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  • May 30, 2025

    Judge OKs Steward Lender Deal, Ch. 11 Plan Vote

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday sent Steward Health Care's Chapter 11 plan out for a creditor vote and approved a settlement between the hospital chain and its secured lenders, saying the deal is the only way any other creditors will see a dime.

  • May 30, 2025

    Convicted Crypto Investor's Wife Says Gov't Can't Seize Funds

    The wife of a bitcoin investor sentenced to prison for concealing millions of dollars from the IRS asked a Texas federal court Friday to stop the federal government from taking her money to help make up for $1 million in restitution聽stemming from his cryptocurrency sales.

  • May 30, 2025

    DOE Yanks $3.7B In Funding For Clean Energy Projects

    An ExxonMobil hydrogen project in Texas and carbon capture projects throughout the U.S. are among two dozen clean energy projects that have seen a combined $3.7 billion in funding rescinded by the Department of Energy, the agency said Friday.

  • May 30, 2025

    DC Circ. Keeps Block On Texas AG's Media Matters Probe

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday upheld an order barring the Texas attorney general from demanding internal records from Media Matters about the left-leaning media watchdog's reporting on the social media platform X.

  • May 30, 2025

    sa国际传媒 Will Settle FirstCash Military Lending Suit

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a leading U.S. pawn store operator announced together that they had agreed to settle the agency's suit alleging that the operator ran afoul of military lending laws, filing a joint status report announcing settlement.

  • May 30, 2025

    Texas Review Panel Trims Ethics Claims Against Judge

    A review panel this week nixed all but one charge of misconduct by a Texas trial court judge and said the judge should receive a private reprimand rather than the public admonition ordered by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct in December.

  • May 30, 2025

    Trump Admin To Defend Biden's For-Profit College Loan Rule

    The Trump administration will defend parts of a Biden-era U.S. Department of Education rule allowing students to have their federal loans forgiven over their college's misconduct, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to resume briefing in a case that will pit the administration against the for-profit college industry.

  • May 30, 2025

    Texas Law Firm Beats Atty's Suit Over Stock Redemption

    A Texas state appeals court has upheld Friedman Suder & Cooke PC's win in its decade-long dispute with a former shareholder over the redemption of his shares when he was let go, affirming a trial court ruling declaring the redemption "effective and operative."

  • May 30, 2025

    Ex-Tilton Portfolio Co. Files Ch. 7 With $88M Debt

    Intrepid USA Inc., a home health and hospice service provider that was part of Lynn Tilton's turnaround empire, has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $88 million in debt, nearly all stemming from its 2024 sale.

  • May 30, 2025

    Robocall Biz Owner Faces Bar From Industry, $600K Fee Order

    A Texas federal judge has barred a telecommunications businessman from working in the industry, and ordered him to pay just over $600,000 in contempt-related attorney fees to states across the country.

  • May 29, 2025

    Eyemart Shakes Suit Over Sharing Of Health Data With Meta

    A Texas federal judge has tossed a proposed class action accusing Eyemart Express LLC of unlawfully sharing information about website visitors with Meta Platforms Inc., finding that the plaintiffs had failed to allege that any of their private health data had been sent to the social media platform.聽

  • May 29, 2025

    Samsung Ends Smartwatch IP Fight With Researchers

    Samsung asked a Texas federal judge to permanently dismiss its patent dispute with a group of academic research institutions over claims that the company's Galaxy smartwatches rely on their algorithms to detect irregular heartbeats and measure other physiological health markers, according to a joint motion filed Wednesday.

  • May 29, 2025

    Texas Justices Keep Court Orders On $3.4B Water Pipeline

    A Texas appeals court mostly kept intact court orders barring a groundwater company from interfering with several leases as a part of a $3.4 billion pipeline venture to supply water to San Antonio, finding in a Thursday opinion the company was undercutting its lessee.

  • May 29, 2025

    DOJ Officially Files To Drop Boeing 737 Max Conspiracy Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday formally moved to drop its criminal conspiracy case against Boeing over the deadly 737 Max 8 crashes and asked a Texas federal judge to vacate the June 23 trial date, saying a $1.1 billion nonprosecution agreement is a meaningful resolution that holds the company accountable.

  • May 29, 2025

    JetBlue Fights American's NEA Suit, Pivots To United Deal

    JetBlue has told a Texas federal judge that American Airlines' lawsuit seeking to recover $1 million in alleged unpaid payments related to their now-scrapped codeshare agreement covering New York and Boston is preempted by federal law and potentially conflicts with a Massachusetts federal judge's antitrust ruling.

  • May 29, 2025

    Drugstores Say Texas Flouted Rules To Update Pharmacy Regs

    The National Association of Chain Drug Stores Inc. told the Texas Supreme Court that updates to statewide policy governing how pharmacies report drug prices flouted Texas rulemaking procedures, telling the state's high court that even if the updates were "good policy" they weren't lawful.

  • May 29, 2025

    Qualcomm Can't Duck IP Suit Over Snapdragon Processors

    A Texas federal court on Thursday refused to throw out a suit claiming Qualcomm Inc.'s processors infringe a microcontroller patent, finding that it's too early to resolve a dismissal bid and other issues should be worked out first.

