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  • August 20, 2025

    Texas Judge Keeps Intact Suit Alleging Anadarko Busted Well

    A Texas federal judge kept intact a suit brought by W&T Energy VI LLC claiming Anadarko Petroleum Corp. improperly operated equipment on an offshore oil and gas well and then lied about the damages, saying Wednesday that W&T adequately alleged its claims.

  • August 20, 2025

    Texas AG Says Chase Can't Recoup Failed $10M Project

    The Texas Office of the Attorney General on Wednesday asked the state's highest court to reject JPMorgan Chase Bank NA's attempt to get a city to continue to make payments on a botched $10 million project, saying such payments would run afoul of the Texas Constitution.

  • August 20, 2025

    Texas Firm Says Rival Is Improperly Contacting Clients

    A Houston immigration firm has told a judge that its rival firm is demanding it hand over certain client files despite an ongoing lawsuit over what the former firm claims are false allegations of fraud.

  • August 20, 2025

    Texas AG Threatens Suit Over Orgs. Mailing Abortion Pills

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent cease-and-desist letters to three organizations he's accused of shipping abortion drugs to women in the state in violation of state and federal laws.

  • August 20, 2025

    'Amen': Judge Puts Texas Ten Commandments Law On Hold

    A Texas federal court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a state law requiring public schools to post a copy of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, saying the law likely violates the Constitution.

  • August 20, 2025

    Verizon, Headwater Settle Dispute After $175M Patent Verdict

    Headwater Research and Verizon have agreed to a settlement after a federal jury last month put the telecommunications giant on the hook for $175 million in damages after finding it infringed a pair of wireless communications patents.

  • August 20, 2025

    5th Circ. Won't Stick BP, Chevron With $11M Well Cleanup Bill

    A Fifth Circuit panel has affirmed a lower court decision dismissing a surety company's lawsuit claiming BP and Chevron need to pony up $11 million to pay for offshore decommissioning costs, saying the insurer wasn't entitled to be reimbursed.

  • August 20, 2025

    Software Co. Strangeworks Acquires German AI Tech Biz

    Computing software firm Strangeworks said Wednesday that it has acquired Quantagonia, a German AI-powered technology company, in a move to boost its business opportunities.

  • August 19, 2025

    Advocacy Groups Ask Judge To Stall Texas Redistricting Plan

    Multiple voting rights advocacy organizations asked a Texas federal judge to hear their case for a court order aimed at stalling the Texas Legislature's controversial redistricting plan, saying the proposed plan blatantly violates the U.S. Constitution.

  • August 19, 2025

    Judge Bans Texas Atty He Says Is 'Incapable Of Honesty'

    A federal judge has indefinitely suspended attorney J. Shelby Sharpe from practicing law in the Northern District of Texas after he helped supposedly erstwhile clients dodge judgments, saying the attorney is seemingly "incapable of honesty."

  • August 19, 2025

    Texas Co., Exec To Pay $12.4M In Customs Evasion FCA Suit

    A Dallas-based countertop and cabinetry product supplier and its president agreed on Tuesday to pay more than $12.4 million to settle a False Claims Act suit alleging they conspired to evade import duties on quartz products from China, with more than $2.1 million designated for a whistleblower.

  • August 19, 2025

    Lab Owner Gets 3 Years For $40M COVID-19 Test Fraud

    A co-founder of a laboratory accused of submitting $40 million in unnecessary COVID-19 and genetic testing claims to healthcare benefit programs was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday, after a Florida federal judge credited him for the extensive cooperation he provided the government before and during a trial against his co-defendants.

  • August 19, 2025

    West Texas A&M Can't Ban Drag Shows, 5th Circ. Says

    A split Fifth Circuit has reversed a decision that allowed West Texas A&M University to ban drag shows on its campus, writing that art does not need to be like "works of Picasso, Schöenberg, and Carroll" to be protected by the First Amendment.

  • August 19, 2025

    Bribery Case Against Rep. Cuellar And His Wife Trimmed

    A federal judge agreed Tuesday to drop two counts from a bribery indictment against U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife, but said dropping the counts did not warrant dismissal of the entire indictment.

  • August 19, 2025

    21 AGs Push DEA To Schedule 'Designer Xanax'

    Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and 20 other state attorneys general are urgently asking the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to schedule an unregulated substance known as "designer Xanax" under the Controlled Substances Act, saying it is contributing to overdose deaths and posing a growing threat to public health.

  • August 19, 2025

    Texas Court Unwinds Dismissals In Border Crackdown Cases

    An en banc Texas appeals court on Tuesday reversed the habeas corpus dismissals of trespassing charges against nine men arrested during state immigration enforcement operations, citing a Court of Criminal Appeals ruling that rejected claims of prosecutorial sex discrimination in a similar case.

