Texas

  • February 19, 2025

    Constitutional Claims Fail To Stop SEC Insider Trading Suit

    A Texas man must face U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims that he profited off of inside information about a Boston Scientific acquisition that he learned about from his domestic partner after a federal judge rejected his arguments that the regulator sued him unconstitutionally.

  • February 19, 2025

    Bid For Paxton's Jan. 6 Docs Filed In Wrong Court, AG Says

    A lawyer for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued Wednesday that Paxton shouldn't have to face a lawsuit from a watchdog group seeking records related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol because the group sued in district court instead of directly with the state's high court.

  • February 19, 2025

    'Death Knell' For SEC Dealer Rule As Regulator Drops Appeal

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday dropped its bid to revive its expansion of the dealer definition at the Fifth Circuit after industry groups representing private funds and crypto firms successfully challenged the rule in Texas federal court last year.

  • February 19, 2025

    CBS Will Seek Trump's Financial Info In '60 Minutes' Discovery

    Attorneys for Paramount Global and CBS Broadcasting told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that if President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit accusing the network of deceptively doctoring former Vice President Kamala Harris' "60 Minutes" interview goes to discovery, they will seek information about the president's personal financials.

  • February 19, 2025

    MDL Plaintiffs Misread Blackout Protocols, Texas Justices Told

    Transmission and distribution utility providers told Texas justices Wednesday that the thousands of plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation stemming from a crippling winter storm in 2021 "misunderstand" how load-shedding protocols work as it pushed the court to free it of the final two claims in the MDL.

  • February 19, 2025

    NBA Teams Urge Justices To Take Up 'Discovery Rule' Case

    Eight NBA teams facing copyright lawsuits for songs used in promotional videos without permission have filed a brief supporting a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the so-called discovery rule, a judicially created doctrine that allows claims to be brought outside the three-year statute of limitations.

  • February 19, 2025

    Parents Fight Riddell's Bid To Move Defective Helmet Lawsuit

    Parents of a high school football player who suffered severe brain injuries due to an allegedly faulty helmet are urging a Texas federal judge to reject sports equipment maker Riddell Inc.'s bid seeking to transfer the litigation to a different court, saying the current location is "far more convenient" for most witnesses.

  • February 19, 2025

    Prospect Medical Blames Yale Lawsuit For Ch. 11 Filing

    Bankrupt hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings is seeking to convince a Connecticut federal judge to have a bankruptcy court oversee a $435 million lawsuit through which Yale New Haven Health is trying to back out of buying three Prospect hospitals, saying the case played a key role in its bankruptcy filing.

  • February 19, 2025

    Backup Infowars Bidder Wants Judge To Restart Auction

    The backup bidder for Alex Jones' Infowars program has asked a Texas bankruptcy judge to restart an auction for the assets after a previous sale to the parent company of satirical newspaper The Onion was rejected in December.

  • February 19, 2025

    NBA Star's Charity Says Tourney Promoters Owe $400K

    A nonprofit founded by San Antonio Spurs player Chris Paul says it and the Massachusetts-based Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame have been stiffed by a promoter and sponsor out of nearly $400,000 in proceeds for tournaments intended to showcase basketball players from historically Black colleges and universities, in a complaint unsealed Tuesday in Connecticut state court.

  • February 19, 2025

    Feds Urge Justices To Undo 5th Circ. Preventive Care Ruling

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Fifth Circuit decision that members of a task force setting preventive services coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act were unconstitutionally appointed, arguing the HHS secretary retained sufficient oversight.

  • February 19, 2025

    FinCEN Sets March Deadline For Corporate Transparency Act

    The U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network set a new deadline of March 21 for an estimated 32 million small entities to file beneficial ownership reports relating to the Corporate Transparency Act after a Texas federal judge lifted a block on the law's enforcement.

  • February 19, 2025

    Former Jones Day Atty Named Solicitor General Of Arkansas

    A former Jones Day attorney who has filled roles at the offices of the attorneys general in Texas and Louisiana has been tapped for the role of solicitor general in Arkansas.

  • February 19, 2025

    Jay-Z's Roc Nation Aims To Exit Buzbee Conspiracy Suits

    Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter's company Roc Nation has asked a Texas federal court to let it escape two lawsuits against it and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP alleging that they recruited former clients to bring malpractice claims against the Buzbee Law Firm in retaliation for accusing the rap star of rape.

  • February 19, 2025

    Orrick Brings On 3-Atty A&O Shearman Energy Team

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Wednesday that the firm has bulked up its energy platform with three former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling attorneys who have come aboard as partners in California, Washington state and Texas.

