Adolfo Pesquera

January 31, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"It seems we're replacing one arbitrary option with another," Justice Jimmy Blacklock said. "The economic value of that person and their earnings has no connection to the suffering of their loved ones."

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

January 30, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Attorneys for the defendants cite the dissenters' lament: "The high court has given the intermediate appellate courts little guidance to govern ... factual sufficiency of noneconomic damages," or how to "conduct a 'meaningful review' of them."

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

January 27, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"We agree with [LogiMex] that this 'suggests that Andrade decided to pull the plug because discovery was going badly for him,'" the Thirteenth Court of Appeals found.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

January 27, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The related cases are In re: Watson Grinding & Manufacturing Co. and In re: Watson Valve Services Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

January 26, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Hogan Lovells partner Pieter Van Tol said, "Conditions on death row in Texas have been characterized as some of the most brutal death row conditions in the country."

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

January 26, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The Texas plaintiffs argued they are parties to the contract because they bid on the project and executed the contract as a consortium/joint venture.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

January 26, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"Both Mr. Estrada and Mayer Brown have done everything statutorily required under the TPIA—it is the City who failed to comply with the requirements of the TPIA."—Mayer Brown

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

January 25, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

Priscilla Villarreal was arrested on a warrant that cited a Texas Penal Code that penalizes a person for obtaining non-public information from a public servant "with intent to obtain a benefit or with intent to harm or defraud another."

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

January 24, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

The court cited two cases that favored the comptroller: United States v. New Mexico from the U.S. Supreme Court and Day & Zimmermann v. Calvert from the Texas Supreme Court.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

January 24, 2023 | Texas Lawyer

"If this is an 'interested' director transaction ... the inquiry ceases. In that event, futility of demand has been established by any objective or subjective standard," the dissent said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read