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Corporate Counsel

Court Stymies Judge Who Ordered Southwest Attorneys Into 'Religious Liberty' Training

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found Judge Brantley Starr likely exceeded his authority when he doled out the contempt sanction last summer in a religious-discrimination case brought by one of the airline's flight attendants.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Google Prevails in South Carolina Subpoena Fight Amid State-Led Antitrust Lawsuit

"When South Carolina, through its attorney general, joined the action against Google, it voluntarily invoked federal jurisdiction," Judge G. Steven Agee wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. "That invocation, Supreme Court precedent plainly instructs, resulted in a complete and irrevocable waiver of the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity as to all matters arising in that lawsuit, including the State-endorsed Rule 45 subpoena issued to SCPRT."
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

El Paso Lawyers Accused of Deducting $10.4M Tax From Clients' Award

The attorneys were able to secure a jury verdict of more than $156 million in combined damages.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Drug Distributor McKesson's New CLO Earned $8.8 million—in First 3 Months

Michele Lau, who'd earlier spent 13 years with McKesson, returned to the company on Jan. 1 as executive vice president and chief legal officer.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Big Law Lines Up to Battle FTC Over Ban on Noncompete Clauses

"There is a presumption that compliance with a regulation later held to be invalid results in irreparable harm to those subject to the regulation," the Society for Human Resource Management said in a court filing.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Spending Too Much Time on Emails? This Pillsbury IP Partner Developed an AI Tool to Solve the Problem

Josh Tucker, a Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman IP partner in Austin, had one goal: "I want to be able to yell at my computer and make it do what I want."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Proposed Rule Will Prevent Clients From Strategically Disqualifying Lawyers

"The rule says if you caution a prospective client to not reveal anything until you agree to accept representation, and they are acting in bad faith, then it won't effectively taint you," attorney Lewis Kinard said.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: ACLU Takes on First Amendment Case for the NRA at SCOTUS

The National Rifle Association's legal team, led by William Brewer III of Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors, called on David Cole of the American Civil Liberties Union to revive its First Amendment case against ex-New York state Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Oil Company Loses to Mississippi Over Multistate Pipeline

The Fifth Circuit said cases Mid Valley cited did not apply because Mid Valley's circumstances did not impose affirmative obligations on the Levee Board.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

US 5th Circuit Dismisses Royalty Dispute With Texas Supreme Court Answer

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that deduction of postproduction costs was required by the lease, even when that use occurred off lease.
3 minute read

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