  • May 29, 2025

    Apple Says Google Ruling Boosts Appeal Of $300M Verdict

    Apple has told the Federal Circuit that its en banc decision ordering a new damages trial in a separate suit against Google bolsters its own appeal of a $300 million verdict against the tech giant for infringing standard-essential 4G patents owned by Optis.

  • May 29, 2025

    Texas Bars Some Property Tax Hikes Above Voter-OK'd Rates

    Texas will prohibit school districts from adopting property tax rates above voter-approved thresholds in response to a natural disaster if voters previously rejected a similar proposed rate increase, under a bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott.

  • May 29, 2025

    Influencer Hits Akin With Malpractice Suit Over Boxing Deal

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and one of its Texas-based partners allegedly failed to understand California law in handling a financial dispute between a social media influencer and the company that hired him to participate in an amateur boxing competition, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in a Lone Star State federal court.

  • May 29, 2025

    Split 5th Circ. OKs Acting NLRB GC's Drop Of Teamsters Case

    A divided Fifth Circuit panel again blessed the National Labor Relations Board's order that supported a former acting general counsel's withdrawal of an unfair labor practice complaint against two Teamsters locals, analyzing the dispute on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • May 29, 2025

    High Court Pauses 5th Circ.'s Highland Ch. 11 Liability Ruling

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed bankrupt hedge fund Highland Capital to continue shielding certain key parties in its Chapter 11 case from liability while the debtor appeals a Fifth Circuit decision striking down those protections.

  • May 29, 2025

    Intel Convinces Texas Jury That Fortress Controls VLSI

    A Texas federal jury on Thursday found that Fortress Investment Group controls both VLSI Technology and Finjan Holdings, and a judge聽will now decide whether that means Intel can escape findings that it infringed VLSI's patents by invoking its license with Finjan.

  • May 28, 2025

    Intel Pushes Fortress, VLSI On Financial Control Limits

    Intel Corp. tried to convince an Austin federal jury Wednesday that Fortress Investment Group's power to say "no" when VLSI Technology LLC requests money, among other override authorities, makes clear who has actual control over VLSI's finances, even if that "no" has never been invoked.

  • May 28, 2025

    Highland Wants High Court To Preserve Ch. 11 Liability Shield

    Defunct hedge fund Highland Capital Management has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep its Chapter 11 plan in place while it appeals a reversal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, saying it needs to keep its fiduciaries protected lest its former CEO mire them in litigation.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen聽at聽Greenwald Doherty.

  • Marketing Messages Matter In State AG Consumer Protection

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    Attorneys general interpret marketing claims far more broadly than many companies may realize, so to mitigate potential risk, businesses should be vigilant about all consumer messaging, including communications that may not traditionally be considered advertising in the colloquial sense, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • The Current State Of Play Around Corporate Transparency Act

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    Although a Texas court preliminarily enjoined enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and paused an impending Dec. 31 reporting deadline, multiple states have similar requirements, so companies should continue to monitor compliance obligations regardless of the CTA's constitutionality, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer鈥檚 market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business 鈥 but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Reviewing 2024's State Consumer Privacy Law Enforcement

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    While we are still in the infancy of state consumer privacy laws, a review of enforcement activity this year suggests substantial overlaps in regulatory priorities across the most active states and gives insight into the likely paths of future enforcement, says Thomas Nolan at Quinn Emanuel.

  • 5th Circ. Crypto Ruling Shows Limits On OFAC Authority

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent decision that immutable smart contracts on the Tornado Cash crypto-transaction software protocol are not "property" subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control jurisdiction may signal that courts can construe OFAC's authority more restrictively after Loper Bright, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • AV Compliance Is Still A State-By-State Slog 鈥 For Now

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    While the incoming Trump administration has hinted at new federal regulations governing autonomous vehicles, for now, AV manufacturers must take a state-by-state approach to compliance with safety requirements 鈥 paying particular attention to states that require express authorization for AV operation, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a 鈥渟liding scale鈥 approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • How Litigation, Supply Chains Buffeted Offshore Wind In 2024

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    U.S. offshore wind developers continue to face a range of challenges 鈥 including litigation brought by local communities and interest groups, ongoing supply chain issues, and a lack of interconnection and transmission infrastructure 鈥 in addition to uncertainty surrounding federal energy policy under the second Trump administration, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons 鈥 due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources 鈥 but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Permitting, Offtake Among Offshore Wind Challenges In 2024

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    Although federal offshore wind development started to pick up this year, many challenges to the industry became apparent as well 鈥 including slow federal permitting, the pitfalls of restarting permits after changes in project status, and the difficulties of negotiating economically viable offtake agreements, say attorneys at Liskow & Lewis.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

  • How Trump's 2nd Term May Alter The Immigration Landscape

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    Rhetoric from Donald Trump's campaign and his choice of hardline appointees indicate that a more restrictive and punitive approach to immigration is in our immediate future, especially in areas like humanitarian relief, nonimmigrant visa processing, and travel and green card eligibility, says John Quill at Mintz.

  • Equitable Mootness Insights From Greenlit Ch. 11 Plan Appeal

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    A Texas federal court recently allowed a challenge to ConvergeOne's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan to proceed because it wouldn't disrupt the IT company's confirmed plan or harm creditors, reinforcing the importance of judicial restraint in applying equitable mootness where limited relief is possible, say attorneys at Parkins & Rubio.

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