Texas

  • January 31, 2025

    FCA, Chamber Tell 6th Circ. GM Defect Class Has Flaws

    Fiat Chrysler, tax-exempt legal organizations and industry trade groups are urging the Sixth Circuit to undo the class certification of drivers suing General Motors over alleged transmission defects, arguing in amicus briefs that a trial court lumping the plaintiffs together "glossed over material differences in the evidence and applicable state laws."

  • January 31, 2025

    Via Picks Up $1.4M Verdict In 'Virtual Bus Stop' Patent Fight

    A federal jury in Waco, Texas, said a Canadian ride-hailing software startup owed nearly $1.4 million to rival developer Via Transportation in a fight in which each side accused the other of patent infringement.

  • January 31, 2025

    Texas Demands Jury Trial In 'Forever Chemical' Suit

    The state of Texas called on a federal judge to grant it a jury trial in litigation against 3M, DuPont and others for alleged "misrepresentations and key omissions" they made about so-called forever chemicals.

  • January 31, 2025

    Texas Justices Won't Shut Down Court Reporter's AI Case

    A Texas court reporter will be permitted to continue pursuing an administrative complaint against an artificial intelligence-powered "digital reporting firm," after the administrative agency in charge of court stenography in Texas lost its bid for the state's high court to end the case on Friday.

  • January 31, 2025

    Red States Back Trump Against 'Distracting' Truth Social Suit

    Fifteen Republican-led states have joined President Donald Trump's fight against a lawsuit filed by early investors in his social media platform, with the states on Friday urging a Delaware state court to dismiss the case so as not to "distract" Trump from his presidential duties.

  • January 31, 2025

    Out-Of-State Broker Must Face Texas Suit Over $25M Scheme

    A Texas appeals court found an insurance broker can't escape a lawsuit alleging it conspired with a Texas law firm to defraud a couple using a $25 million scheme, saying in a Thursday opinion that obtaining a Texas license subjects the company to Texas law.

  • January 31, 2025

    Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

    A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

  • January 31, 2025

    Court Won't Block Tempur Sealy's $4B Mattress Firm Deal

    A Texas federal court on Friday denied the Federal Trade Commission's bid to put a hold on Tempur Sealy International Inc.'s planned $4 billion purchase of Mattress Firm Group Inc. over concerns about rival mattress suppliers' access to the retail chain.

  • January 31, 2025

    NJ, 15 Other States Urge 5th Circ. To Revive ATF Trigger Ban

    New Jersey led a coalition of 16 states urging the Fifth Circuit to reverse a Texas federal court decision blocking the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from classifying forced reset triggers as illegal machine guns, arguing, "FRTs are new, but the mechanical principles on which they operate are not."

  • February 14, 2025

    Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

  • January 31, 2025

    Judge Approves TGI Fridays To Sell 17 More Restaurants

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday approved TGI Fridays' sale of 17 restaurant locations for more than $3 million after the casual-dining chain resolved objections over protections for its landlords.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ex-Trump Atty Sidney Powell Again Escapes Texas Discipline

    Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell has again escaped disciplinary action in connection with her efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

  • January 31, 2025

    Ex-Holtzman Vogel Attys Join Musk Lawyer For New GOP Firm

    Chris Gober, who has represented Elon Musk and other high-profile Republicans, announced the hiring of four attorneys from conservative law firm Holtzman Vogel as he works to expand his small firm and turn it into the "premier Republican political law firm."

  • January 31, 2025

    Paralegal Says Race, Disability Led To Thompson Coe Sacking

    A former paralegal at Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP sued her ex-employer in Texas state court, alleging she was wrongfully fired because of her race and disability while also accusing the firm of sabotaging her attempts at obtaining future employment at other law firms.

  • January 31, 2025

    Morgan Lewis Gains Blank Rome Energy Ace In Houston

    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP announced Friday that it has added an experienced energy-focused transactional attorney in Houston who most recently practiced with Blank Rome LLP, fortifying the firm's finance capabilities in the Lone Star State.

  • January 30, 2025

    Pharmacy Says Its Ex-GC Destroyed Trade Secrets Evidence

    Texas-based Empower Pharmacy on Thursday pressed for sanctions against its former general counsel — who also happens to be a former assistant district attorney in San Antonio — claiming that the lawyer intentionally destroyed a hard drive that contained evidence relevant to Empower's trade secrets suit against a rival pharmacy.

  • January 30, 2025

    Jay-Z Blasts Buzbee For 'Reputation-Destroying Allegations'

    Rapper Jay-Z has doubled down on his bid for sanctions against Texas attorney Tony Buzbee for filing a lawsuit accusing him of raping a 13-year-old with Sean "Diddy" Combs more than 20 years ago, saying the attorney has "weaponized" baseless accusations via social media and TV interviews.