  • August 19, 2025

    Judge To Confirm Scanrock's Ch. 11 Plan After Settlement

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Tuesday conditionally confirmed the Chapter 11 plan of hydrocarbon driller Scanrock Oil & Gas, after the debtor resolved objections from parties including an ad hoc group, certain creditors and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

  • August 19, 2025

    Judge Denies American Airlines' Bid To Avoid Patent Claims

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday rejected American Airlines' request to escape some of the claims accusing it of infringing patents that cover hardware allowing in-flight Wi-Fi connection.

  • August 19, 2025

    Prospect Medical Says Yale Deal Is Top Offer For Hospitals

    Hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. has asked to assume a $435 million pre-bankruptcy agreement to sell its three Connecticut hospitals to Yale New Haven Health Services Corp., arguing it contains the "highest possible recovery" for its creditors.

  • August 19, 2025

    Booking Holdings Settles Texas Junk Fee Suit For $9.5M

    The parent company of popular hotel booking sites Booking.com and Kayak will pay $9.5 million to settle claims that it misled customers through rampant use of junk fees, the Texas Office of the Attorney General announced Tuesday.

  • August 19, 2025

    CMS Defeats 'Hair's Breadth' Star Rating Challenge

    Insurance companies challenging the "star" system for rating Medicare Advantage organizations have lost another round in court, with a Texas federal judge saying Elevance Health failed to show federal officials violated the law when rounding down scores.

  • August 19, 2025

    Samsung Fights Maxell's Bid To Boost $112M Patent Verdict

    Samsung Electronics asked a Texas federal judge to reject a bid from Maxell Ltd. to boost a $112 million patent infringement jury verdict, saying Maxell had not shown the infringement of its personal electronics patents was willful or that Samsung's behavior had been egregious enough to warrant an enhancement.

  • August 19, 2025

    FERC Grid Project Carveouts Are Unjustified, DC Circ. Told

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can't justify its decision to exempt a Kansas electricity cooperative's transmission projects from a regional grid operator's process to determine how project costs are divided before they're approved, the D.C. Circuit heard Monday.

  • August 19, 2025

    Sunnova's $118M Sale Can Proceed Despite Bank's Protest

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday declined to undo a $118 million sale of almost all the assets of solar panel business Sunnova Energy International Inc., rejecting a St. Louis-area bank's argument that the debtor failed to disclose that nondebtor assets would be part of the transaction.

  • August 19, 2025

    Linqto Says Ch. 11 Plan Will Have In-Kind Customer Payment

    Linqto and its unsecured creditors committee told a Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday that they have come to an agreement to give customers the chance for in-kind payment in the investment platform's Chapter 11 plan.

Expert Analysis

  • Patent Drafting Pointers From Fed. Circ. COVID Test Ruling

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision in DNA Genotek v. Spectrum Solutions provides several best practice pointers for drafting and prosecuting patent applications, highlighting how nuances in wording can potentially limit the scope of claims or otherwise affect claim constructions, says Irah Donner at Manatt.

  • Series

    Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.

  • Include State And Local Enforcers In Cartel Risk Evaluations

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    Any reassessment of enforcement risk following the federal designation of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations should include applicable state and local enforcement authorities, which have powerful tools, such as grand jury subpoenas and search warrants, that businesses would be wise to consider, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw

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    Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Executive Orders Paving Way For New Era Of Crypto Banking

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    Recent executive orders have already significantly affected the day-to-day operations of financial institutions that have an interest in engaging with digital assets, and creating informed strategies now can support institutions as the crypto gates continue to open to the banking industry, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.

  • State Securities Enforcers May Fill A Federal Enforcement Gap

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to take a lighter touch under the new administration, but state enforcement efforts are likely to continue unabated, and potentially even increase, particularly with regard to digital assets and ESG disclosures, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Opinion

    We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment

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    As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

  • The Central Issues Facing Fed. Circ. In Patent Damages Case

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    The en banc Federal Circuit's pending review of EcoFactor v. Google could reshape how expert damages opinions are argued, and could have ripple effects that limit jury awards, say attorneys at McAndrews Held.

  • How Calif.'s Wildfire Insurance Crisis Might Affect Texas

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    Attorneys at Munsch Hardt examine the implications of California's wildfire insurance crisis for Texas, including potential shifts in coverage availability, regulatory differences and how the insurers in the second-largest U.S. state may react to a major wildfire event.

  • Series

    Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.

  • Investor Essentials For Buying Federally Owned Property

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    Investors and developers can take advantage of the Trump administration's plan to sell government-owned real estate by becoming familiar with the process and eligible to bid, and should prepare to move quickly once the U.S. General Services Administration posts the list of properties for sale, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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    Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw

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    As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • 4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy

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    This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.

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