Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
March 26, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Texas AG to Serve 100 Hours of Community Service, Avoid TrialAsked why Ken Paxton was paying restitution to victims if he was innocent, defense attorney Dan Cogdell said, "It's cheaper than what he would've had to pay me if we went to trial."
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March 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
$900M Judgment: King & Spalding's Big Win for Unsecured CreditorThe parties have been in litigation for nearly a decade.
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5 minute read
March 22, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
PFAS Manufacturer's Ignorance Stymies EPA Effort to Enforce BanInhance argues the EPA exceeded its authority because the company's 40-year-old fluorination process is not a "significant new use" under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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March 22, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
It Took a Decade, But FDA Wins Case Over Tobacco Warning LabelsU.S. Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith concluded the district court erred when finding the government compelled speech caselaw the FDA relied upon did not apply.
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3 minute read
March 21, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Judge Pittman Slaps Down U.S. Chamber: Your Case Is Not Most Important"The court does not have the luxury to give increased attention to certain cases just because a party to the case thinks their case is more important than the rest," Fort Worth's U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman said.
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March 20, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
U.S. Fifth Circuit Punts Oil and Gas Royalty Spat to Texas Supreme CourtOil and gas producers are at odds with land and mineral owners over a recent Texas Supreme Court decision, and are disputing whether producers can continue to deduct post-production costs from certain uses of extracted natural gas.
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4 minute read
March 19, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Supreme Court Hears Objection to Electric Grid Price-Fixing Rule"This case is really about protecting the market and reining in the agency's overreach," Kurt Kuhn for the respondent wholesale electric power providers said.
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4 minute read
March 18, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Jury Finds Unjust Enrichment by Murder, Awarding $210M to Victim's SurvivorsPlaintiffs counsel convinced the jury Andre McDonald was grossly negligent and unjustly enriched by his wife's death, elements needed to create a constructive trust that could ensure hidden assets would not be discharged in a possible future bankruptcy.
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5 minute read
March 15, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Romancing With AI? Suit Claims Bots Pose as Suitors on TinderThe developer of the CupidBot app that uses AI to let human users screen, rate and talk to women in their place repeatedly denied the activity was affecting Match Group sites, the complaint asserts.
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5 minute read
March 15, 2024 | Texas Lawyer
Recused: Texas Judge Steps Away From Case Amid Scrutiny of His InvestmentsThe judge was presiding over over litigation contesting a proposed cap on credit card late fees.
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