  • January 30, 2025

    5th Circ. Says 18-Year-Olds Can Buy Handguns

    The Fifth Circuit found a law banning Americans under 21 years old from buying handguns was unconstitutional, saying in a Thursday opinion the law doesn't have any kind of historical analogs that would pass a Second Amendment smell test.

  • January 30, 2025

    Texas Panel Asks If Late Votes Should Decide Judge's Election

    A Texas appellate panel asked what it was supposed to do with voters who wrote that they lived outside the county in deciding the last remaining challenge to the county's 2022 election results, saying during oral arguments Thursday that voters' own assertions seemed convincing.

  • January 30, 2025

    R. Allen Stanford's $6.8B SEC Bill In Ponzi Suit Finalized

    A Texas federal court on Wednesday entered a judgment finalizing a 2013 order requiring convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford to fork over $6.76 billion in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's nearly 16-year-old suit over the $7 billion fraud scheme.

  • January 30, 2025

    Lower Court Altered Contract Reading, Texas Justices Told

    An Energy Transfer subsidiary told the Texas Supreme Court that a lower court upended the way contracts are interpreted in the state when it found no remedy for alleged losses from a soured $1 billion deal with an Exxon Mobil Corp. unit.

  • January 30, 2025

    FERC Says Pacific NW Pipeline Approval Was By The Book

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is defending its approval of a controversial TC Energy Corp. pipeline expansion project in the Pacific Northwest, telling the Fifth Circuit it reasonably determined that the project was needed and adequately reviewed its environmental impacts.

  • January 30, 2025

    Valve Maker Had Decades To Prevent Lyondell Leak, Jury Told

    Eight men injured in a chemical leak at a LyondellBasell facility in La Porte, Texas, told a Houston jury Thursday that a pipe valve manufacturer knew its product posed a "serious and deadly hazard" for workers decades before the 2021 leak.

  • January 30, 2025

    Meta VR Headsets Are Not 'Wireless Telephones,' Judge Says

    A federal judge in the Western District of Texas has decided Meta's Quest brand of virtual reality headsets can't be considered "wireless telephones" in a patent lawsuit just because they come preinstalled with the Messenger app, which can take calls.

  • January 30, 2025

    Split 5th Circ. Clears Insurers In $2.7M Flood Row

    A split Fifth Circuit panel upheld a ruling finding that a general contractor and others cannot recover $2.7 million from insurers for water damage, because the flood deductible in the applicable builder's risk policy exceeded the claimed losses.

Expert Analysis

  • What A Motorcycle IP Case Says About Parallel Int'l Litigation

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    A Texas federal court recently rejected an electric motorcycle manufacturer's attempt to dismiss a design patent suit in the U.S. and limit the litigation to China, illustrating the challenges in trying to counter a parallel litigation strategy, say attorneys at King & Wood.

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

  • Marketing Messages Matter In State AG Consumer Protection

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    Attorneys general interpret marketing claims far more broadly than many companies may realize, so to mitigate potential risk, businesses should be vigilant about all consumer messaging, including communications that may not traditionally be considered advertising in the colloquial sense, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • The Current State Of Play Around Corporate Transparency Act

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    Although a Texas court preliminarily enjoined enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and paused an impending Dec. 31 reporting deadline, multiple states have similar requirements, so companies should continue to monitor compliance obligations regardless of the CTA's constitutionality, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Reviewing 2024's State Consumer Privacy Law Enforcement

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    While we are still in the infancy of state consumer privacy laws, a review of enforcement activity this year suggests substantial overlaps in regulatory priorities across the most active states and gives insight into the likely paths of future enforcement, says Thomas Nolan at Quinn Emanuel.

  • 5th Circ. Crypto Ruling Shows Limits On OFAC Authority

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent decision that immutable smart contracts on the Tornado Cash crypto-transaction software protocol are not "property" subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control jurisdiction may signal that courts can construe OFAC's authority more restrictively after Loper Bright, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • AV Compliance Is Still A State-By-State Slog — For Now

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    While the incoming Trump administration has hinted at new federal regulations governing autonomous vehicles, for now, AV manufacturers must take a state-by-state approach to compliance with safety requirements — paying particular attention to states that require express authorization for AV operation, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • How Litigation, Supply Chains Buffeted Offshore Wind In 2024

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    U.S. offshore wind developers continue to face a range of challenges — including litigation brought by local communities and interest groups, ongoing supply chain issues, and a lack of interconnection and transmission infrastructure — in addition to uncertainty surrounding federal energy policy under the second Trump administration, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Permitting, Offtake Among Offshore Wind Challenges In 2024

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    Although federal offshore wind development started to pick up this year, many challenges to the industry became apparent as well — including slow federal permitting, the pitfalls of restarting permits after changes in project status, and the difficulties of negotiating economically viable offtake agreements, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

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