Adolfo Pesquera
Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
January 17, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Judge Spends 3 Hours Explaining His DecisionA judge sympathetic to the hundreds of victims of the massive Port Neches refinery explosion was not able to convince the defendant corporation to pay $292 million in restitution as part of a criminal sentence plea.
By Adolfo Pesquera
7 minute read
January 16, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Contract Law: Market Inefficiency Bedevils Energy CompaniesA natural gas pipeline owner alleges lower courts erred by adding language in a contract to the trader's benefit, and seeks reversal at the Texas Supreme Court.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
January 15, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Case With 'Serious Consequences for Corporate Law' Heads to Texas Supreme CourtTexas Supreme Court justices heard argument on whether Southern Methodist University has the right to separate from its founder.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
January 15, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Supreme Court Grapples Over Fifth Circuit Question on State Usury LawThe Texas Supreme Court must decide whether Texas law permits interest rates on the total principal amount for the life of the loan, regardless of a declining principle balance.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
January 13, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
The Gospel According to Paxton? AG Fights Religious Group Over Migrants"If organizations know they can engage in this activity and the worst that's going to happen is that they get enjoined, nothing stops them from engaging in the activity in the first instance," Associate Deputy Attorney General Ryan Baasch argued for the state.
By Adolfo Pesquera
6 minute read
January 10, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
About Face: Court Takes Up Boeing Suit It Had RejectedThe Texas Supreme Court reversed itself, agreeing to hear a lawsuit between Boeing and Southwest Airlines pilots.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
January 09, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Not Here: Court Finds Texas Has No Jurisdiction Over GoogleThe Thirteenth Court of Appeals rejected Texas' deceptive-practices lawsuit against Google, finding the state lacks jurisdiction.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
January 08, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Persuasive: Facebook Successfully Questions MDL GuardrailsFacebook secured a sought-after remand that removes a sex trafficking lawsuit from the state's multidistrict litigation purview.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
January 08, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
On Inauguration Eve, U.S. Attorney for Texas Exits JobAlamdar Hamdani, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, will leave office one day before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. president.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
January 07, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Judge Resigns Amid Ethics CaseThe State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly reprimanded a county judge who refused to secure a courtroom and was accused of pervasive sexual harassment.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
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