Adolfo Pesquera
Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
January 22, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Law Firms Converge to Defend HIPAA RegulationAnticipating an about-face by a Trump-run Justice Department, a coalition of Texas, New York and D.C. law firms are converging in Texas courts to defend HIPAA law regarding the privacy of medical records, particularly those of pregnant women.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
January 21, 2025 | Texas Lawyer
Lawyer to Be Deposed: 2 Courts Abused Discretion in Google SuitsIn a case of first impression, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals held Google can depose the state of Texas in a deceptive-trade practices lawsuit.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
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
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