Laura Lorek

4 days ago | law.com | Laura Lorek

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a $1.375 billion settlement with Google over alleged violations of the state's data privacy laws, marking it the highest recovery nationwide against Google for enforcing state privacy laws. And Norton Rose Fulbright served as outside counsel to the Texas Attorney General's Office. In 2022, Paxton sued Google for unlawfully tracking and collecting users' private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data.

1 week ago | law.com | Laura Lorek

A Texas jury has awarded $32 million to the family of Jordan Sanchez, a 19-year-old high school senior killed on a farm in Dublin after a front-end loader rolled over him. Following a two-day trial, the Erath County jury delivered an 11-1 verdict on April 17 in favor of the Sanchez family after deliberating for less than two hours and against Grass Roots Farming LLC.

1 week ago | law.com | Laura Lorek

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Laura Lorek

Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

2 weeks ago | law.com | Laura Lorek

Approximately 120 people gathered at Republic Square, located in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Austin, to support the nation's rule of law on Thursday. One lawyer carried a sign that read, "With fear for democracy, I protest," but he didn't want to be quoted for fear his employer would not like it. Another attorney Alex Shahrestani, with Promise Legal PLLC in Austin, carried a sign that read "A Nation of Law, Not a Nation of Whims." He attended the event to support the rule of law.