Texas

  • January 27, 2025

    Harvard Drops Chip Patent Suit Against Samsung

    Harvard University on Monday dropped its lawsuit that accused Samsung and several of the South Korean multinational's U.S. affiliates of infringing two patents assigned to the Ivy League university when manufacturing certain microprocessors and memory chips.

  • January 27, 2025

    Anadarko Prevails In La. Kickback Defense Coverage Suit

    An environmental remediation company should defend and indemnify Anadarko Petroleum Corp. in a decade-old Louisiana kickback lawsuit, a Texas federal court judge has ruled.

  • January 27, 2025

    Keep Damages Rules, Let Newman Hear Case, Fed. Circ. Told

    The full Federal Circuit has been urged by startups and attorneys to reject calls by Google to tighten rules for admitting patent damages testimony, while counsel for suspended U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman told the court it can't lawfully decide the case without her.

  • January 27, 2025

    Proud Boys Atty Calls Researcher Copyright Claim A 'Ruse'

    A Texas-based researcher laid out her case against an attorney she accuses of violating her copyright and skipping out on his bill, claiming that her firm foundered after the lawyer, who was defending a Proud Boy accused of attacking the U.S. Capitol, didn't tell her he couldn't pay.

  • January 27, 2025

    Civil Liberties Org. Says FDIC's Court 'Eviscerates' Civil Rights

    The New Civil Liberties Alliance told the Fifth Circuit on Monday to spurn the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s attempt to level a fraud judgment against a banker, saying the agency's in-house court sidesteps the constitutional right to a jury trial.

  • January 27, 2025

    Alaskan Co. Says Texas Firm Bungled Wash. Dam Scaffolding

    An Alaska Native-owned corporation is claiming a Texas firm supplied faulty underwater scaffolding designs that allegedly caused a structural collapse at a Pacific Northwest dam, exposing one of the corporation's subsidiaries to a demand of more than $1.4 million from the project's lead contractor.

  • January 27, 2025

    Party City Inks Deal To Sell IP, Assets In 2nd Ch. 11

    Bankrupt retailer Party City has reached a stalking horse agreement to sell its brand name, other intellectual property and related operating assets to an affiliate of the pop culture merchandiser Ad Populum LLC, which owns the brand behind Chia Pet and is an owner of the entertainment complex at Elvis Presley's home Graceland.

  • January 27, 2025

    Broadcom Unit Loses Patent In Netflix Fight At Fed. Circ.

    A Broadcom subsidiary had no luck at the Federal Circuit on Monday in breathing new life into data caching patent claims that were asserted in the chipmaker's legal war with Netflix, but later rejected by the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  • January 27, 2025

    J&J Talc Unit's $9B Ch. 11 Plan Draws Slew Of Objections

    The U.S. Trustee's Office and lawyers representing talc claimants have urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to reject a Johnson & Johnson spinoff's $9 billion plan to settle thousands of cancer claims through Chapter 11, arguing the proposed reorganization must fail because the bankruptcy case was filed in bad faith.

  • January 27, 2025

    Buzbee Seeks Sanctions In Ex-Client's Fraud Suit

    Amid his high-profile battles with music moguls Sean "Diddy" Combs and Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Houston personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee is seeking sanctions against the lawyers pursuing a separate fraud suit against him, saying they brought up unrelated accusations to harass Buzbee and damage his reputation.

  • January 27, 2025

    White & Case Adds Bracewell Energy Expert In Houston

    White & Case LLP is expanding its global energy team, announcing Monday it is bringing in an energy expert formerly with Exxon Mobil Corp. and most recently with Bracewell LLP as a partner it is Houston office.

  • January 27, 2025

    Suit Over Gender Dysphoria Rule Frozen After Trump Order

    A Texas federal judge paused a Republican lawsuit challenging a former President Joe Biden-era U.S. Health and Human Services rule defining gender dysphoria as a disability, after the agency said it needed to evaluate the impact of a new executive order targeting "gender ideology."

  • January 27, 2025

    Skadden Grows In Houston With V&E's Global M&A Co-Leader

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Monday that the former global co-head of Vinson & Elkins LLP's mergers and acquisitions and capital markets group has joined the firm in Houston, bolstering the firm's corporate and energy offerings.

  • January 27, 2025

    Pipeline Cos. Tell DC Circ. FERC Project Review Is Solid

    Companies behind a methane gas pipeline set to run between West Texas and Mexico are asking the D.C. Circuit to uphold the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the project, which is being challenged by environmentalists.

  • January 27, 2025

    High Court Won't Mull 'Cruel And Unusual' Miss. Voting Ban

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to sections of the Mississippi Constitution that permanently bar people convicted of certain felonies from voting and which a federal court of appeals had found violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibitions against "cruel and unusual punishment."

  • January 27, 2025

    Feds Want 10 Yrs. For Atty Over Attempted Embassy Bombing

    Federal prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for a former Florida defense attorney who pled guilty to blowing up a sculpture in Texas and trying to bomb the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., citing the extreme harm he was trying to inflict.

