Texas

  • August 26, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Agrees To Compromise In Fintiv Appeal Extension

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will have extra time to respond to Google and Samsung's challenge to its Fintiv policy, but not as much as it wanted the Federal Circuit to provide, the court ruled Tuesday.

  • August 26, 2025

    How This Firm Hit Its Stride With 9-Figure Patent Verdicts

    When several Russ August & Kabat attorneys secured a $122 million jury verdict for a client in an advertising patent infringement case against Amazon last summer, they kicked off a streak of nine-figure verdicts for the firm, including a $175 million win last month in front of a Texas federal jury.

  • August 26, 2025

    PE Firm Escapes Patients' Anesthesia Antitrust Claims

    A Texas federal court tossed claims against Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe from a proposed class of patients accusing the private equity firm of monopolizing the anesthesiology market through a series of acquisitions, but let claims against a company it formed proceed.

  • August 26, 2025

    GWG Wind-Down Trustee Fights Ethics Scandal Removal Bid

    A Texas bankruptcy lawyer hit back at efforts to oust her as the wind-down trustee for GWG Holdings, saying her involvement in a judicial ethics and romance scandal is unrelated to her work for the former life insurance bond seller.

  • August 26, 2025

    Pioneer Health Objects To Banker's Ch. 11 Fee Application

    Clinic operator Pioneer Health Systems LLC, which had its Chapter 11 plan confirmed late last year, objected to a $500,000 fee application from a firm that had acted as its investment banker, saying the payout hinged on a sale Pioneer never fully carried out.

  • August 26, 2025

    5th Circ. Says Fed. Law Explicitly Bars Ex-CEO's NCUA Suit

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday refused to revive a former Texas credit union CEO's constitutional challenge to an enforcement action the National Credit Union Administration had brought against him for alleged banking misconduct, saying in a published opinion that federal law explicitly stripped a district court's jurisdiction over the matter.

  • August 26, 2025

    Doctors Press 5th Circ. To Reverse Surprise Billing Ruling

    Three physician trade associations urged the full Fifth Circuit to reverse a panel's ruling on how qualifying payments are calculated under the No Surprises Act, writing that the current decision harms underserved communities by narrowing provider networks.

  • August 26, 2025

    Dallas IP Atty Joins Spencer Fane From Wick Phillips

    Spencer Fane LLP announced that an intellectual property attorney with nearly 20 years of experience has joined the firm's Dallas office as a partner from Texas firm Wick Phillips.

  • August 26, 2025

    Texas Injury Firm Says Ex-Atty's Rival Firm Copied Slogan

    A Houston personal injury attorney has accused a former employee of opening a rival law firm and copying its longtime slogan.

  • August 26, 2025

    Texas AG To Probe Heavy Metals In Baby Foods

    The Texas attorney general on Tuesday announced an investigation into leading baby food makers that may have deceptively advertised and sold products containing dangerously high levels of heavy metals, such as arsenic.

  • August 26, 2025

    Sheppard Mullin Adds Trial Pros From Venable, Kasowitz

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Tuesday that it has bolstered its business trial practice group with a partner in Houston who arrived from Kasowitz LLP and a partner in Los Angeles who came aboard from Venable LLP.

  • August 26, 2025

    Sorrels Law Adds Litigation Ace From Houston Trial Boutique

    Sorrels Law has added a partner in Houston who brings nearly three decades of experience handling personal injury and complex commercial litigation matters and who joins from Fleming Nolen & Jez LLP, a commercial litigation and personal injury boutique in the process of winding down.

  • August 25, 2025

    Fed. Court Can't Halt FDIC Enforcement Order, 5th Circ. Says

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. can move forward with in-house enforcement proceedings against a former bank CEO, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday, finding that a Texas district court did not have jurisdiction to block the agency from issuing a final decision over the bank executive's constitutional claims.

  • August 25, 2025

    Empire Sues AT&T, Lenovo After $12.5M IP Win Over Samsung

    With a $12.5 million jury verdict against Samsung under its belt, Empire Technology Development has launched a pair of mobile technology patent infringement suits against AT&T and Lenovo in the same court.

  • August 25, 2025

    UTSA Prof Claims School Conducted Biased Probe

    A Black professor at University of Texas at San Antonio told a Texas federal judge that the university discriminated against him by running a slipshod investigation into a case of alleged sexual harassment, saying Monday the school targeted him because of his race.

  • August 25, 2025

    Battery Co. Must Face Suit Over Revoked $200M DOE Grant

    A Texas federal judge has ruled that lithium-ion battery company Microvast Holdings Inc. cannot beat, for now, a securities class action alleging it misled investors about a revoked $200 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, although the judge trimmed certain claims from the suit.

  • August 25, 2025

    Healthcare Co. Investors Sue Over Contractor's Alleged Fraud

    Healthcare facility management company Nutex Health Inc. has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging it concealed that its third-party vendor HaloMD was engaged in a scheme to defraud insurance companies, and that the alleged fraud would impact Nutex's balance sheet and subsequently its share price.

  • August 25, 2025

    Stewart Overrules 3 PTAB Discretion Decisions On Dir. Review

    Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart freed WSOU Investments and Nutanix from challenges where the Patent Trial and Appeal Board had already instituted review, but then revived an inter partes review Nike had originally dodged.

  • August 25, 2025

    Texas Stock Exchange Wants In On Proxy Advisory Lawsuit

    The Texas Stock Exchange and Texas Association of Business have moved to intervene in two lawsuits that proxy advisory firms have filed against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a state law restricting the firms, aiming to back up the law known as Senate Bill 2337.

  • August 25, 2025

    Texas Wants To Back Trump In Calif. Vehicle Waiver Fight

    Texas has told a federal court that California shouldn't be allowed to adopt vehicle emissions standards that are stricter than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's because other states essentially have to go along with them even if they disagree.

