In the case of a former paralegal who alleged an in-house lawyer at Apache Corp. discriminated and retaliated against her, the company plans to file its arguments with the Texas Supreme Court.

One big dispute at this point is a $767,200 attorney fee award, plus $100,000 for appellate fees, that a jury awarded to plaintiff Cathryn Davis from the multinational oil and gas exploration and production company. It was the only issue Apache partially won on appeal, by convincing Houston’s Fourteenth Court of Appeals to subtract $62,100 because one attorney worked fewer hours than he was awarded and didn’t keep sufficiently detailed billing records.

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