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Legally Speaking: It's Just Not Christmas Without the Tree, the Turkey -- or the Lawsuits
Call it the product of a mind warped by three years of law school and over 20 years of "thinking like a lawyer." When the Christmas season rolls around, my mind doesn't drift to visions of sugarplums, flying reindeer, or a jolly old fat man in a red suit with a penchant for breaking and entering. -
Ford transfers 1997 Explorer rollover suit
In September, the Southeast Texas Record reported that the family of Cassandra Holcombe filed suit against Ford Motor Co., alleging its 1997 Explorer was defectively designed and sold. -
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas
Recent patent infringement cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas, Feb. 17-24, 2010. -
Sartin's owners sue to recoup defense costs of previous litigation
The owners of a seafood business claim their insurance companies refused to pay defense costs they incurred after a company filed a counter-claim against them. -
Toshiba 10 Years Later: Formation of the Beaumont Foundation of America
Newton Ten years ago, Toshiba made headlines across the country when it reached a shocking $2.1 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit filed against it in 1999. -
Toshiba Ten Years Later: A Look Back at Beaumont's Big Settlement
It's been 10 years since Toshiba settled what is probably the largest recovery ever obtained in a class action lawsuit for economic damages. -
Albritton's tearful testimony wraps up arguments in Troll Tracker defamation trial
TYLER -- Shortly after the plaintiff got on the witness stand and started crying, testimony wrapped up Thursday, Sept. 17, in the defamation trial against Patent Troll Tracker blogger and former Cisco attorney Richard Frenkel. -
After $47M award from Ciba, Rembrandt's new infringement suit targets J&J
Suing for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,712,327 proved lucrative for Rembrandt Vision Technologies last year, so the contact lens maker is filing suit again � this time against another company for infringing the same patent. -
Texas jury orders Microsoft to pay $200 million in patent infringement case
The world's largest software maker lost a patent infringement lawsuit May 20 when an East Texas jury ordered it to pay $200 million to a small Canadian company. -
Recent patent infringement suits filed in U.S. District Courts
Recent patent infringement suits filed in the Eastern District of Texas, March 23-30, 2009 -
Patent attorneys sued by former client for overbilling, poor representation
Several technology companies are seeking more than $1 million from the attorneys they allege did an inadequate job of representing them in a Marshall patent infringement lawsuit and overbilled them for the work. -
Nintendo faces another suit over Wii technology
Another company is taking on video game giant Nintendo in a lawsuit that alleges the popular Wii gaming device infringes previously patented technology. -
Suit over PA man left to die in bushes after wreck returns to district court
The death of Shanon Dean Hartley made news back in November 2004 when a homeowner found the man's decomposing body in a flowerbed a week after he had been in a car wreck. -
Texas Supreme Court allows extensions due to Ike
The Jack Brooks Federal Building in Beaumont remains closed following Hurricane Ike. The Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont reopened for business on Sept. 24, but attorneys don't need to rush to the clerk's office. The Texas Supreme Court has granted additional time to file documents. -
Court allows HP to continue appeal of floppy disk case
Justices on the Texas Ninth District Court of Appeals on Sept. 11 lifted their order of abatement on a case centered on allegedly defective floppy disk controllers installed in Hewlett-Packard computers, reinstating the appeal. -
Homebuilders' online service files patent infringement suit against Pulte, others
Scott Clearman MARSHALL � A recent patent infringement suit has an online service for builders and buyers pitted against some of the country's largest homebuilders and manufacturers. -
Suit against Wal-Mart for 2005 'Black Friday' pepper spray incident moved to federal court
Last November, the Record reported on a suit brought against Wal-Mart by shoppers involved in the 2005 "Black Friday" incident in which security had to pepper spray unruly bargain hunters. -
Rembrandt wins $41M verdict in contact lens patent case
MARSHALL � Jurors awarded more than $41 million to Rembrandt Vision Technologies in a patent infringement lawsuit against CIBA Vision Corp. over extended-wear contact lenses. -
$41 Million Patent Infringement Verdict Awarded in Contact Lens Case
MARSHALL, Texas � A federal court jury in Marshall, Texas, has awarded more than $41 million to Pennsylvania-based Rembrandt Vision Technologies, L.P., in a patent infringement lawsuit against Georgia-based CIBA Vision Corp. -
Group sues to stop highway expansion project in East Texas
Jim Blackburn A herd of Denton County residents calling themselves the Highland Village Parents Group are seeking an injunction against the U.S. Federal Highway Administration and Texas Department of Transportation in hopes of stopping a massive highway project that would allegedly endanger the lives of children.