The chairman of a Dallas intellectual property management company filed for temporary injunctive relief against a fellow lawyer in a state district court, only to nonsuit the case after the respondent attorney filed a counterclaim against him, alleging assault. A hearing is set for Feb. 12 on the TRO, according to the order.

The background to the dispute in LDW v. CLD according to an affidavit filed in the case by Leslie D. Ware in Dallas’ 162nd District Court on Jan. 13, is as follows.