January 22, 2016
A Texas federal judge awarded no cash but plenty of criticism in ending a bitter intellectual property dispute involving PilePro LLC and its feuding founders, saying the case should serve as a cautionary tale about greed.
January 23, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Thursday ruled Shumway Van & Hansen can't represent PilePro LLC in a suit alleging its former chief financial officer stole millions in intellectual property, saying the firm's previous work for the executive while he was still a PilePro employee was a "clear conflict of interest."
December 08, 2014
Shumway Van & Hansen on Friday asked a Texas federal judge to reject a bid from a former PilePro LLC chief financial officer to disqualify the firm in a suit alleging the executive stole millions in intellectual property, arguing that the firm's previous work for PilePro had nothing to do with the CFO.
November 25, 2014
A former chief financial officer of manufacturing company PilePro LLC, who allegedly left the company and made off with its patents, asked a Texas federal judge Monday to disqualify the company's attorneys, Shumway Van & Hansen, because the firm represented him while he was still an employee.