  • August 25, 2025

    X Sues Apple, OpenAI For Cutting 'Anticompetitive' Deal

    Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday made good on a promise that his artificial intelligence venture xAI would lodge an antitrust suit against Apple Inc. and OpenAI Inc. to target the companies' deal that integrated ChatGPT into the iPhone operating system, telling a Texas federal judge the arrangement stifles competition.

  • August 25, 2025

    5th Circ. Nixes SEC's Biden-Era Short-Selling Rules

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday remanded a pair of Biden-era regulations aimed at bolstering transparency in the short-selling market, ruling that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had failed to consider the economic impact of adopting both rules at once.

  • August 25, 2025

    Gilstrap Rejects Charter Rival's Bid For New Infringement Trial

    U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap on Monday turned down Touchstream Technologies Inc.'s request for a new trial or favorable judgment on its claims of patent infringement against Charter Communications, saying Charter had not misled a jury that found infringement did not occur.

  • August 25, 2025

    Judge Flags Possible Conflict In Foley & Lardner Client Spat

    A Texas appellate court told Foley & Lardner LLP and two of its former clients that one of its judges might have a conflict of interest precluding him from deciding the parties' dispute over the firm's alleged failure to disclose conflicts of interest.

  • August 25, 2025

    Troutman Adds Ex-Medallion Midstream GC To Energy Team

    Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has added the former general counsel of Medallion Midstream LLC — which was acquired for $2.6 billion last year — to its Dallas office, strengthening the firm's energy transactional practice with an energy attorney who has two decades of legal experience, the firm announced Monday.

Expert Analysis

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    Performing As A Clown Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Rejecting Biz Dev Myths

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    Law schools don’t spend sufficient time dispelling certain myths that prevent young lawyers from exploring new business opportunities, but by dismissing these misguided beliefs, even an introverted first-year associate with a small network of contacts can find long-term success, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Move Beyond Surface-Level Edits To Master Legal Writing

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    Recent instances in which attorneys filed briefs containing artificial intelligence hallucinations offer a stark reminder that effective revision isn’t just about superficial details like grammar — it requires attorneys to critically engage with their writing and analyze their rhetorical choices, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • How New Texas Law Revamps Electric Grid To Meet Demand

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    A new Texas law enacted in response to the burdens that data centers, crypto mining and other large-scale users are placing on the state's electric grid means that stakeholders must review updated requirements around grid interconnection, disclosure of development plans and operational flexibility during tight conditions, say attorneys at Jackson Walker.

  • DOJ May Rethink Banning Firearms For Marijuana Users

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    In light of various federal circuit court decisions and an executive order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy now may be on the verge of changing decidedly in favor of marijuana users' gun rights, and could foreshadow additional marijuana-friendly reforms, says Jacob Raver at Dentons.

  • 9th Circ. Has Muddied Waters Of Article III Pleading Standard

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    District courts in the Ninth Circuit continue to apply a defunct and especially forgiving pleading standard to questions of Article III standing, and the circuit court itself has only perpetuated this confusion — making it an attractive forum for disputes that have no rightful place in federal court, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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    Competing In Modern Pentathlon Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Opening myself up to new experiences through competing in modern Olympic pentathlon has shrunk the appearance of my daily work annoyances and helps me improve my patience, manage crises better and remember that acquiring new skills requires working through your early mistakes, says attorney Mary Zoldak.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Teaching Yourself Legal Tech

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    New graduates often enter practice unfamiliar with even basic professional software, but budding lawyers can use on-the-job opportunities to both catch up on technological skills and explore the advanced legal and artificial intelligence tools that will open doors, says Alyssa Sones at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Texas Ruling Emphasizes Limits Of Franchisors' Liability

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    The Texas Supreme Court's recent ruling in Massage Heights Franchising v. Hagman, holding that a franchisor was not liable to a customer for the actions of a franchisee's employee, helps clarify the relative roles and responsibilities of the parties in such situations — and the limits of franchisors' duty of care, say attorneys at Polsinelli.

  • Texas Targets Del. Primacy With Trio Of New Corporate Laws

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    Delaware has long positioned itself as the leader in attracting business formation, but a flurry of new legislation in Texas aimed at attracting businesses to the Lone Star State is aggressively trying to change that, says Andrew Oringer at the Wagner Law Group.

  • How AI May Reshape The Future Of Adjudication

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    As discussed at a recent panel at Texas A&M, artificial intelligence will not erase the human element of adjudication in the next 10 to 20 years, but it will drive efficiencies that spur private arbiters to experiment, lead public courts to evolve and force attorneys to adapt, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.

  • How States Are Taking The Lead On Data Center Regulation

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    While support for data center growth is a declared priority for the current administration, federal data center policy has been slow to develop — so states continue to lead in attracting and regulating data center growth, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • When Legal Advocacy Crosses The Line Into Incivility

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    As judges issue sanctions for courtroom incivility, and state bars advance formal discipline rules, trial lawyers must understand that the difference between zealous advocacy and unprofessionalism is not just a matter of tone; it's a marker of skill, credibility and potentially disciplinary exposure, says Nate Sabri at Perkins Coie.

  • Texas Bill Could Still Boost Property Rights In Gov't Disputes

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    The passage of a bill in Texas that would provide litigants with access to a greater swath of judicial remedies in immunity disputes with government entities and officials would be an invaluable boon for property rights, says Nathan Vrazel at Munsch Hardt.

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    Volunteering At Schools Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Speaking to elementary school students about the importance of college and other opportunities after high school — especially students who may not see those paths reflected in their daily lives — not only taught me the importance of giving back, but also helped to sharpen several skills essential to a successful legal practice, says Guillermo Escobedo at Constangy.

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