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July 17, 2025
Albright Clears Cisco In $121M Network Patent Case
Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright has finalized his decisions clearing Cisco in a suit alleging it owed $121 million for infringing Corrigent Corp. communications network patents, memorializing earlier orders that Cisco didn't infringe some patents and that others were invalid.
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July 17, 2025
Bradley Arant Brings On Polsinelli Corporate Ace In Dallas
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a corporate partner from Polsinelli, who previously chaired the China practice at Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC, to enhance its corporate, securities and commercial real estate services.
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July 17, 2025
Oil Cos. Not Covered In Gas Exposure Suit, Markel Unit Says
A Markel unit has no duty to defend or indemnify oil and gas companies in a suit over a worker's exposure to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, it told a Texas federal court, saying the underlying suit did not allege an occurrence.
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July 17, 2025
US Trustee Says Constitution Bars Jackson Walker Jury Trial
The federal government's bankruptcy watchdog told a Texas federal judge that under the Seventh Amendment, Jackson Walker LLP isn't entitled to a jury trial in its fee dispute stemming from a former bankruptcy judge's secret relationship with a onetime partner.
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July 17, 2025
5th Circ. Affirms Nix Of Doctor's Captive Insurance Deductions
The owner of a Texas urgent care network is not entitled to $1 million in tax deductions for insurance premiums he paid to inside companies, the Fifth Circuit ruled, affirming the U.S. Tax Court's decision that the payments were not actually for insurance.
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July 17, 2025
Pyrophyte's 2nd SPAC Raises $175M To Target Energy Biz
Special purpose acquisition company Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. II began trading on the public markets on Thursday after raising $175 million in its initial public offering.
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July 16, 2025
Dallas Beats Suit By Motorist Hit By Police Car
Sovereign immunity shields municipalities in instances where their police officers run red lights with their warning sirens off during emergency calls, according to a Texas appeals court, which ruled against a motorist who was hit by a Dallas police patrol vehicle.
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July 16, 2025
PR Consultant Wins Exit From Lively's 'It Ends With Us' Suit
A New York federal judge Wednesday dismissed a public relations consultant and his company from actress Blake Lively's lawsuit that accuses her "It Ends With Us" co-star and director, Justin Baldoni, of sexual harassment on set and trying to orchestrate a public relations campaign to "destroy" her reputation.
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July 16, 2025
Hyatt, Others Beat Sex Trafficking Claims, For Now
A Texas federal judge Wednesday dismissed a suit accusing Hyatt and other hotel operators of knowingly allowing a woman to be sex trafficked, saying the plaintiff failed to properly allege that the hotels knew or should have known of the sex trafficking, but granted leave to try again.
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July 16, 2025
Linqto Investor Says Ch. 11 Case Is Forum-Shopped 'Scheme'
Linqto shareholder Sapien Group told a Texas bankruptcy judge on Wednesday that the investment platform's Chapter 11 filing this month is a "quintessential example" of forum shopping that was designed to evade an investor effort to replace Linqto's board, urging the judge to transfer the case to Delaware.
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July 16, 2025
American Airlines Pushed Assault Victim Out, Suit Says
American Airlines pushed a customer service agent out of her job after she reported that her supervisor repeatedly physically assaulted her at work by punching, pulling her hair and kicking her, according to a suit the airline removed to Washington federal court.
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July 16, 2025
Penske Tells 5th Circ. To Ax Freight Broker Negligence Case
Trucking services giant Penske Logistics LLC and an affiliate told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday that the family of a man killed in a 2018 Texas collision cannot revive their wrongful death suit seeking to hold Penske liable for negligently hiring the unsafe motor carrier that caused the accident.
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July 16, 2025
BOE Misappropriated Samsung Trade Secrets, ITC Judge Finds
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge has found that China's BOE Technology misappropriated Korean-based Samsung Display Co. Ltd.'s trade secrets for device screens.
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July 16, 2025
Chemical Co. Claims Partner Duped It With Arbitration Clause
Petrochemical company Indorama Ventures LLC has accused its Houston-area partner of slipping an arbitration clause into a chemical contract without its consent.
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July 16, 2025
Texas Launches Investigation Into Mars Inc.'s Use Of Dyes
Texas announced Wednesday an investigation into Mars Inc. over its use of artificial dyes in its food products, adding to the state's string of recent investigations into companies for allegedly deceptive marketing relating to their use of dyes in food.
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July 16, 2025
Judge Sets Execution Date In Shaken Baby Syndrome Case
A Texas judge on Wednesday granted the state's request to set an execution date for a man convicted of killing his daughter based on a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome despite his pending appeal before the state's highest criminal court.
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July 16, 2025
Scanrock Oil & Gas Gets OK For Vote On Ch. 11 Plan
A Texas bankruptcy judge gave Scanrock Oil & Gas permission Wednesday to send its Chapter 11 plan out for a creditor vote after the hydrocarbon driller answered objections by giving royalty owners a claim on property sale revenues.
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July 16, 2025
Glucose Monitoring Co. LifeScan Hits Ch. 11 With $1.7B Debt
LifeScan Global Corp., a company that makes blood glucose monitoring devices, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas bankruptcy court with $1.7 billion of debt and a plan supported by its private equity backer to trim more than 75% of debt by handing the business to existing lenders.
