March 13, 2017
About a month after a federal judge in Texas dismissed his firm from a $24 million fraud suit, senior partner Ira Jaffe and LJH Ltd. said on Friday that they have resolved their dispute over agreements to purchase oil field equipment and real estate and want to drop the case.
August 29, 2016
Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC and senior partner Ira Jaffe pushed a federal judge Friday to dismiss a $24 million fraud suit against it stemming from agreements to purchase oil field equipment and real estate, arguing under Texas laws, both the firm and the attorney are immune from the claims.
July 13, 2016
Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC senior partner Ira Jaffe, who was denied from leaving a $24 million fraud suit over agreements to purchase oil field equipment, asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to stay the case while he appeals the court's refusal to grant him immunity from the claims.
July 11, 2016
A Texas federal judge on Monday partially dismissed claims brought by LJH Ltd. against law firm Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC in a $24 million fraud suit over agreements to purchase oil field equipment, finding that the firm is immune from the claims because it was acting solely within its legal capacity.
April 26, 2016
Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC told a Texas federal judge Monday that LJH Ltd.'s $24 million fraud suit over agreements to purchase oil field equipment and real estate doesn't hold up, reviving arguments that the claims would be deficient even if they weren't barred by the attorney immunity doctrine.
February 19, 2016
Oil field equipment buyer LJH Ltd. urged a Texas federal judge Friday to reject Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC's bid to escape LJH's $24 million fraud suit against it, contending that the law firm has a clear connection to Texas and that the action states viable claims.
February 03, 2016
Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC asked a Texas federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss an amended version of an oil field equipment purchaser's $24 million fraud suit against it, arguing LJH Ltd. is barred from bringing the claims because the firm is protected by the attorney immunity doctrine.
January 07, 2016
A Texas federal judge tossed Comerica Inc. from an oilfield equipment buyer's $24 million fraud suit Wednesday against Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC, and said adding Comerica Bank was unlikely to help the buyer but could hurt the firm by returning the case to state court.
September 22, 2015
Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss PC is immune from an oilfield equipment buyer's $24 million suit alleging the law firm, which represented the sellers, failed to disclose certain information about the assets before executing the sale, according to a recent dismissal motion in Texas federal court.