Michelle Casady
Litigation and Appeals Reporter at The Texas Lawbook
Reporter covering litigation for @TexasLawbook based in Houston. Formerly: @Law360 @ExpressNews @theeagle @dailytoreador
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texaslawbook.net | Alexa Shrake |Michelle Casady
BIG SPRING — During a daylong hearing in Martin County Friday, a judge was told Pioneer Natural Resources had “fabricated” the basis for its lawsuit seeking $534 million in damages from a smaller competitor that it accused of interfering with its West Texas leases. Pioneer, which was acquired last year by Houston energy giant ExxonMobil, filed suit against Pony in 2021.
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texaslawbook.net | Michelle Casady
Some of the families of those who died in Boeing 737 MAX crashes have asked U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor to remove a lawsuit against The Boeing Company from the U.S. Department of Justice’s hands and instead appoint a “disinterested” special prosecutor “who will pursue justice without regard to institutional conflicts.” The families’ request was lodged Wednesday in the criminal fraud case the government brought against Boeing in January 2021 in the wake of two plane crashes in 2018 and...
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texaslawbook.net | Michelle Casady
This week, the first contested final judgment in a case before the Texas Business Court was entered. On Monday, Judge Bill Whitehill of the First Division, which encompasses seven counties, including Dallas and Collin counties, entered final judgment disposing of a dispute between Primexx Energy Corp. and minority investors in the company.
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texaslawbook.net | Michelle Casady
Sorrels Law announced Tuesday it has added an experienced trial and appellate lawyer in its Dallas office. E. Lawrence “Larry” Vincent joined the firm after nine years at Burns Charest. During his time there, he was the co-lead attorney in a successful representation of a group of Houston homeowners alleging government mismanagement of reservoirs lead to flooding of their properties during Hurricane Harvey.
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texaslawbook.net | Michelle Casady
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, an attorney who cited made-up cases to the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas gets sanctioned, American Airlines is sued by a former pilot who alleges he was shortchanged on disability benefits, and the Texas Supreme Court answers a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in one of the final weeks of its term. The Litigation Roundup is a weekly feature highlighting the work Texas lawyers are doing inside and outside the state.
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An updated story on the Steptoe/SKV tie up: https://t.co/eGPNfSSReY
Earlier this month, four partners left Smyser Kaplan & Veselka to launch a new firm -- Murphy Ball Stratton. Cofounder Lee Kaplan was among those who left.
Steptoe enters the Texas market, merges with SKV: https://t.co/eGPNfSSReY
