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Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ

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June 13, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Changes Wanted on Law Firm Supervisor Role and Prohibited Client Transaction Rules

The proposed rule on supervisory responsibility imposes a duty on lawyers who are in firm management to create and implement firm-wide policies and procedures to supervises others in the firm.

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June 13, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Who Will Preside? Judges Named for New Business Courts in Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth

The courts will be tasked with handling high-dollar complex civil litigation cases that require jurists with experience in such matters.

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June 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

'Blunder': Litigant Compels Arbitration, Then Seeks to Vacate $5.5M Award

"GPM's 'strategic move'—blunder—is one of bad faith and is designed to force the Smotherman family to incur more costs and delay," the Ferguson Law motion for plaintiffs states.

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June 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Meet the First Judges Appointed to New 15th Court of Appeals

S.B. 1045 requires the Fifteenth District panel be comprised of a chief justice and two justices for the first three years and it must have five justices thereafter.

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June 11, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Court Orders Less Strict Nuisance Injunction for Chicken Farms

In a 92-page opinion written by Justice Brett Busby, the Supreme Court found no fault with the trial court on the first two issues, but concluded that it erred in defining the scope of the injunction.

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June 11, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Million-Dollar Win: Munsch Hardt Victorious for Michaels Stores in Trademark Fight

Munsch Hardt was able to rebut the allegations because Michaels could show it was developing its own paint-by-numbers product months before it met with the plaintiffs, shareholder Jamil N. Alibhai said.

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June 10, 2024 | 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.

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June 07, 2024 | 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.

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June 06, 2024 | 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.

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June 06, 2024 | 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.

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