National Rifle Association of America v. Ackerman McQueen Inc et al

  1. March 03, 2022

    NRA Settles Dispute With Former Ad Agency Ahead Of Trial

    Days before a trial was to begin in the National Rifle Association's thorny fight with ad agency Ackerman McQueen Inc. after the dissolution of their decadeslong business relationship, the parties struck a settlement resolving all claims, they told a Texas federal judge Thursday.

  2. February 23, 2022

    NRA Wants Dorsey & Whitney DQ'd From Ad Agency Suit

    The National Rifle Association wants Dorsey & Whitney disqualified from representing an ad agency countersuing the association for breach of contract, defamation and fraud because of the firm's connection to a "side-switching" lawyer who used to work for the gun advocate.

  3. August 17, 2021

    NRA Gets Claims Trimmed In Fight With Ackerman McQueen

    A Texas federal judge has dismissed two counterclaims filed by ad agency Ackerman McQueen Inc. against longtime client the National Rifle Association, finding the gun rights group's alleged slander of the agency didn't harm its commercial interests.

  4. May 24, 2021

    Ad Agency Revives Dispute With NRA After Ch. 11 Toss

    Ad agency Ackerman McQueen Inc. has renewed its counterclaims against longtime client the National Rifle Association, claiming the NRA tried to scapegoat the agency for its own alleged financial wrongdoing.

  5. May 12, 2021

    Ad Agency Wants To Revive Beef With NRA After Ch. 11 Toss

    The National Rifle Association's former advertising agency asked a Texas federal court on Wednesday to lift a stay on its defamation counterclaim against the group, lodging the request one day after a Texas bankruptcy judge tossed the NRA's Chapter 11 case.

  6. February 17, 2021

    Texas Judge Sends NRA Suit Against Ad Agency To Mediation

    A Texas federal judge Wednesday sent one of the suits filed by the bankrupt National Rifle Association against its former advertising agency to mediation while it faces an attempt by New York Attorney General Letitia James to dismiss the Chapter 11 case she calls a litigation tactic.

  7. January 28, 2021

    NRA Says MDL Designation Is Needed For Litigation Efficiency

    The National Rifle Association told the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Thursday that five lawsuits over the organization's finances should be centralized to create efficiencies in the proceedings currently pending in New York, Texas and Tennessee.

  8. March 31, 2020

    Atty For NRA Can't Sue Family Biz, Ad Agency Says

    An ad agency embroiled in a bitter fight with the National Rifle Association made a move to disqualify the NRA's attorney because of family ties to the agency's CEO.

  9. September 03, 2019

    NRA Wants Ex-Ad Firm To Wipe Mention Of Failed TV Network

    The National Rifle Association launched another lawsuit Friday in its ongoing feud with its former longtime ad agency, which it says is holding out the "failed" NRATV network as a client success despite a bitter falling out between the group and the agency.