January 27, 2022
A Fifth Circuit panel on Thursday affirmed a Texas federal judge's decision to dismiss a Houston personal injury law firm's $2.1 million referral fee lawsuit against an Ohio law firm, agreeing that answering one unsolicited email didn't subject the Buckeye State firm to Lone Star State law.
December 09, 2021
A Houston personal injury law firm told a panel of Fifth Circuit judges during oral arguments Thursday that a district court wrongly tossed its $2.1 million referral fee lawsuit against an Ohio law firm on jurisdictional grounds despite evidence the Ohio firm exposed itself to being sued in Texas.