Adolfo Pesquera

August 10, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

What is at stake in these court challenges is the solvency of the Texas Universal Service Fund, a state account established by the Texas Legislature in 1997 to provide a subsidy to telecommunications firms that service high-cost and rural users.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

August 09, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Trial evidence showed that to avoid paying BMC the required license fees, IBM decided to disregard its contractual obligations and undertake a complete replacement of BMC's software products at AT&T as part of a secret project, expecting that if challenged it could settle for "pennies on the dollar."

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

August 09, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The Walravens sued the Shanks defendants for negligence, legal and professional malpractice, breach of fiduciary duties, and breach of contract.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

August 08, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Judge Don Willett, a former Texas Supreme Court justice, delivered the original opinion, and it was his reasoning that the reading of the arbitration agreement had to comply with Texas law.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 05, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The case concerns a homeowners' association whose members allege damages from the city's decision to breach a dam in a desperate effort to mitigate flooding that the city had been experiencing from extended torrential rainfall.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 05, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"Triten Corporation is under siege from Koch Industries," and related defendants, said Lexie White in her brief for the plaintiffs before the First District.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 04, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Moser v. Dillon Investments is one of just two recent cases to rely on a Texas Supreme Court 2020 ruling that clarified a distinction between a party's standing to sue versus their capacity to sue.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 02, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The university relied on the reports of three local police departments, the state police and the FBI. Every law enforcement agency concluded Carter acted in good faith, but relied on Carter's statement to the exclusion of other evidence.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

August 01, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

Reid Collins attorneys Keith Cohan and Ryan Goldstein typically handle financial fraud and other business torts, but the George Floyd killing so affected them they resolved to get involved in police brutality cases.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

July 29, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

The trustees collected royalties on an annual basis that they were obligated to distribute to plaintiffs and the class and other Fund beneficiaries.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read