A Texas steel fabricating company alleges breach of contract, misapplication of trust funds, and failure to pay a government bond claim as it tries to collect the money it is owed for work on two Beaumont, Texas elementary schools. Steel…
A Texas steel fabricating company alleges breach of contract, misapplication of trust funds, and failure to pay a government bond claim as it tries to collect the money it is owed for work on two Beaumont, Texas elementary schools. Steel…
Medical device company Conceptus, Inc. is under fire in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston for firing a worker for complaining about a fellow salesman who was allegedly improperly enticing pharmaceutical clients. Toby James,…
Business owners generally expect their neighbors to think about the consequences of their actions before they act. Unfortunately, it appears the neighbors of an apartment complex in Galveston may not have done so. The owner of Courtyard Apartments is dealing…
Four years of ups and downs in the patent infringement dispute between Centocor, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, and Abbott Laboratories recently took a huge turn in Abbott’s favor. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that…
The recent Supreme Court decision in Staub v. Proctor Hospital highlights the liability an employer can face from discrimination claims. The court ruling shows that even when a manager or boss ultimately decides to fire an employee, if a subordinate…
The jury trial and appeal in the case of Mohican Oil & Gas, LLC v. Scorpion Exploration & Production, Inc. and Chapco, Inc. highlights the intricacies of contract disputes and business litigation matters in the oil and gas arena. Mohican…
No ruling has yet been made in the appeal of the interesting case of Dallas land developer H. Walker Royall v. Carla Main, wherein Royall claims defamation for how he is depicted in her book, Bulldozed: ‘Kelo’, Eminent Domain and…
A Texas jury has recently rendered a verdict in a case against a subsidiary of SouthWestern Energy Co. relating to a 2005 confidentiality agreement it had entered with two oil and gas consultants. The case of Tovah Energy LLC and…
In August 2009, a jury in the Eastern District of Texas awarded Austin-based Versata Software a $139 million judgment against another software conglomerate, SAP America. However, a motion that followed in October 2009 led to a ruling filed Thursday in…
It is expected that the Texas Railroad Commission will undergo upcoming serious changes. These changes include renaming the agency and replacing those in office with gubernatorial appointees who will only work part-time. Typically, being a railroad commissioner is one way…