Family Sues Paxton Over Texas Abortion Ban, Woman's Death

By Lynn LaRowe

The family of a San Antonio woman who died from complications of a high-risk pregnancy in late 2024 is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others, saying the state's abortion ban led directly to her death.

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Texas Justices Press Mall Owner On Mass Shooting Liability

By Spencer Brewer

The Texas Supreme Court justices wanted the owner of an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, that saw a devastating mass shooting to explain why a case brought by the victims should be tossed, saying Wednesday that dismissal might remove incentives for businesses to protect customers.

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Texas Supreme Court Weighs Bankruptcy Exemption For LLC

By Spencer Brewer

Texas Supreme Court justices pushed a man who declared bankruptcy to spell out why his share in a limited liability company should get exempt status, asking Wednesday if any states have ruled that interest in an LLC is exempt property during bankruptcy.

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Ocwen, Banks Settle Whistleblowers' Foreclosure Fraud Suit

By Gina Kim

Mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial Corp. and various major banks told a Texas federal judge Tuesday they've settled a whistleblower action claiming Ocwen made false representations to the government under the Treasury Department's Home Affordable Modification Program when providing loan modifications for borrowers and wrongly procured incentive payments for itself.

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Senate Panel Weighs 6 Trump Judicial Picks From Red States

By Courtney Bublé

Six nominees for U.S. district judge appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday for their nomination hearing.

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States Say DOJ's RealPage Deal Doesn't Affect Their Claims

By Isaac Monterose

A group of states told a North Carolina federal court to reject property management software company RealPage Inc.'s argument that its rent price-fixing settlement with the federal government moots the states' antitrust claims.

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80 Hospitals End Suit Over Now Vacated HHS Payment Rule

By Matthew Santoni

A group of 80 hospitals has voluntarily ended a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over denied Medicare payment appeals after a D.C. federal court vacated a 2023 rule affecting how those payments were calculated.

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Oil Parts Co. Moves To Settle Suit Over Trimmed Wages

By MJ Koo

About 2,500 offshore oil and gas workers have asked a Texas federal court to approve a settlement resolving claims that their employer failed to include quarterly retention bonuses in overtime pay calculations, according to court filings seeking collective certification and settlement approval.

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5th Circ. Says EPA Went Too Far With Chemical Ban

By Mike Curley

The Fifth Circuit has sided with a group of chemical companies and vacated a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that banned nearly all uses of methylene chloride, saying the agency went too far in evaluating the substance as a whole instead of its uses.

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Tesla, SpaceX Say Terafab Plant Doesn't Infringe Startup's TM

By Gina Kim

Tesla and SpaceX asked a Texas federal judge to find their planned "Terafab" semiconductor manufacturing facility doesn't infringe nanotechnology startup TERA-print's marks, arguing in a declaratory judgment action Tuesday the likelihood of confusion is "vanishingly small" as the parties' products, clients and commercial contexts are completely different. 

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Apple, Google, Samsung Face New ITC Probe Over Audio IP

By Adam Lidgett

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Wednesday said it will review BoomCloud 360's claims that Google, Apple and Samsung have imported electronic devices that infringe a trio of patents owned by the spatial audio technology company.

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Troutman, Latham Lead $585M Midstream Assets Sale

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private midstream company Silver Creek Midstream Holdings LLC, advised by Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it is selling its Powder River Basin crude oil midstream assets to Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Plains All American Pipeline LP and Plains GP Holdings in a deal valued at roughly $585 million.

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Gibson Dunn Adds Data Center Duo In Dallas

By Lynn LaRowe

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Wednesday that it has added depth to its data center practice with the addition of two Dallas-based attorneys who came aboard from Texas regional law firm Stutzman Bromberg Esserman & Plifka PC.

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Willkie Hires Ex-Akerman Data Center Pros For Dallas Office

By Isaac Monterose

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has hired four former Akerman LLP real estate attorneys as partners for its data centers and digital infrastructure team in Dallas, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: Cultivating Good Judgment

Law schools generally overlook the role that solid judgment skills play in real-world practice, but attorneys can bridge the gap by strengthening their abilities to assess a case’s strengths and weaknesses, develop and execute effective strategies, and provide clear recommendations to clients, says Manny Caixeiro at Venable.

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Burford Exec, Holland & Knight Adviser Open AI-Native Firm

By Andrea Keckley

Two veterans of the legal industry announced on Wednesday that they have teamed up to launch FairPlay Law, an AI-native firm based in Manhattan and focused on representing employees.

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Michael Best Combines With NY-Based Kane Kessler

By Kevin Penton

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP announced Wednesday that it is combining with New York-based firm Kane Kessler PC, adding 36 attorneys and a Big Apple presence to a firm that ranked 143rd on Law360's list of the nation's largest law firms.

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Protesters Say Feds' Fight Shows Need For Misconduct Probe

By Lauraann Wood

The U.S. government's opposition to a special investigation of prosecutorial misconduct that "poisoned" a now-dismissed criminal conspiracy case suggests Chicago prosecutors are still shielding critical details regarding the extent of official communications preceding the prosecution, underscoring the probe's necessity, protesters argued Tuesday.

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Apple Backs Its $132K Fee Ask Over 'Bad Faith' Subpoenas

By Bonnie Eslinger

Apple has urged a California federal magistrate judge to grant its $132,700 attorney fee request as a sanction against plaintiff consumers' lead lawyer in antitrust litigation claiming Google muscles out rival search engines, but said Apple's counsel doesn't want to disclose their "highly and competitively sensitive" negotiated legal rates.

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Newman Saga Prompts Bill To Limit Judicial Suspensions

By Courtney Bublé

The long-running saga over Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's fitness to remain on the court has exposed "major flaws" in the judicial accountability system, according to a Republican member of the House who introduced a bill Wednesday to reform it.

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