Texas

  • February 08, 2024

    These Firms Are Leading In Patent Litigation Work

    A Houston-based intellectual property firm filed the most patent suits over the last three years in the U.S., while a well-established boutique again took the top spot as the firm defending the most patent litigation during the same period, according to a new Lex Machina report.

  • February 08, 2024

    These Firms Are Leading In PTAB Work

    An intellectual property heavyweight landed more work at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board than any other firm in the U.S. between 2021 and 2023, according to a new report.

  • February 08, 2024

    Squire Patton Bankruptcy Ace Joins Baker Botts In Dallas

    Baker Botts LLP announced Thursday that it has added a new financial restructuring partner in Dallas who spent much of his career with Squire Patton Boggs LLP.

  • February 08, 2024

    NFL Benefits Plan Says Ex-Player's Claim Came Too Late

    The retirement plan for the National Football League asked a Texas federal judge on Wednesday to toss a retired player's second run at league retirement benefits, telling the court that the player fumbled the administrative process and that his claims don't merit a jury trial.

  • February 08, 2024

    Alex Jones Atty Calls Infowars 'Nonsense' In $1.4B Appeal

    Arguing in front of the shooting victims' families and squarely calling his client's broadcasts "nonsense," a lawyer for Alex Jones told the Connecticut Appellate Court on Thursday that $1.44 billion was too high a price for the Infowars website host's claims that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a "hoax."

  • February 08, 2024

    States Back ND Lawmaker's Bid To Overturn VRA Ruling

    More than two dozen states are backing an Eighth Circuit bid by North Dakota Secretary of State Micheal Howe to overturn a ruling that affirmed Voting Rights Act violations, arguing that despite the law's clarity, the district court allowed private plaintiffs to challenge a redistricting plan.

  • February 07, 2024

    X's 'Smear Campaign' Suit Doesn't Hold Up, Watchdog Says

    Media Matters for America has asked a Texas federal judge to toss a suit by X Corp., claiming it drove advertisers from the social media site via a "blatant smear campaign," arguing the complaint "fails in just about every way that a complaint can possibly fail."

  • February 07, 2024

    EDTX Eclipses WDTX As Top Patent Venue

    The Eastern District of Texas in 2023 surpassed the state's Western District as the most popular venue for patent litigation nationally, now that patent cases are no longer automatically assigned to a prominent judge in Waco, according to new data from Lex Machina.

  • February 07, 2024

    New Patent Suits Fall To Lowest Level In Over A Decade

    There were fewer patent suits filed in 2023 than in any year for over a decade, a drop that attorneys attribute to wariness among some patent litigants due to funding disclosure rules in one prominent patent venue and changes in how cases are assigned to judges in another.

  • February 07, 2024

    Supplier Says 'Eleventh-Hour' Lockheed Claim Doesn't Belong

    A titanium parts supplier has told a Texas federal judge that it's too late for Lockheed Martin Corp. to add a claim to its lawsuit seeking to force the supplier to deliver F-35 parts, saying the defense giant was merely strategizing.

  • February 07, 2024

    Texas Bar, Sidney Powell Trade Jabs Over Each Other's Errors

    The Texas bar's disciplinary arm on Wednesday sought to keep alive its efforts to sanction embattled former Trump attorney Sidney Powell, as both sides told a Texas appeals court that while the other had made fatal errors, their own mistakes were innocent flubs.

  • February 07, 2024

    Video Game Effects Co. Ends Patent Suit With Ubisoft

    A Texas video game developer told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday it has agreed to end a lawsuit accusing French company Ubisoft of infringing a pair of patents, about a year after the patent owner lost an appeal in a similar case against Activision Blizzard.

  • February 07, 2024

    NRA Upped Compliance After AG Probe, Auditor Tells NY Jury

    An outside auditor for the National Rifle Association told jurors Wednesday in the New York fraud case against the gun rights group and its executives that the NRA is "very transparent" and has taken steps to address compliance deficiencies since the state's investigation began.

  • February 07, 2024

    5th Circ. Pressed To Rethink Wipeout Of LNG Air Permit

    Developers of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast told the Fifth Circuit that project opponents are wrongly asserting federal law in opposing requests for the appeals court to reconsider a panel's ruling that scrapped an emissions permit issued by state environmental regulators.

