Texas

  • August 18, 2025

    Tax Court Finds Bankrupt Couple Owes Back Taxes

    An Internal Revenue Service settlement officer didn't abuse her discretion by sustaining a tax levy against a Texas couple's abandoned assets, because the couple failed to file the correct paperwork, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Monday. 

  • August 18, 2025

    Stone Hilton Takes Aim At Sex Harassment Claim

    For the second time this month, Stone Hilton PLLC has asked a federal court to trim a former employee's lawsuit, saying her allegations of sexual harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress do not rise to the level of "severe or pervasive" or "extreme and outrageous" as the law requires.

  • August 18, 2025

    Judge Known For Nixing ACA To Lead Texas' Northern District

    A conservative judge known for declaring Obamacare unconstitutional, among other high-profile rulings, took over as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Monday, according to an announcement from the court.

  • August 18, 2025

    Albright Explains Why He Cleared Apple Again In Fintiv Case

    Fintiv failed to show that Apple products with the Apple Pay and Apple Wallet features meet certain elements of a Fintiv mobile wallet patent, Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright said in an opinion detailing why he cleared the technology giant of certain infringement allegations.

  • August 18, 2025

    Texas Specialty Recycling Facility Files For Ch. 11

    A Texas company that recycles chemicals used in petroleum refining has filed for Chapter 11 in Texas, blaming equipment failures and unstable prices for the metals it recovers and seeking a sale by October to deal more than $403 million in debt.

  • August 15, 2025

    US Trustee Blasts Deals Over Jackson Walker-Judge Romance

    The U.S. trustee for the Southern District of Texas on Friday objected to Jackson Walker LLP's proposed settlements with former bankruptcy clients meant to resolve fee disputes related to the concealed romance of a former lawyer with the firm and a former bankruptcy judge, arguing they should be denied or considered at trial.

  • August 15, 2025

    Justices Told Texas Cedes Ground In Right-To-Counsel Case

    A man who was denied the opportunity to consult fully with his lawyer during an overnight break in his testimony said, ahead of U.S. Supreme Court arguments, that one opponent, the state of Texas, has already ceded serious legal ground in its briefing.

  • August 15, 2025

    Stewart Issues Dozens More Discretionary Denial Decisions

    Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart denied numerous petitions challenging patents on discretionary grounds this week, while referring a smaller number of cases to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

  • August 15, 2025

    Carpatsky Fights Bid By Ukrnafta To Duck Disclosure Order

    Carpatsky Petroleum Corp. is urging a Texas federal court not to let Ukraine's largest oil company duck its disclosure obligations as the U.S.-based company looks to enforce a confirmed $150 million arbitral award, arguing that the obligations are legitimate and not unduly burdensome. 

  • August 15, 2025

    Feds Say $2.8M In Seized Crypto Linked To Ransomware Ploy

    Federal prosecutors say they've seized $2.8 million in crypto from accounts controlled by an alleged ransomware attacker.

  • August 15, 2025

    Schwab Defends Antitrust Settlement From Iowa AG Objection

    The Charles Schwab Corp. has pushed back on objections raised by the Iowa attorney general and others to an investor class action settlement over its merger with TD Ameritrade, saying its plan to implement an antitrust compliance program, among other things, "offers real value to the class." 

  • August 15, 2025

    Defense Attys Predict Rise In Shareholder Suits, Report Says

    Nearly three-quarters of defense attorneys surveyed by high-risk insurance firm Inigo believe there will be an increase in private securities litigation over the next year, especially in the area of artificial intelligence, according to a report released by Inigo.

  • August 15, 2025

    Texas Federal Judge Says He's 'Exhausted' By Atty's Antics

    A Texas federal judge told an attorney he was "exhausted" by his alleged antics in helping supposedly erstwhile clients dodge judgments, asking Friday why the attorney seemingly worked two clients after a disciplinary panel barred him from representing them.

  • August 15, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Water Law, Risky Debt, NYC Rezone

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney insights into coastal development, one bank's bullish outlook on construction financing, and Midtown Manhattan's greenlight for denser residential development.

  • August 15, 2025

    5th Circ. Says PWFA Was Constitutionally Enacted

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was wrongly blocked from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state of Texas, the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday, saying the U.S. Constitution didn't require House lawmakers' physical presence to have a quorum when the statute was approved.

