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October 11, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Haynes and Boone Ends 4-Year Antitrust Case on Summary Judgment for Defense

Haynes and Boone antitrust partner Ron Breaux led the trial team with support from partners Benjamin Goodman and Bill Morrison, along with associates Ashley Koos and Ben Breckler. Appellate partner Andrew Guthrie helped to lead the briefing effort and to develop the legal strategy.
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October 11, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

US Fifth Circuit Departs From Sister Courts on Copyright Infringement Damages

Grande Communications asked the Fifth Circuit to modify the damages award to $22,066,446 based on 662 copyright works, versus the 1,403 sound recordings cited in the verdict.
4 minute read
October 11, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Partner Cuts: The Grim Reality of Post-Merger Integration

A&O Shearman is now following the trajectory of other big law firm mergers that saw partner cuts shortly after deal completion.
7 minute read
October 11, 2024 | Law.com

Which 1-Judge Division Districts Have Adopted Anti-Forum Shopping Guidance?

"Judge shopping sounds very sinister... but lawyers often look for venues and places they think will be favorable," said Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
5 minute read
October 11, 2024 | The American Lawyer

Setting Partner Comp: Are Law Firms Now Too 'Short-Term Focused'?

"People are less patient than they have ever been before. People want to be awarded now," noted one consultant.
4 minute read
October 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

Supreme Court Will Decide If the 5th Circuit Allows 'Blatant Forum Shopping'

On the surface, "FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor" centers around a routine question of statutory standing about what is the proper forum where litigants can challenge negative rulings by a federal agency.
7 minute read
October 10, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

BakerHostetler Team Get $1.6M Verdict Against Jailers Who Assaulted Inmate

Two of three former state corrections officers were found liable for the excessive force beating of an inmate, with a jury awarding damages against one and the judge entering a default judgment against the other.
5 minute read
October 10, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Law Firm Fails to Void $15M Legal Malpractice Award Against It

Justice Jane Bland asked why the court should not look plaintiffs that step into the shoes of a defendant through a bankruptcy assignment, then switch to a position the plaintiff would have lost were it not for to option of them pursuing a legal malpractice case.
4 minute read
October 10, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Generative AI Company Targeted by Texas Attorney General

"This agreement is likely to be a harbinger of things to come in the Gen AI enforcement space," write Jason M. Loring and Graham H. Ryan.
6 minute read
October 09, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Trials and Errors in Personal Injury Trial Law

"If James Carville had been a personal injury trial lawyer, he no doubt would have told us, 'It's the client, stupid,'" according to Quentin Brogdon of Crain Brogdon.
8 minute read

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