  • February 07, 2024

    Jackson Walker Steps Down From 4E Ch. 11 Amid Fees Probe

    Jackson Walker LLP, the firm at the center of a legal ethics scandal over the undisclosed relationship between a lawyer and a bankruptcy judge, has stepped down as Chapter 11 counsel to hand sanitizer maker 4E Brands Northamerica LLC as a Texas bankruptcy judge considers revoking $800,000 in legal fees paid to the firm in the case.

  • February 07, 2024

    5th Circ. Makes Case Holds For Rehearing Publicly Available

    Holds issued in cases before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will now be visible to the public, according to an order issued by the court this week.

  • February 07, 2024

    Biden Admin. Must Face Suit Over Wider Asylum Powers

    A Texas federal judge has refused to toss Texas' lawsuit challenging a Biden administration rule that broadens immigration officers' power over the asylum system, saying Texas has sufficiently alleged that the rule will result in the state spending more on border security and incoming immigrants.

  • February 07, 2024

    5th Circ. Judge Doubts Samsung On Hook For Exploding Vape

    A Texas man injured when a Samsung battery in his e-cigarette exploded faced resistance from a Fifth Circuit judge Wednesday who disputed the idea the technology company could face a state personal injury suit just because its batteries were shipped to the Lone Star State for other purposes. 

  • February 07, 2024

    Baker Botts Gains IP Litigators In Houston, SF From Orrick

    Baker Botts LLP announced Wednesday that it has fortified its intellectual property department with patent litigators in Houston and San Francisco, both of whom are joining from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

  • February 07, 2024

    Hunton Taps Mayer Brown Energy Ace As US Oil & Gas Leader

    Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP announced Wednesday that it has brought on the former leader of Mayer Brown LLP's Houston corporate group to lead the firm's U.S. oil and gas practice.

  • February 06, 2024

    Exxon Wants Investor Climate Proposal Blocked For Good

    ExxonMobil Corp. wants a Texas federal court to ensure that a climate-focused investment firm and an advocacy group won't bring forward a shareholder proposal on emissions reductions this year, even though the groups withdrew the proposal last week.

  • February 06, 2024

    DCG Slams Genesis Ch. 11 Plan As Favoring Some Creditors

    Crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group has told a New York bankruptcy judge that the Chapter 11 plan of its lender subsidiary Genesis Global Holdco shouldn't move forward because it overpays certain creditor classes, favoring them over equity holders like DCG.

  • February 06, 2024

    ​​​​​​​FCC Says School Bus Wi-Fi Challengers Can't Zoom To Court

    The Federal Communications Commission urged the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday to toss a challenge from two individuals to the agency's plan to subsidize school bus Wi-Fi, saying they can't go straight to court after failing to lodge a protest with the FCC.

  • February 06, 2024

    NYC Says Co. Flouted Filing Rules In Migrant Bus Row

    New York City's Department of Social Services urged a federal judge to reject a letter filed with the court by a charter transportation company that was among others sued by the city to recoup costs from absorbing migrants bused in from Texas, saying the filing was out of turn.

  • February 06, 2024

    Ex-Pemex Exec Tells Jury Of Vitol Bribes For $200M Gas Deal

    A former executive of a unit of Mexico's state-owned oil and gas company on Tuesday told a Brooklyn federal jury of how he and a colleague agreed to accept hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from Vitol Group, in exchange for confidential information to help the Geneva-based energy-trading giant win a $200 million gas contract.

Expert Analysis

  • New FTC Policy On Biometric Information Creates New Risks

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    In the absence of a comprehensive national data privacy regime, a new Federal Trade Commission policy shows the agency’s willingness to take action against companies using biometrics in ways the FTC deems unfair, but the guidance creates more questions than answers, and some of it appears unrealistic, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • Endorsement Lessons From Google False Ad Settlements

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    Google's recent settlements with Texas, the Federal Trade Commission and six state attorneys general over deceiving endorsements from iHeartMedia DJs hold lessons that apply to any company using endorsers to promote their products or services, and provides important insights into how multistate investigations work, say Gonzalo Mon and Paul Singer at Kelley Drye.

  • Some Client Speculations On AI And The Law Firm Biz Model

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    Generative artificial intelligence technologies will put pressure on the business of law as it is structured currently, but clients may end up with more price certainty for legal services, and lawyers may spend more time being lawyers, says Jonathan Cole at Melody Capital.