  • January 24, 2025

    With DHS Flip, Remain In Mexico Suit Up In The Air

    The states of Texas and Missouri and the U.S. federal government must submit joint briefing regarding what comes next for their legal dispute over the Biden-era rescission of a program requiring asylum-seekers to stay in Mexico while their immigration claims are processed, a Texas federal judge has determined a day after the program's reinstatement.

  • January 24, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Hughes Fire, EOs, Practices Of The Year

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including more law firm displacement due to the newly ignited Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County, real estate sector speculation following a storm of executive orders, and two of Law360's picks for real estate and construction practice groups of the year.

  • January 24, 2025

    Feds Drop HIPAA Charges Against Houston Surgeon

    The federal government has dropped criminal charges against a Texas surgeon accused of improperly accessing patient information and sharing information about the hospital's gender-affirming care practices with the press.

  • January 24, 2025

    Education Department Asks For Pause In Student Loan Case

    The federal government asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to pause a review of a Fifth Circuit block on a program that forgives student loans if the borrower was scammed, saying it needed to "reassess" its position following President Donald Trump's inauguration.

  • January 24, 2025

    8th Circ. Upholds Block On Iowa's Immigration Law

    An Eighth Circuit panel upheld an order barring Iowa from enforcing a state law that criminalizes noncitizens who enter the state after deportation from the U.S., saying in a Friday opinion the law doesn't pass a constitutional smell test.

  • January 24, 2025

    Opt-Out Releases Approved In Container Store Ch. 11 Plan

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a prepackaged Chapter 11 plan for The Container Store that includes opt-out releases in favor of nondebtors, saying the provisions don't run afoul of the Supreme Court's recent Purdue ruling or of Fifth Circuit precedent.

  • January 24, 2025

    FTC Says Noncompete Ban Defense Is Its Job, Not Intervenor's

    The Federal Trade Commission is urging the Fifth and Eleventh circuits not to permit an entrepreneurs group to intervene in support of the FTC's currently blocked noncompete ban in case the commission opts to abandon its defense, arguing Congress left it up to government agencies to defend their own regulations.

  • January 24, 2025

    9th Circ. Renews Billing Co.'s Suit Against Texas Data Firm

    A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday partly revived a Washington billing services company's lawsuit over a soured business deal with bankrupt Addison Data Services, finding a bankruptcy settlement agreement and the statute of limitations can't keep the plaintiff from pursuing its breach of fiduciary duty claims.

  • January 24, 2025

    Lawmakers Want FCC Subsidy Fund Preserved At High Court

    Nearly 30 members of the U.S. House and Senate from both parties are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to keep in place the Federal Communications Commission's system of raising funds from telecom providers to pay for connectivity around the country.

Expert Analysis

  • Considering Chevron's End Through A State Tax Lens

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    States took the lead in encouraging Chevron's demise, turning away from Chevron-type deference in state tax administration ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision, a trend likely to accelerate as courts take a more active role in interpreting tax laws, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • The 3rd-Party Bankruptcy Release Landscape After Purdue

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    In its Purdue Pharma ruling prohibiting nonconsensual third-party releases, the U.S. Supreme Court did not comment on criteria to render a third-party release consensual, opening a debate in the bankruptcy courts on the permissibility of opt-out versus opt-in releases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Comparing Antitrust Outlooks Amid Google Remedy Review

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    As the U.S. Justice Department mulls potential structural remedies after winning its recent case against Google, increased global scrutiny of Big Tech leaves ex post and ex ante antitrust approaches ripe for evaluation, say Nishant Chadha at the Indian School of Business and Manisha Goel at Pomona College.

  • Title VII Compliance Lessons From Raytheon Age Bias Suit

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    A Texas federal court’s recent refusal to dismiss age discrimination claims from a former Raytheon employee, terminated after he admitted to acts that Raytheon says violated its harassment policy, nonetheless illustrates strategies employers can use to protect themselves when facing competing Title VII workplace obligations, say attorneys at Segal McCambridge.

  • Election Could Bring Change In Weather For Offshore Wind

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    Under another Trump administration, the offshore wind sector would encounter substantial headwinds, as Trump's policy track record emphasizes fossil fuel dominance and environmental rollbacks, while a Harris victory would likely further entrench the pro-renewable energy stance taken by the Biden administration, say attorneys at Jones Walker.

  • Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being

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    As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.

  • Insurance Industry Impacts If DOL Fiduciary Rule Is Revived

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    If implemented following an ongoing appeal at the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule expanding the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's definition of "fiduciary" could chill insurance agents’ and brokers' ability to sell annuities, and lead to an increase in breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

  • Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes

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    Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.

  • Series

    Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

  • How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources

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    Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • Jarkesy May Short-Circuit FERC Enforcement Cases

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    As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently suspended an enforcement proceeding under the Natural Gas Act — and the commission's customary use of administrative hearings in such proceedings could face major changes, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment

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    Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.

  • 11th Circ. Ruling Offers Refresher On 'Sex-Plus' Bias Claims

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    While the Eleventh Circuit’s recent ruling in McCreight v. AuburnBank dismissed former employees’ sex-plus-age discrimination claims, the opinion reminds employers to ensure that workplace policies and practices do not treat a subgroup of employees of one sex differently than the same subgroup of another sex, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity

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    Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.

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