  • February 19, 2025

    Insurer Must Cover Trucking Co. In Fatal Fire Row, Judge Says

    A trucking company's insurer cannot rely on a hydrofracking exclusion to avoid covering an underlying suit over a fire at a saltwater disposal facility that killed one of the company's employees, a Texas federal court ruled, rejecting the insurer's request for a new trial.

  • February 18, 2025

    Limited FERC Pipeline Review Makes No Sense, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had no evidence to support its finding that the pipeline it chose to review only a 1,000-foot section of would transport only Texas-produced gas, the environmentalists trying to force a review of the full pipeline project told the D.C. Circuit.

  • February 18, 2025

    J&J Talc Unit Launches 2-Week $10B Ch. 11 Settlement Trial

    A Johnson & Johnson spinoff began its case Tuesday for a $10 billion Chapter 11 settlement of the company's talc liability before a Texas bankruptcy judge while opponents of the deal questioned the legitimacy of the bankruptcy case and the plan vote.

  • February 18, 2025

    5th Circ. Questions X's Need For Watchdog's Donor Lists

    Fifth Circuit judges expressed concern Tuesday that X Corp.'s bid to identify a watchdog's donors could chill free speech, questioning how the information could prove the watchdog published an allegedly false article that caused major advertisers to abandon X.

  • February 18, 2025

    Convicted Pharma Exec Seeks Trial Redo, Citing Feds' Error

    A former pharmacy executive convicted on criminal charges over a healthcare scheme that defrauded the government of $160 million has urged a Texas federal court to grant him a new trial, arguing an admission of error by the federal government necessitates a redo.

  • February 18, 2025

    Dems Push Corporate Transparency Act Legitimacy To Courts

    Congress has the authority to establish a nationwide registry of the beneficial owners of legal entities by passing the Corporate Transparency Act, a group of Democratic legislators said in similar amicus briefs filed in appellate courts.

  • February 18, 2025

    ER Says 3rd Parties Allow For Accurate Blame In Injury Suit

    A Texas emergency room told state high court justices Tuesday that refusing to allow it to designate responsible third parties in a nurse's injury suit would create " a dramatic upheaval" by " not letting us blame who's really at fault" for the woman's back injury.

  • February 18, 2025

    Acccounting Firm Blames Broker For Losing $1M In Coverage

    A Texas accounting firm accused its insurance broker of causing it to lose $1 million coverage by failing to inform an excess insurer that the firm was subpoenaed in connection with the investigation of a $12 million seismic data collection company embezzlement scheme, the broker told a Texas federal court.

  • February 18, 2025

    Steward Says Mass. Owes $22M For Withheld Patient Claims

    Steward Health Care has sued Massachusetts in Texas bankruptcy court to recover $22 million, which the insolvent hospital operator alleged it is owed for treating low-income patients in Massachusetts after the company filed for Chapter 11 relief.

  • February 18, 2025

    Houston Energy Co. Settles Claims Over Utah Plant Turbines

    Houston clean energy company Fervo Energy Co. has settled its claims with a geothermal equipment supplier it accused of threatening to file a patent infringement lawsuit if it didn't win a bid to supply turbines for Fervo's Utah power plant.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Crypto.com's Suit Against SEC Could Hold Major Implications

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    Crypto.com's recent lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could affect the operation and regulation of crypto markets in the U.S., potentially raising more questions about the SEC's authority to regulate the industry when it's unclear whether another agency is ready to assume it, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

  • Testing The Waters As New Texas Biz Court Ends 2nd Month

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    Despite an uptick in filings in the Texas Business Court's initial months of operation, the docket remains fairly light amid an apparent wait-and-see approach from some potential litigants, say attorneys at Norton Rose.

  • Biden Green Card Program Unlikely To Advance Post-Election

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    Even if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the election and continues a Biden administration policy that would allow certain foreign relatives of American citizens to apply for green cards without leaving the U.S., a challenge in Texas federal court is likely to delay implementation for a long time, says Brad Brigante at Brigante Law.

  • Opinion

    Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules

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    The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.

  • The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO

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    The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.

  • Fed. Circ. Ruling May Signal Software Patent Landscape Shift

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    The Federal Circuit's recent ruling in Broadband iTV, despite similarities to past decisions, chose to rely on prior cases finding patent-ineligible claims directed to receiving and displaying information, which may undermine one of the few areas of perceived predictability in the patent eligibility landscape, say attorneys at King & Wood.

  • Series

    Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.

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