Miriam Rozen

November 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Susman Godfrey lawyers secured a $43.2 million verdict for their client, Apache Deepwater, against W&T Offshore. That outcome followed a two-week trial in Houston federal court about an oil patch contract dispute between the two companies over the abandonment of a well in the Gulf of Mexico. But there remains wide disagreement over what the jury's decision means.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

November 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Two established veteran arbitrators discuss fixing the industry gender gap.

By Miriam Rozen

22 minute read

November 01, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

"It used to be AGs would band together to fight big battles, but now there is a red and blue state divide." said Neal Devins, a professor at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia, who tracks state attorneys general.

By Miriam Rozen

21 minute read

October 27, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In her amended petition, filed Oct. 25, O'Quinn's companion Lexington alleges that "certain documents, emails, and testimony obtained since this lawsuit was first filed now definitively establish that SCI Texas was not the only bad actor involved."

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

October 26, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In a fraudulent conveyance lawsuit in Dallas federal court, a defendant labeled as "baseless" allegations that two defense lawyers — Gregory Shamoun and Stephen Khoury — attempted to influence a witness' deposition testimony by mouthing words and making hand gestures.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

October 25, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is far from finished in its pursuit of charges over alleged deceptive trading by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton when he was seeking capital for a tech startup, says the lawyer who successfully defended Mark Cuban in an insider-trading trial two years ago.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

October 25, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Tony Buzbee went before a jury again this month for his client Rafael Ortega, a Mexican grocery store chain owner, and secured a verdict of nearly $55 million in a case over breaches of fiduciary duty owed to Ortega.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

October 24, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

In a divorce case that drew attention because it includes an overturned $400 million judgment and allegations of incessant forum-shopping, a Galveston, Texas, state judge most recently issued a sanctions order against the wife, which could cost her $150,000.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

October 24, 2016 | Texas Lawyer

Thank Trump's videotaped comments about groping women and Buzbee's college-age, oldest daughter's persuasive powers for the revocation of the lawyer's support for the candidate.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

October 21, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Although the cellular world moves fast, Samsung Electronics has taken too much time to address reports that multiple generations of its devices' batteries overheat and pose a danger, according to a plaintiffs' lawyer who filed one of the most recent in a string of lawsuits filed against the Seoul, Korea-based maker of smartphones.

By Miriam Rozen

10 minute read