Texas

  • September 29, 2025

    EPA Dodges Texas Farmers' PFAS Contamination Lawsuit

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Monday tossed Texas farmers and ranchers' lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to stop "forever chemicals" from contaminating their farmland and that they've suffered medical problems from the exposure.

  • September 29, 2025

    House GOP Lawmakers Back ITC Import Ban Won By Oura

    A group of House Republicans want the U.S. Trade Representative to uphold the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to block Ultrahuman and RingConn from importing products it held infringed an Ouraring Inc. wearable computing device patent.

  • September 29, 2025

    Samsung's $112M IP Loss Nixed For 'Conclusory' Testimony

    A Texas federal judge has revealed his rationale for overturning a jury's May verdict that found Samsung Electronics Co. owed Maxell Ltd. $112 million for infringing personal electronics patents, finding that much of Maxell's experts' testimony was "conclusory" and insufficient to support the infringement verdict.

  • September 29, 2025

    Solar Plant Justified $45M Easement Break, Tax Court Told

    A partnership is entitled to a roughly $45 million tax deduction for donating a conservation easement that protected hundreds of acres in Texas from potentially being used to host a solar power plant, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court.

  • September 29, 2025

    Verizon Resolves Wi-Fi Calling Patent Fight

    Verizon has reached an agreement with VoIP-Pal.com Inc. to end patent infringement litigation over its free Wi-Fi calling service that was at one point seeking over $5 billion in damages.

  • September 29, 2025

    Yale Unit Will Pay $45M To End Failed Hospitals Sale Dispute

    Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. has agreed to pay $45 million to hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. to conclude their legal dispute over a failed $435 million sale of three Connecticut hospitals, according to a motion filed in Texas bankruptcy court.

  • September 29, 2025

    Liberty Units Seek Toss Of Auto Co.'s Runoff Settlement Suit

    Liberty Mutual units urged a Texas federal court to toss an automobile auction company's suit accusing them of failing to indemnify a settlement over stormwater runoff claims, saying the question of breach cannot be answered until a related suit determines whether the insurers had any duty to indemnify.

  • September 29, 2025

    Parts-Maker First Brands Files Ch. 11 With Over $10B In Debt

    Auto parts maker First Brands Group filed for Chapter 11 protection late Sunday in Texas bankruptcy court with more than $10 billion in debt and said it had secured $1.1 billion in bankruptcy financing from its creditors to keep the business running through the case.

  • September 26, 2025

    Full Fed. Circ. Told There's Mixed Transfer Law In Patent Case

    Software company VirtaMove Corp. is doubling down on efforts to keep its patent infringement suits against Amazon and Google in the Western District of Texas, telling the full Federal Circuit that a panel strayed from Fifth Circuit precedent by declining to disturb the suits' transfer to California.

  • September 26, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: EB-5 Evolving, Insurance Impact, $1B Buy

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the EB-5 industry amid President Donald Trump's "gold card" investment visa rollout, higher insurance premiums affecting commercial real estate companies, and New York City's first single-asset real estate deal this year to break $1 billion.

  • September 26, 2025

    Stewart Keeps Discretion Duty As Squires Takes On RPIs, AI

    In John Squires' first week as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director, he walked back precedent from the first Trump administration, claimed machine learning should be patent-eligible, and designated Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart to continue handling discretionary denial reviews.

  • September 26, 2025

    Slovakia Seeks €1.83M Default Penalty From Texas Energy Co.

    Slovakia urged a Texas federal court Friday to issue a default judgment of €1.83 million ($2.14 million) against a U.S. energy company that had at one point sought $2.1 billion from the country in arbitration over failed development plans.

  • September 26, 2025

    ConvergeOne's Ch. 11 Plan Undone, In Part, On Appeal

    A Texas federal judge has reversed parts of reorganized IT group ConvergeOne's Chapter 11 plan, saying an exclusive equity backstop opportunity given to a faction of its secured lenders violated bankruptcy's equal treatment requirements.

  • September 26, 2025

    Fitch Even Sues Litigation Funder CEO, Ex-Client For $1.2M

    Chicago-based law firm Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery LLP has brought a lawsuit in Illinois federal court against a former client and the CEO of a litigation funder, saying it is owed more than $1.2 million in legal fees for the firm's work on a patent infringement case the ex-client filed against Samsung.

  • September 26, 2025

    Jury Says Samsung Owes $78.5M In Media Use Patent Case

    Samsung owes $78.5 million to a patent owner, a federal jury in Texas found Friday, for infringing claims in a pair of patents covering automatic content recognition technology for commercial advertising.

  • September 26, 2025

    Texas High Court Won't Redo Med Mal Nonprofit Liability Case

    The Texas Supreme Court said Friday it won't disturb its May ruling that nonprofit health organizations can be sued for the alleged medical malpractice of one of their physician employees.

  • September 26, 2025

    Texas Justices Move To Nix ABA Approval In Bar Admissions

    The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday preliminarily approved ending a rule requiring graduation from a law school approved by the American Bar Association for admittance to the Lone Star State bar, with the court giving itself the authority for accreditation.

  • September 26, 2025

    Texas Justices To Review Atty Fee Dispute Over Criminal Case

    The Texas Supreme Court on Friday agreed to wade into a fees dispute between a law firm and its former client in a criminal matter, with the high court's review likely to touch on the scope of a 30-year-old doctrine concerning the ability of criminal defendants to sue their defense lawyers after being convicted.

