The latest from Texas Lawyer
- Litigators of the Week: $60 Million More
- Dealmakers of the Week: Conducting Duo
- Federal Circuit Vacates One Award Against EchoStar, Affirms Another
- Invoice Leads to Suit Against Former Contract Lawyer
- Inadmissible
| Litigators of the Week: $60 Million More | Top |
| In the two decades since they opened a Dallas' litigation firm, two partners had never tried a case together until they represented Commil USA in federal court in Marshall, a collaboration that led to victory — twice. On April 8, the retrial in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc. resulted in a $63.8 million verdict. The jury, which deliberated less than two hours, decided Cisco had induced infringement on a patent for wireless technology developed by three Israeli engineers. | |
| Dealmakers of the Week: Conducting Duo | Top |
| Two Jones Day lawyers have devoted much of their time to working on Texas Instruments Inc.'s pending $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor Corp. Jones Day has handled litigation and intellectual property work for TI for many years, but it didn't represent the Dallas-based company in transactions until one of the team members joined the firm in January. | |
| Federal Circuit Vacates One Award Against EchoStar, Affirms Another | Top |
| A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, ruling en banc, has vacated a $110 million award against EchoStar Corp. for continued infringement of TiVo Inc.'s patents after a permanent injunction and clarified the contempt standards in patent infringement cases. Morgan Reed, the executive director of the Association for Competitive Technology, says TiVo's victory with regard to the contempt ruling against EchoStar is important for startups and small businesses. | |
| Invoice Leads to Suit Against Former Contract Lawyer | Top |
| Houston lawyer Robert S. Bennett has filed a fraud suit alleging a former contract lawyer overcharged him for some work she did over several weeks beginning in October 2009. Bennett alleges in the April 11 petition that Sherri R. Katz, without an agreement on "costs or billing," submitted an invoice to The Bennett Law Firm, stating Bennett personally owed her a total of $35,833 for 143.33 hours of work at an hourly rate of $250. | |
| Inadmissible | Top |
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