oil and gas giant BP's Mexican unit has asked a Texas federal court to enforce approximately $46 million in arbitral awards against subsidiaries of steelmaker Ternium SA after they allegedly bought natural gas during 2021's Winter Storm Uri and refused to pay.

  • October 22, 2024

    LA-Based Wound Group Hits Ch. 11 After Medicare Pay Pause

    A Los Angeles-based multistate wound care practice has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court, saying it can't pay nearly $156 million in charges from its management company after its Medicare payments were suspended last month.

  • October 22, 2024

    Law Firm Wins Atty Fees In Texas Over Lies To Ghana Court

    An African energy company has to pay nearly $166,000 in attorney fees to an international arbitration specialty law firm after the company was sanctioned for lying to a Ghanaian court about proceedings in Texas, a Texas federal judge has ruled.

  • October 22, 2024

    Norton Rose Names Atty Duo As Global Arbitration Leaders

    Norton Rose Fulbright has elevated the firm's U.S. arbitration team leader and a London-based partner to co-lead its global international arbitration practice, shaking up the group's leadership for the first time in over a decade, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • October 22, 2024

    The 2024 Prestige Leaders

    Check out our Prestige Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their financial performance, attractiveness to attorneys and law students, ability to secure accolades and positive legal news media representation.

  • October 22, 2024

    How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status

    For decades, a handful of New York-based law firms thoroughly dominated the national consciousness when it came to power, profitability and prestige. But in today's legal market, increased movement of partners and clients from one firm to the next has begun to shake things up and create opportunities for go-getters to ascend the ranks.

  • October 21, 2024

    Eli Lilly Slams 'Dangerous' Knock-Off Weight Loss Drugs

    Eli Lilly & Co. on Monday launched a trio of lawsuits in Indiana, Texas and Washington federal courts accusing three telehealth companies of peddling illicit knockoffs of its weight-loss medications that have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and that pose a danger to patients.

  • October 21, 2024

    Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG Want DC Circ. FERC Ruling Redo

    Backers of liquefied natural gas projects on Texas' Gulf Coast are asking the D.C. Circuit to revisit a panel ruling that vacated their Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reauthorization orders, with Rio Grande LNG LLC saying that the flawed ruling threatens to halt its $18 billion project and put its future at "grave risk."

  • October 21, 2024

    X Corp. 'Sabotaging' Discovery Process, Media Matters Says

    Left-leaning watchdog Media Matters for America says that X Corp. is "jamming the wheels of discovery" by refusing to answer questions or provide documents relating to Elon Musk's role in the site's content moderation, asking a Texas federal court Friday to order X to comply.

  • October 21, 2024

    Justices Told Newman's Suspension Preventing Fair Hearings

    The owner of a background check patent that was found invalid for claiming only an abstract idea has told the U.S. Supreme Court that it was deprived of a fair hearing at the Federal Circuit due to the suspension of Judge Pauline Newman.

  • October 21, 2024

    1st Astroworld Trial Pushed As Travis Scott Drops Appeal

    Rapper Travis Scott has dropped his bid for settlement information from several Astroworld plaintiffs, telling a Texas appellate court that the first plaintiffs scheduled to have their day in court will no longer be heading to trial this week.

  • October 21, 2024

    Feds Say Texas Isn't Injured By DHS Spousal Parole Program

    The Biden administration is urging a Texas federal judge to find its Keeping Families Together program is lawful, arguing the Lone Star state doesn't have standing to challenge the regulation since it can't show it's being injured by the program.

  • October 21, 2024

    V&E Helps EnCap Amass $5.25B For Latest Energy Fund

    Houston, Texas-based EnCap Investments LP, advised by Vinson & Elkins LLP, on Monday announced that it wrapped its 12th energy-focused fund after securing $5.25 billion from investors.

  • October 21, 2024

    Texas Asks Judge To Nix Rule Boosting Asylum Officer Power

    The Lone Star State urged a Texas federal court to vacate a policy empowering asylum officers to approve asylum requests filed at the border, arguing the Biden administration overstepped by imbuing "mere employees" with a power reserved for appointed officials.