  • September 26, 2025

    Texas' Eastern District Tightens Sealed-Document Procedures

    Chief U.S. District Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the Eastern District of Texas issued new protocols Wednesday for filing sealed documents that will prohibit electronic access effective immediately, a move that comes amid escalating cyberattacks on the federal judiciary's case management system.

  • September 25, 2025

    Ex-Highland CEO Tells High Court Judge's Novels Show Bias

    The founder and president of hedge fund Highland Capital Management has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a bankruptcy judge's refusal to recuse herself from proceedings involving the company after she published two novels that he says contain veiled commentary about the case.

  • September 25, 2025

    Robotics AI Co. Says It Didn't Infringe Imaging Patents

    Plus One Robotics has asked a Texas federal court to find it has not infringed five patents owned by an entity that has allegedly been harassing the artificial intelligence robotics company to get licensing fees.

  • September 25, 2025

    Dr. Phil Defends Worker Layoffs That Came With Ch. 11

    Phil McGraw, also known as Dr. Phil, hit back Thursday at accusations that workers at his television channel joint venture were fired when it filed for bankruptcy so they could work for a new entity started by McGraw, saying that the terminations were needed because the company's financials hit a wall that couldn't be overcome.

  • September 25, 2025

    Entities Tied To Auto Parts Supplier Hit Ch. 11 With $1B+ Debts

    A group comprising at least a dozen entities affiliated with Carnaby Capital Holdings LLC filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas on Wednesday, reporting liabilities of between $1 billion and $10 billion.

  • September 25, 2025

    Texas Wins Remand Of PFAS Lawsuit Targeting 3M, Corteva

    A Texas federal judge has remanded the state's lawsuit alleging that chemical companies including 3M Co. marketed and sold products like Teflon, Stainmaster and Scotchgard despite being aware of the toxicity of the forever chemicals within them.

  • September 25, 2025

    Ukraine Oil Co. Fails To End Disclosure In $150M Award Fight

    A Texas federal magistrate judge will not lift disclosure obligations on Ukraine's largest oil company as U.S.-based Carpatsky Petroleum Corp. looks to enforce a $150 million arbitral award against it, ruling that the documents being turned over continue to prove relevant to enforcement efforts.

Expert Analysis

  • DOJ Actions Signal Rising Enforcement Risk For Health Cos.

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's announcement of a new False Claims Act working group, together with the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history, underscore the importance of sophisticated compliance programs that align with the DOJ's data-driven approach, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery

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    E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.

  • Bills' Defeat Means Brighter Outlook For Texas Renewables

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    The failure of a trio of bills from the recently concluded Texas legislative session that would have imposed new burdens on wind, solar and battery storage projects bodes well for a state with rapidly growing energy needs, say attorneys at Troutman.

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    Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.

  • Employer Tips As Deepfakes Reshape Workplace Harassment

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    As the workplace harassment landscape faces the rising threat of fabricated media that hyperrealistically depict employees in sexual or malicious contexts, employers can stay ahead of the curve by tracking new legal obligations, and proactively updating policies, training and response protocols, say attorneys at Littler.

  • DOJ's 1st M&A Declination Shows Value Of Self-Disclosures

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision not to charge private equity firm White Deer Management — the first such declination under an M&A safe harbor policy announced last year — signals that even in high-priority national security matters, the DOJ looks highly upon voluntary self-disclosures, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care

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    Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M.

  • New Laws Show How States Are Checking AI Developers

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    Recent state consumer protection legislation shows Utah, Colorado and Texas are primed to impose controls on artificial intelligence, and exemplifies the states' unwillingness to accord strong deference to developers and deployers of AI tools, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • Nev. Steps Up Efforts To Attract Incorporations With New Law

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    Recent amendments to Nevada corporate law, which will narrow controlling stockholders’ liability, streamline mergers and allow companies to opt out of jury trials, show the interstate competition to attract new and reincorporating companies is still heating up, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • What Expanding Merchant Code Regs Mean For Processors

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    Arkansas and South Dakota recently joined a host of other states that restrict payment processors' usage of merchant category codes with laws that include noteworthy prohibitions against maintaining registries of firearms owners, with ramifications for multistate payment systems, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • Texas' Cactus Ruling Clarifies 'Produced Water' Rules

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    The Texas Supreme Court's decision in Cactus Water Services v. COG Operating, holding that mineral interest lessees have the rights to water extracted alongside oil and gas, should benefit industry players by clarifying the rules — but it leaves important questions about royalties unresolved, say attorneys at Yetter Coleman.

  • ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'

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    The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

  • Tesla's Robotaxi Push Exposes Gaps In Product Liability Law

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    As Tesla's deployment of robotaxis on public roads in Austin, Texas, faces regulatory scrutiny and legislative pushback, the legal community confronts an unprecedented challenge: how to apply traditional fault principles, product liability laws and insurance practices to vehicles that operate as rolling computers, says Don Fountain at Clark Fountain.

  • Justices Rewrite Rules For Challenging Enviro Agency Actions

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    Three recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings — Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, Oklahoma v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining — form a jurisprudential watershed in administrative and environmental law, affirming statutory standing and venue provisions as the backbone of coherent judicial review, say attorneys at GableGotwals.

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    My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.

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