/texas?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Texas Copyright 2025 ��ݮ��Ƶ. en-US Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:01:04 +0000 /texas/articles/2385289?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2385289 The Federal Circuit on Monday ordered a new trial over allegations that Phillips 66 infringed Magēmā Technology's oil refinery patents, saying in a precedential opinion that a Texas federal court wrongfully concluded that Phillips' noninfringement theory was harmless, as it had also found the theory "improper and prejudicial." Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:57:41 +0000 /texas/articles/2385280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2385280 Houston, Texas-based oilfield water management company WaterBridge Infrastructure said Monday that it is seeking to raise up to $540 million in an initial public offering guided by Latham & Watkins LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:01:01 +0000 /texas/articles/2384845?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384845 The Fifth and D.C. Circuits split this year on the Federal Communications Commission's process for adjudicating enforcement actions, but both implicitly recognized the problem with penalizing a party based on a forfeiture order that has not yet been challenged in any way in court, says Jared Marx at HWG. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:55:03 +0000 /texas/articles/2385326?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2385326 In the two months since the Supreme Court hobbled universal injunctions, lawyers and trial judges have pivoted to adjust to a new litigation landscape, with class actions playing a larger role in lawsuits seeking to stop presidential policies. That, in turn, could put the tactic in the administration's crosshairs. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:52:35 +0000 /texas/articles/2385604?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2385604 Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law confirmed Monday it is planning to combine with a four-attorney Dallas bankruptcy and litigation boutique, giving the firm its first outpost in Texas. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:34:00 +0000 /texas/articles/2384969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384969 The Fifth Circuit has restored a $2.4 million jury award to a hair product company in its trademark infringement trial win over a rival, ruling a district court judge was wrong to throw out the verdict and the company had shown evidence the infringement hurt its business. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:31:09 +0000 /texas/articles/2385501?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2385501 Last week at the Delaware Court of Chancery, a bankruptcy administrator for a generic drugmaker formerly known as Teligent was told he can proceed with duty of oversight claims against most former officers and directors of the company, who the administrator said was complicit in the company's collapse. In an opinion, the Court of Chancery cites its 1996 decision In re Caremark International Inc. Derivative Litigation, which refined director duties of care and oversight. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:00:30 +0000 /texas/articles/2375736?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2375736 Hicks Johnson PLLC is representing the city of Houston in a dispute related to a $1.8 billion water treatment plant expansion, and is also advising dozens of Texas vineyards in product liability litigation against dicamba herbicide makers Bayer and BASF, earning the firm a spot among ��ݮ��Ƶ's 2025 Regional Powerhouses. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:56:22 +0000 /texas/articles/2385408?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2385408 Intellectual property law firm Fish & Richardson PC announced Monday that it has tapped principals in Houston and Boston to lead its new standard-essential patents practice. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:58:04 +0000 /texas/articles/2385201?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2385201 A Houston couple who accused a law firm and a since-dismissed Progressive unit of conspiring to share car crash victims' private information told a Texas federal court that their suit is "neither frivolous, unreasonable, nor improper" as they pushed back against the law firm's sanctions request.  Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:48:51 +0000 /texas/articles/2384559?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384559 Huntsman Corp. has announced that it is bringing on a new general counsel next month from oil and gas company ChampionX as the company's current legal chief prepares for an end-of-the-year retirement. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 23:39:04 +0000 /texas/articles/2384943?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384943 The Eighth Circuit Friday vacated the U.S. Department of Energy's updated method of calculating the fuel economy equivalent estimates for electric vehicles, finding that the DOE didn't have the authority to enact the 2024 rule, nor did it comply with the Administrative Procedures Act. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:20:24 +0000 /texas/articles/2384420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384420 Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart released 14 institution decisions in the last week, providing more insight on the scope of settled expectations and the impact of a district court preliminary injunction. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:54:40 +0000 /texas/articles/2384820?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384820 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from ��ݮ��Ƶ Real Estate Authority — including what attorneys have been seeing when it comes to the power dynamic between fund managers and their investors. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:06:21 +0000 /texas/articles/2384586?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384586 The Federal Trade Commission officially abandoned its appeal Friday in a case that set aside a Biden administration rule banning the use of most employee noncompete clauses, but the agency said it plans to bring enforcement actions on a case-by-case basis instead. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:10:14 +0000 /texas/articles/2384436?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384436 A New Jersey federal judge has partly granted a request from Merck & Co. to dismiss claims brought by Humana over an alleged anticompetitive scheme to control distribution of cholesterol drugs Zetia and Vytorin, tossing several proposed theories of monopolization but allowing unjust enrichment claims and state law antitrust claims to survive. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:01:28 +0000 /texas/articles/2384427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384427 Apple Inc. is facing a suit by software and artificial intelligence firm Cerence AI over several patents that Cerence said allow voice and text recognition on Apple products. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:05:46 +0000 /texas/articles/2383655?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2383655 In Richards v. Eli Lilly, the Seventh Circuit created a new approach for district courts to determine whether to issue notice to opt-in plaintiffs in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions, but its road map leaves many unanswered questions, says Rebecca Ojserkis at Cohen Milstein. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:54:01 +0000 /texas/articles/2384724?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384724 A court fight between sports collectibles companies over a Stephen Curry rookie card allegedly sold at a fraudulently high price has been resolved, as the two sides jointly moved to dismiss the case Friday in Texas federal court after reaching a settlement last month. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:44:49 +0000 /texas/articles/2384809?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /texas/articles/2384809 The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted the U.S. solicitor general time to argue as an amicus in the Sixth Amendment case of a criminal defendant who was denied the opportunity to consult fully with his lawyer during an overnight break in his testimony.