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  • Fossil Group, Inc. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
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    Case Number: 23-0376

    In 2018, petitioner hired respondent to work as a seasonal sales associate at its store in Frisco, Texas.

  • May 2, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers: Managing Shareholder Named to Chamberlain Hrdlicka's San Antonio Office

    Also: Clifford Chance continues to grow its Energy & Infrastructure practice since the launch of its Houston office last year.

    6 minute read

  • Sanders v. The Boeing Company

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boyd
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    Case Number: 23-0388

    Appellants work as flight attendants for a major airline.

  • Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Wilson
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    Case Number: 22-40043

    This appeal arises as a result of challenges to President Biden's vaccine mandate for federal employees and federal contractors.

  • Paxton v. Longoria

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
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    Case Number: 22-0224

    The court ruled that the Texas rule against public officials soliciting submission of applications to vote by mail is broadly defined.

  • General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • March 29, 2022 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Monroe Guar. Ins. Co. v. BITCO Gen. Ins. Corp.

    Instead of looking solely to the allegations in the pleadings and the terms of the insurance policy, Texas courts may now look beyond the eight corners of those documents to extrinsic evidence under certain circumstances.

    19 minute read

  • Monroe Guaranty v. BITCO General Insurance

    Publication Date: 2022-03-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Insurance Litigation
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
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    Case Number: 21-0232

    Appellee insurance company sued appellant insurance company in federal district court, seeking a declaration that appellant owed a defense to 5D Drilling and Pump Service, a company that both parties provided commercial general liability coverage to at different times.

  • Monroe Guaranty v. BITCO General

    Publication Date: 2022-02-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Huddle
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    Case Number: 21-0232

    The Texas Supreme Court, in answering certified questions by the federal court, ruled that under Texas law, stipulated extrinsic evidence could be used despite an absence in pleadings.

  • January 7, 2021 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

    Rivera v. Kirby Offshore Marine, L.L.C.

    An appeals court in New Orleans has unanimously affirmed a district court's ruling that a sea captain is entitled to more than $11 million in lost future earnings after he was injured tripping over a stair in a hatch door, despite being the employee of no one.

    1 minute read