Miriam Rozen covers the business of law and focuses on how lawyers preserve and expand their client roster. Contact her at [email protected]. Twitter: @MiriamRozen.
April 11, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
New Lawyers for Defendants After $20M Verdict, April Fools' TweetThe owners of Videogames YouTube Channel, who are defendants in a lawsuit that led to a more than $20 million jury verdict against them, hired new lawyers from Dallas' Friedman & Feiger. Robert Wilson of Dallas, who previously represented them, has withdrawn as their counsel.
By Miriam Rozen
5 minute read
April 11, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Former A&M Professor Alleges Spoliation in Sex-Discrimination Suit Against UniversityIn a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, a former Texas A&M University-Commerce faculty member asked a Dallas federal court to set aside a magistrate's ruling denying her motion for sanctions against the school.
By Miriam Rozen
6 minute read
April 06, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Patent Battle Involves Motion for Contempt, Enhanced FeesIn a patent dispute about a mobile payment technology, a Tyler federal magistrate has set an April 22 deadline for a corporate defendant to respond to motions for contempt and one seeking enhanced attorney fees.
By Miriam Rozen
2 minute read
April 04, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Doggedly Colorblind: Ed Blum Returns Again and Again to SCOTUSEd Blum has kept race as his focus as the director the Project on Fair Representation, an Austin-based nonprofit, which has sponsored plaintiffs suing Texas officials based on allegations of their discriminatory use of race. Blum wants to make the government and other institutions colorblind—race neutral; he has sponsored litigation for the past 20 years to make that happen.
By Miriam Rozen
19 minute read
April 04, 2016 | Law.com
After $20M Verdict, April Fools' Day Tweet Almost Leads to ContemptAfter a Dallas jury delivered a more than $20 million verdict against two owners of Videogames YouTube Channel, a U.S. magistrate ordered one of the owners, Bryan Martin, to show why he should not be charged with contempt of court and serve jail time after a tweet.
By Miriam Rozen
3 minute read
March 30, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Nonprofit Lawyers See 'Striking Similarities' to Their Case in MovieThe legal team at the nonprofit Plano-based First Liberty Institute expresses enthusiasm for the movie "God's Not Dead 2," opening nationwide on April 1.
By Miriam Rozen
5 minute read
March 30, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Lubbock Federal Judge Tosses $10 Million Jury VerdictSenior District Judge Sam Cummings of the Northern District of Texas in Lubbock overturned a $10 million jury verdict. Cummings granted a defense motion for a renewed judgment and issued a take-nothing final judgment.
By Miriam Rozen
3 minute read
March 29, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Strategy in $1.45M Med Mal Verdict Involved Plaintiff's Daughter Testifying as an ExpertEven though he expects the $1.45 million jury verdict he won this month for his clients to be slashed in a final judgment to about $275,000 because of statutory caps, Kenneth Soh expresses no regrets about trying a medical malpractice case in Texas.
By Miriam Rozen
5 minute read
March 29, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
In Firearms Patent Fight, Plaintiff Seeks Contempt Order Against Defense LawyerIn a patent infringement lawsuit over firearms technology, a Dallas federal court has referred the plaintiff's motion seeking sanctions and a contempt of court order against the defendant's attorney to a magistrate.
By Miriam Rozen
4 minute read
March 29, 2016 | Texas Lawyer
Judge Orders Mediation Following $3.5 Million Verdict in Patent DisputeAn East Texas federal judge set a timetable for post-trial mediation less than one week after Plano-based Core Wireless Licensing, a patent management company, won a $3. 5 million jury verdict against LG Electronics.
By Miriam Rozen
2 minute read
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