November 15, 2016
The Fifth Circuit upheld a jury verdict against a Houston law firm's insurance company Monday over an underlying malpractice dispute connected to work for Dish Network, saying the jurors had reached a reasonable conclusion.
September 24, 2015
An insurer said it will ask the Fifth Circuit to overturn a Texas federal judge's ruling that it must indemnify Houston law firm T. Wade Welch & Associates for $30 million in a malpractice suit brought by Dish Network over antitrust litigation and pay $6.9 million in attorneys' fees.
August 25, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Monday ordered OneBeacon Insurance Co. to fork over $4 million in attorneys' fees following a $30 million judgment requiring the insurer to indemnify T. Wade Welch & Associates in a Dish Network Corp. malpractice suit, paring down the Houston firm's $9 million fee request.
July 17, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Friday dismissed a bid by OneBeacon Insurance Co. to amend a $34 million judgment relating to its refusal to indemnify a Houston law firm in a malpractice suit brought Dish Network Corp., saying that damages and lost profits had been awarded correctly in the October jury decision.
May 20, 2015
Dish Network Corp. and its former attorneys urged a Texas federal court Tuesday to uphold a $34 million judgment against their former insurer, saying the OneBeacon Insurance Co. shouldn't get a "do over" by raising new objections about the size of the award or rehashing old arguments.
April 15, 2015
The insurer formerly known as OneBeacon Insurance Co. urged a Texas federal court Tuesday to overturn a $30 million judgment finding it committed a number of misdeeds related to its refusal to indemnify Houston law firm T. Wade Welch & Associates for malpractice claims stemming from an antitrust suit against Dish Network Corp.
April 13, 2015
Houston firm T. Wade Welch & Associates asked a Texas federal judge Monday to order OneBeacon Insurance Co. to fork over more than $9 million in attorneys' fees following a $30 million judgment requiring the insurer to indemnify the firm for malpractice claims stemming from an antitrust suit against Dish Network Corp.
March 04, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday said he had been wrong to slash $1,721 in daily interest from a judgment he had issued against OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. after a jury hit the insurer with a $34 million verdict requiring it to reimburse a Houston law firm for malpractice claims stemming from an antitrust suit against Dish Network Corp.
January 15, 2015
A Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday that Houston firm T. Wade Welch & Associates cannot recover the full $34 million jury verdict it won in its bid for indemnification in a malpractice suit brought by Dish Network Corp. over antitrust litigation.
January 02, 2015
While 2014 proved to be a big year for professional liability litigation, there are a few malpractice cases still unfolding that could have major lessons for law firms in the coming years and attorneys would be wise to pay attention, legal ethics experts say.