  • October 21, 2024

    5th Circ. Asked To Nix Insurer's $2.2M Assault Coverage Win

    A group of Texas trial lawyers urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse a Texas federal court's order permitting a bar's insurer to pay only its $1 million limit for a $3.2 million personal injury judgment, arguing the underlying plaintiffs made a valid presuit settlement demand.

  • October 21, 2024

    Judge Cites University Ties To Bow Out Of Aid-Fixing Suit

    An Illinois federal judge has recused herself from a proposed antitrust class action against 40 private colleges, reasoning that she has a relationship with one of the university defendants.

  • October 21, 2024

    5th Circ. Says Doc's Roundup Cancer Suit Filed Too Late

    The Fifth Circuit won't upend summary judgments in favor of Monsanto Co. in a suit by the family of a doctor who they say died because of his exposure to the weedkiller Roundup, finding that the suit was filed well outside the time limit.

  • October 21, 2024

    Judge Upholds Ginnie Mae's Authority To Vacate Bank's Lien

    A Texas federal judge ruled that the Government National Mortgage Association didn't overstep its authority when it vacated a bank's lien on a loan worth tens of millions of dollars, rejecting Texas Capital Bank's bid for partial summary judgment.

  • October 21, 2024

    Haynes Boone, ArentFox Schiff Advise $1B Paving Co. Deal

    Haynes and Boone LLP represented Alabama road builder Construction Partners Inc. in its nearly $1 billion acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Lone Star Paving, which relied on advice from ArentFox Schiff LLP in the transaction.

Expert Analysis

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: August Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy considers certification cases touching on classwide evidence of injury from debt collection practices, defining coupon settlements under the Class Action Fairness Act, proper approaches for evaluating attorney fee awards in class action settlements, and more.

  • Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where

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    During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Notable Q2 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    Mark Johnson and Mathew Drocton at BakerHostetler discuss the muted nature of the property and casualty insurance class action space in the second quarter of the year, with no large waves made in labor depreciation and total-loss vehicle class actions, but a new offensive theory emerging for insurance companies.

  • Series

    Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.

  • Perspectives

    2 High Court Rulings Boost Protections Against Gov't Reprisal

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions in Gonzalez v. Trevino and Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon significantly strengthen legal protections against retaliatory arrests and malicious prosecution, and establish clear precedents that promote accountability in law enforcement, say Corey Stoughton and Amanda Miner at Selendy Gay.

  • Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

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    Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Opinion

    The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address

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    A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

  • Parsing FY 2024 DOJ Criminal Healthcare Fraud Enforcement

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    While the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division's strike force on healthcare fraud enforcement action shows an impressive doubling of criminal indictments, a closer look at the data offers important clues about underlying trends, including the comparably modest, accompanying increase in associated intended loss, say Roderick Thomas and Kathleen Cooperstein at Wiley.

  • 2 Years Of Waco: How Patent Case Distribution Has Changed

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    A look at the two years since the Western District of Texas randomization order was issued and an analysis of how judges in the district adjudicate cases assigned pursuant to the Waco wheel provides insights that may aid patent practitioners, says David Dyer at Norton Rose Fulbright.

  • Considerations As State AGs Step Up Privacy Enforcement

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    As new state privacy laws take effect, businesses are facing an increasingly complex patchwork of compliance obligations and risk of scrutiny by attorneys general, but companies can gain a competitive edge by building consumer trust and staying ahead of regulatory trends, say Ann-Marie Luciano and Meghan Stoppel at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Vendor Rights Lessons From 2 Chapter 11 Cases

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    A Texas federal court’s recent critical vendor order in the Zachry Holdings Chapter 11 filing, as well as a settlement between Rite Aid and McKesson in New Jersey federal court last year, shows why suppliers must object to critical vendor motions that do not recognize creditors' legal rights, says David Conaway at Shumaker.

  • Opinion

    Texas Judges Ignored ERISA's Core To Stall Fiduciary Rule

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    Two recent rulings from Texas federal courts, which rely on a plainly wrong reading of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to effectively strike a forthcoming rule that would impose functional fiduciary duties onto sellers of investment services, may expose financially unsophisticated 401(k) participants to peddlers of misleading advice, says Mark DeBofsky at DeBofsky Law.

  • Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?

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    A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.

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