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Court rejects a class action ban
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the second federal circuit to tell a company offering consumer services that it cannot simply ban class actions by inserting a provision in an arbitration clause in its contracts.
High court could melt climate-change cases
Perched on an Alaskan barrier island, the village of Kivalina faces imminent destruction because of melting sea ice. Now, the community's legal effort — which pins the blame on energy companies for the change in climate — is in danger as well. So, too, is a pair of high-profile climate-change suits that may be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court this term.
She Said, He Said: Depositions Reveal Disputed Points in Judge Sharon Keller Controversy
A she said-he said dispute over who said what in a series of telephone calls preceding the state's execution of Michael Richard in 2007 could become a key issue in Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller's upcoming hearing on misconduct charges.
Eight Texas Firms Score Big on List of 2011 Deals
It's an energy-fueled transactional heyday for the large Texas firms that were on the short list of the nation's busiest deal-making firms in 2011. A total of eight Texas firms appear on charts in The American Lawyer's Corporate Scorecard 2012, which ranks firms on the volume and value of transactional work in 2011.
Ernst & Young dismissed from IndyMac shareholder case
The accounting firm Ernst & Young has been dismissed as a defendant in a shareholder case against failed mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp.
Viacom Had No Obligation to Maximize Payout to Rock Band Developer
Viacom International Inc. had no obligation to renegotiate an agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. to distribute the video game Rock Band in order to increase earn-out payments to shareholders of the game's developer, Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled.Google wins first patent trial
Late last month, Google won its first patent infringement lawsuit to go to a jury trial, in the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff was Function Media, a patent holding company owned by husband-and-wife inventors Michael Dean and Lucinda Stone. Unlike many of those who file patent suits in the plaintiff-friendly venue, Dean and Stone actually live in the Eastern District, residing in Tyler.
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