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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
May 10, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
“Invasion of privacy is the theory on which The Travis Law Firm tried its case and on which the jury was charged. Texas courts have not recognized a corporation's right to privacy, and we likewise decline to do so here,” wrote Justice Russell Lloyd.
By John Council
1 minute read
May 9, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A McKool Smith lawyer recently helped convince a Delaware Court that a $10 million insurance policy his hotel chain client purchased from National Union Fire Insurance Company should cover his defense costs of a trade secrets case—even though the policy excluded trade secrets claims.
By John Council
1 minute read
May 8, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
After facing down campaign attacks from a leading conservative Texas lawmaker who warned citizens in a North Texas city to “beware” of a “Muslim lawyer” candidate, attorney Salman Bhojani recently won a narrow election to become a member of the Euless City Council.
By John Council
1 minute read
May 4, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
“The SDTX regularly prosecutes multiple thousands of illegal entry, illegal re-entry and smuggling cases per year,” said Ryan Patrick, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas. “These new attorneys will go toward increased enforcement of the administration's zero-tolerance policy toward those who illegally enter the county and other immigration matters."
By John Council
1 minute read
May 4, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Snell was able to convince a Bastrop County jury this week that Justice of the Peace Donna Thomson intentionally violated the Deceptive Trades Practices Act when she sold Snell's client a house without disclosing that she still had a mortgage on the property, hitting the judge with nearly $1 million in damages.
By John Council
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May 3, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
A team of Haynes and Boone lawyers represented affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell in a $950 million cash deal to sell its downstream facilities in Argentina…
By John Council
1 minute read
May 2, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Houston attorney James Amaro just won a decision from the Texas Supreme Court that will force hospitals to show the difference in the reimbursement rates paid by insured patients and uninsured patients when they attempt to recover costs from civil litigants.
By John Council
1 minute read
May 1, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Kirk Lawrence Brannan, 64, admitted to conspiring with three co-defendants from 2005 to 2009 to execute a scheme that prosecutors allege defrauded Wells Fargo Bank and other lenders out of $5.3 million.
By John Council
1 minute read
May 1, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
Karen Gren Scholer's Obama-era nomination was left pending without a Senate floor vote as the Trump administration took over.
By John Council
1 minute read
April 30, 2018 | Texas Lawyer
The Texas Supreme Court has reaffirmed one of the strongest immunity protections that civil litigators have by ruling that lawyers cannot be sued by third parties over statements they make in open court on behalf of clients.
By John Council
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