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July 16, 2025
WilmerHale Can't Stay As Verizon's Attys In Texas Patent Trial
A federal judge in Texas has sided with a magistrate judge who found that a pair of WilmerHale lawyers representing Verizon in a dispute with Headwater Research LLC should be disqualified because the firm previously represented the owner of the patents at issue.
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July 15, 2025
Jackson Walker, US Trustee Tell Court 'There's No Deal'
Jackson Walker LLP and the federal government's bankruptcy watchdog told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that they have not reached an agreement to resolve a fee dispute stemming from a former bankruptcy judge's previously undisclosed romantic relationship with a onetime partner of the firm.
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July 15, 2025
Biz Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Reverse BP's Pension Suit Loss
Multiple business groups filed amici briefs with the Fifth Circuit asking the court to do away with a judgment in favor of 7,000 BP retirees who alleged that the oil giant underpaid their retirement benefits, saying the lower court's decision conflicts with "black letter law."
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July 15, 2025
Texas Cities Cite Gov't Immunity In Farmers' PFAS Suit
Governmental entities led by Fort Worth submitted a brief to a Texas federal court Tuesday supporting their immunity in managing wastewater operations in connection with a proposed class action from farmers who claim their lands were contaminated by toxic chemicals.
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July 15, 2025
City Worker Says She Was Axed For Trying To Tax Energy Co.
A former employee of a Texas Gulf Coast city has told a court Monday that she was fired after suggesting that the city council vote to increase taxes on land owned by Freeport LNG.
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July 15, 2025
Gambling Biz Gets $8.5M In First-Day Ch. 11 Financing
A company that runs casinos and other gambling venues in three states received a Texas bankruptcy judge's permission Tuesday to make an initial draw of $8.5 million from a Chapter 11 financing package its existing secured lenders provided.
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July 15, 2025
Texas Gambler Took $9M From Would-Be Investors, SEC Says
A Texas man faces U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations he defrauded investors out of $9 million, holding himself out as an experienced trader seeking to help the Hispanic community when, in fact, he was spending his victims' money on himself, on Ponzi payments and to help his ex-girlfriend's family purchase real estate.
Expert Analysis
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Despite Dark Clouds, Outlook For US Solar Has Bright Spots
While tariff, tax policy and bankruptcy news seemingly portends unending challenges for the U.S. solar energy industry, signs of continued growth in solar generating capacity and domestic solar manufacturing suggest that there is a path forward, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.
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Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law
Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Google Damages Ruling Offers Lessons For Testifying Experts
The Federal Circuit's recent decision in EcoFactor v. Google represents a shift in how courts evaluate expert testimony in patent cases, offering a practical guide for how litigators and testifying experts can refine their work, says Adam Rhoten at Secretariat.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Justices' NRC Ruling Raises New Regulatory Questions
In Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court avoided ruling on the NRC's authority to license private, temporary nuclear waste storage facilities — and this failure to reach the merits question creates new regulatory uncertainty where none had existed for decades, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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3 Judicial Approaches To Applying Loper Bright, 1 Year Later
In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference in its Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision, a few patterns have emerged in lower courts’ application of the precedent to determine whether agency actions are lawful, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.
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How State AG Consumer Finance Enforcement Is Expanding
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau becomes less active, state attorneys general are increasingly shaping the enforcement landscape for consumer financial services — and several areas of focus have recently emerged, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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Opinion
IRS Should Work With Industry On Microcaptive Regs
The IRS should engage with microcaptive insurance owners to develop better regulations on these arrangements or risk the emergence of common law guidance as taxpayers with legitimate programs seek relief in the federal courts, says Dustin Carlson at SRA 831(b) Admin.
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FLSA Interpretation Patterns Emerge 1 Year After Loper Bright
One year after the U.S. Supreme Court's monumental decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, four distinct avenues of judicial decision-making have taken shape among lower courts that are responding to their newfound freedom in interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act through U.S. Department of Labor regulations, say attorneys at Kutak Rock.
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Debunking 4 Misconceptions Around Texas' IV Therapy Law
Despite industry confusion, an IV therapy law enacted in Texas last week may actually be the most business-friendly regulatory development the medical spa industry has seen in recent years, says Keith Lefkowitz at Hendershot Cowart.
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A Pattern Emerges In Justices' Evaluation Of Veteran Statute
The recent Soto v. U.S. decision that the statute of limitations for certain military-related claims does not apply to combat-related special compensation exemplifies the U.S. Supreme Court's view, emerging in two other recent opinions, that it is a reviewing court's obligation to determine the best interpretation of the language used by Congress, says attorney Kenneth Carpenter.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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In NRC Ruling, Justices Affirm Hearing Process Still Matters
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas safeguards the fairness, clarity and predictability of the regulatory system by affirming that to challenge an agency's decision in court, litigants must first meaningfully participate in the hearing process that Congress and the agency have established, says Jonathan Rund at the Nuclear Energy Institute.
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What Baseball Can Teach Criminal Attys About Rule Of Lenity
Judges tend to assess ambiguous criminal laws not unlike how baseball umpires approach checked swings, so defense attorneys should consider how to best frame their arguments to maximize courts' willingness to invoke the rule of lenity, wherein a tie goes to the defendant, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.