  • August 15, 2025

    White Police Officer Loses Race Bias Suit At 5th Circ.

    A Fifth Circuit panel won't reinstate a white police officer's claim that his race motivated the department's decision not to promote him to captain, holding Friday that the Louisiana State Police put forth a nondiscriminatory reason for promoting a pair of nonwhite candidates.

  • August 15, 2025

    Texas AG Opens Investigation Into Xcel Over Panhandle Fires

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he's investigating whether Xcel Energy and a contractor broke any laws in connection with devastating fires in the Texas Panhandle last year, questioning whether they put environmental or diversity goals ahead of safety.

  • August 15, 2025

    5th Circ. Backs San Antonio's Park Plan Over Tribal Protests

    The Fifth Circuit has upheld a lower court order saying a San Antonio park has legitimate public safety issues that allow the city to implement a tree removal plan and rookery management measures while also giving tribal members access to a disputed area for religious ceremonies.

  • August 15, 2025

    EnCore Energy's CLO, Acting CEO Is Now Its Financial Officer

    Five months after tacking the title of interim CEO onto its legal chief, uranium extraction company enCore Energy has also given him the responsibility of serving as its top financial officer, according to a securities filing Thursday.

  • August 15, 2025

    AT&T Seeks Approval To Halt Copper Service After Thefts

    AT&T is asking the Federal Communications Commission for emergency authorization to suspend its copper-based phone legacy service for 22 customers outside Dallas, claiming that service outages were caused by a series of copper thefts from its facilities in June.

  • August 15, 2025

    Atty Urges Texas High Court To Take On Suit Over Firm Ouster

    A former Branscomb PC partner is asking the Texas Supreme Court to reject a lower court's order compelling him to arbitrate a suit he brought against the firm's other partners accusing them of wrongfully ousting him.

  • August 15, 2025

    Jackson Lewis Names New Leader In Austin

    Employment law firm Jackson Lewis has tapped an experienced management-side employment litigator to serve as managing principal of its Austin, Texas, office.

  • August 14, 2025

    NYC Fires Back At Co.'s Migrant Busing Suit

    New York City is coming out swinging against a lawsuit brought by a charter company that helped Texas bus thousands of migrants into the city and leave them there, saying that Roadrunner Charters wasn't injured by the city enforcing its own laws.

  • August 14, 2025

    Nursing Home Pharmacy Co. Hits Ch. 11 With $51M Sale Plan

    Partners Pharmacy Services LLC, which provides medications to patients in long-term care facilities across seven U.S. states, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas, with plans for an asset sale to its prepetition lender, who is an existing indirect owner, for a $51 million credit bid.

  • August 14, 2025

    USAA Asks Fed. Circ. To Rethink Axing $223M Patent Verdicts

    United Services Automobile Association urged the Federal Circuit to revisit its decisions that neutralized jury verdicts against PNC Bank totaling nearly $223 million, saying Thursday that the appeals court defied U.S. Supreme Court precedent on patent eligibility by deeming USAA's mobile check deposit patents invalid.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Series

    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.

  • High Court ACA Ruling May Harm Preventative Care

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood last week, ruling that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary has authority over an Affordable Care Act preventive care task force, risks harming the credibility of the task force and could open the door to politicians dictating clinical recommendations, says Michael Kolber at Manatt.

  • 8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work

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    Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.

  • 3 Cautionary Tales For Cos. Using Facial Recognition Tech

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    Whether a business intends to develop its own facial recognition applications or contract with another company to use such services, three recent case studies should be kept in mind to help lower the risk of litigation or regulatory enforcement, says Adam Nyenhuis at Hilgers Graben.

  • Despite Dark Clouds, Outlook For US Solar Has Bright Spots

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    While tariff, tax policy and bankruptcy news seemingly portends unending challenges for the U.S. solar energy industry, signs of continued growth in solar generating capacity and domestic solar manufacturing suggest that there is a path forward, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law

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    Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell.

  • Google Damages Ruling Offers Lessons For Testifying Experts

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google represents a shift in how courts evaluate expert testimony in patent cases, offering a practical guide for how litigators and testifying experts can refine their work, says Adam Rhoten at Secretariat.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients

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    Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.

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