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  • February 19, 2026

    Contractor, Insurer Must Defend Rubber Co. In Burn Suit

    An industrial services contractor and its insurer must defend a synthetic rubber manufacturer in an underlying personal injury suit accusing the company of negligently maintaining a pipe that broke and severely burned the contractor's employee, a Texas federal court ruled.

  • February 19, 2026

    NLRB Wins Trader Joe's Firing Case At 5th Circ. But Draws Ire

    A Fifth Circuit judge impugned the National Labor Relations Board's fairness and attacked its foundational motive test as "an undertheorized byproduct of Chevron deference" in a dissent to an opinion backing the board's finding that Trader Joe's illegally fired a worker over repeated COVID-19 safety complaints.

  • February 19, 2026

    Squires Accepts 8 PTAB Cases, Walks Back 7 Merits Referrals

    A bulk summary order from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director John Squires granted eight petitions for America Invents Act patent challenges while denying 14 others, including seven that he had previously accepted for merits-based review.

  • February 19, 2026

    Texas Panel Unsure Midwife Can Escape Abortion Order

    A Texas appellate court pushed back on a midwife's assertion that a court order blocking her from providing abortions flouted the state's rules of civil procedure, saying Thursday she wasn't facing the lawsuit "for doing appendectomies."

  • February 19, 2026

    Stone Hilton Seeks Sanctions Over 'White Trash' Hostility Claim

    Texas firm Stone Hilton is seeking sanctions in an employment suit by a former office manager over her refusal to withdraw an "implausible" hostile work environment claim brought only to harass the defendants and increase the cost of litigation.

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