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Senior reporter John Council is a native Texan who covers litigation and appellate courts in his home state. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @john_council
July 6, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Huge plaintiff awards are usually associated with jury verdicts in Texas. But sometimes they can come without one, as Houston litigator Karl Stern can attest after he recently convinced an arbitration panel to award $622 million against Brazil state-owned oil company Petrobras for breaking a contract with his client.
By John Council
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July 5, 2018 | Litigation Daily
Lambasting a female prosecutor, U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes told her, "We didn't let girls do it in the old days.”
By John Council
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July 5, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit criticized U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes in a recent decision after he apparently attributed a female…
By John Council
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July 3, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
After an assistant principal allegedly ordered a mass suspicionless strip search of 22 preteen sixth grade girls in an attempt to locate $50, two of their mothers sued the school district, only to see their case dismissed by a federal judge—even though all parties agreed the search violated the girls' constitutional rights.
By John Council
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July 2, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has allowed a nurse at an assisted living center to sue her former employer for fostering a hostile workplace environment after she was allegedly assaulted repeatedly by a resident who suffers from dementia.
By John Council
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June 29, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
Lawyers from Vinson & Elkins represented Goldman Sachs' renewable energy fund in its purchase of $350 million worth of solar energy assets from South Jersey Industries (SJI), which was advised by a team of attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
By John Council
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June 29, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Lawyers from Vinson & Elkins represented Goldman Sachs' renewable energy fund in its purchase of $350 million worth of solar energy assets from South Jersey Industries (SJI), which was advised by a team of attorneys from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
By John Council
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June 28, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade has cut in half last year's $500 million award against Facebook-owned Oculus in a case in which a jury found that the company directly infringed on virtual reality technology owned by ZeniMax Media.
By John Council
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June 27, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals has affirmed the dismissal of libel claims lodged against Baylor University and Pepper Hamilton in connection with…
By John Council
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June 26, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A former South Texas attorney has been sentenced to five years behind bars after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and barratry for filing numerous…
By John Council
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