  • A Look At Texas Business Courts' Potential M&A Impact

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    A bill heading to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's desk is a push for specialist judges with more expertise in the business area, but it is unlikely to have an immediate effect on mergers and acquisition practitioners and contracts, for several important reasons, says Candace Groth at Vela Wood.

  • A Lawyer's Guide To Approaching Digital Assets In Discovery

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    The booming growth of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens has made digital assets relevant in many legal disputes but also poses several challenges for discovery, so lawyers must garner an understanding of the technology behind these assets, the way they function, and how they're held, says Brett Sager at Ehrenstein Sager.

  • Opinion

    High Court's Ethics Statement Places Justices Above The Law

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    The U.S. Supreme Court justices' disappointing statement on the court's ethics principles and practices reveals that not only are they satisfied with a status quo in which they are bound by fewer ethics rules than other federal judges, but also that they've twisted the few rules that do apply to them, says David Janovsky at the Project on Government Oversight.

  • Texas Justices' PNC Opinion Clarifies Subrogation Questions

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    Thanks to the sorely needed clarification provided by the Texas Supreme Court in PNC Mortgage v. Howard, a home equity lender now has a better understanding of what it can do when its own lien is constitutionally invalid but is either equitably or contractually subrogated to a prior lien, say Daron Janis and Dave Foster at Locke Lord.

  • Opinion

    Time For Law Schools To Rethink Unsung Role Of Adjuncts

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    As law schools prepare for the fall 2023 semester, administrators should reevaluate the role of the underappreciated, indispensable adjunct, and consider 16 concrete actions to improve the adjuncts' teaching experience, overall happiness and feeling of belonging, say T. Markus Funk at Perkins Coie, Andrew Boutros at Dechert and Eugene Volokh at UCLA.

  • Courthouse Door Now Open To FERC Enforcement Challenges

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran and Axon v. Federal Trade Commission is also relevant to some Federal Energy Regulatory Commission enforcement processes — meaning many entities regulated by FERC can now more easily challenge commission proceedings in court, say Todd Mullins and Emily Song at McGuireWoods.

  • What Texas Misrepresentation Ruling Means For Insurers

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    The Texas Supreme Court's recent decision in American National Insurance v. Arce, confirming that insurers must prove intent to deceive in order to rescind coverage based on material misrepresentation, solidifies additional burdens for insurers to consider during both the underwriting and claims adjudication processes, say Josh Pedelty and Javon Johnson at Husch Blackwell.

  • Good Faith Buyer Lessons From 5th Circ. Bankruptcy Ruling

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    The Fifth Circuit’s recent ruling in Palm Springs II, affirming the sale of property to a senior lender, is notable for its guidance on Section 363(m), including the ability of a senior lender to remain a good faith purchaser despite squeezing out a junior lender, says Shane Ramsey at Nelson Mullins.

  • Tips For In-House Legal Leaders In A Challenging Economy

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    Amid today's economic and geopolitical uncertainty, in-house legal teams are running lean and facing increased scrutiny and unique issues, but can step up and find innovative ways to manage outcomes and capitalize on good business opportunities, says Tim Parilla at LinkSquares.

  • Beware Patchwork Of State NIL Laws For Student-Athletes

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    With each U.S. state at a different stage of engaging with name, image and likeness laws for collegiate and high school student-athletes, the NIL world is as much a minefield for attorneys as it is for the players themselves — and counsel must remain on red alert for any and all legislative changes, say Lauren Bernstein and Dan Lust at Moritt Hock.

  • The Multimillion-Dollar Patent Consequences Of 'A' Vs. 'The'

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    Two Federal Circuit cases last month provide exemplary applications of both the general rule and its exception when interpreting the exact meaning of the indefinite articles "a" and "an" in patent claims, say attorneys at Shearman.

  • PFAS Coverage Litigation Strategy Lessons For Policyholders

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    While policyholders' efforts to recover insurance proceeds for PFAS-related costs are in the early stages, it appears from litigation so far that substantial coverage should be available for PFAS-related liabilities, including both defense costs and indemnity payments in connection with those liabilities, say Benedict Lenhart and Alexis Dyschkant at Covington.

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