Earlier this month, data-analytics group HouseCanary obtained one of the largest trade secret verdicts in US history for $706 Million. The verdict was handed down from a Texas jury based on a lawsuit filed in state court in San Antonio (Bexar County). HouseCanary’s verdict was against Amrock, Inc. d/b/a “Title Source,” which is one of […]
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On April 24, 2018, the US Supreme Court handed down its decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, 138 S. Ct. 1365 (2018). The issue in the case was whether the PTO’s inter partesreview (“IPR”) procedure is constitutional. Oil States Energy asserted IPRs were not constitutional because they violated Article […]
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In Raytheon Comp. v. Cray, Inc.,2:15-CV-01554-JRG, 2017 WL 2813896, at *4 (E.D. Tex. June 29, 2017), the Eastern District of Texas adopted a new venue test to deal with the influx of transfer motions after the U.S. Supreme Court’s TC Heartland holding. The Court in Raytheon adopted a test to determine the meaning of “regular […]
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a high profile case defining where patent cases can be filed: TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, No. 16-341 (S. Ct. May 22, 2017).In the 8-0 decision, Justice Thomas explained that the venue statute controlling patent cases is distinct from the general venue statutes. Venue in […]
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Bradford T. Laney, Texas Litigation Attorney Business Disparagement is different than defamation in regards to the right it protects. Defamation protects the personal reputation of the plaintiff, while business disparagement protects the economic interests of the plaintiff. The focus on telling the difference is determining what the statements were about. If the statements were about […]
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– Bradford T. Laney, Texas Litigation Attorney Commercial/Business Disparagement: Commercial/Business Disparagement (referred to hereafter as “Business Disparagement” is a legal tort (i.e., a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability). Unlike a personal injury lawsuit, to win a case for Business Disparagement, you’ll need to […]
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On March 15, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed an injunction order from the lower court, which stops the construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline. This is another hold up in the $8 billion dollar project, which TransCanada has been trying to get going for over a decade now.
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On February 26, 2019, the Federal Circuit held that the filing of a lawsuit by a University against a private company can waive that
University’s sovereign immunity defense.
On November 6, 2018, in the first decision of this term, the US Supreme Court held the Age Discrimination Act (“ADEA”) applies to all public employers, even if they have less than 20 employees…
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