Law 360

JANUARY 16, 2025

Patent lawsuits launched by nonpracticing entities shot up in 2024, with the Eastern District of Texas being the primary hotbed for such cases, according to a new report.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

The passage puts the midwestern state on track to join Texas in enforcing state immigration laws that operate independently of the federal immigration system, meaning they are not directly tied to or governed by federal immigration policies. If Governor Reynolds signs the bill into law, it will go into effect on July 1, 2024.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Texas-sized bonuses! The post Texas-Based Boutique Raining Money On Happy Associates appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

13 Texas A&M 11 1 25 14.00 11 Texas A&M 11 1 25 1.47 13 Texas A&M 11 1 25 14.00 11 Texas A&M 11 1 25 1.47 We bet Washington University and Texas A&M wish that the U.S. Preview Of The 2024-2025 U.S. RANKING 1 School Acceptance Rate Rank UGPA Rank LSAT Rank Weighted Ranks 1 Yale 1 2 1 1.40

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The post Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Including The Law Firm Bonuses appeared first on Above the Law. Associates at this firm can lasso some super-'kool' bonuses if they bill enough.

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JURIST

AUGUST 20, 2024

A US federal court in Texas set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) new ban on non-compete clauses Tuesday, holding that the agency lacked the authority to issue the ban and that the new rule is “arbitrary and capricious.”

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Petition: PetitionforWrit Prior Post on the Case: Dennis Crouch, Alice Backs Anna: Federal Circuit Finds Miller Mendel’s Background Check Patent Abstract , Patently-O (July 18, 2024) The Patent and Technology at Issue : The '188 patent covers a software system for managing pre-employment background investigations.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Texas closed out the year with blockbuster rulings on social media companies use of biometric data and the U.S. Here are the biggest decisions out of Texas that topped Law360s radar this year. Securities and Exchange Commissions expanded definition of a dealer.

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Law 360

AUGUST 16, 2024

Texas has seen a bevy of major decisions, including a $1.4 billion settlement with Facebook over alleged biometric data collection, a ruling banning gender-affirming care for minors, and the conclusion of a long-running securities case against Attorney General Ken Paxton. Here's some of the biggest decisions so far this year.

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L4SB

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

On August 20, 2024, United States District Court Judge Ada E. Brown of the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, issued a ruling in the case of Ryan LLC v.

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Law 360

JANUARY 15, 2025

The fourth quarter of 2024 brought noteworthy developments to the Texas financial services sector, particularly a new state artificial intelligence bill and a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that will affect an outsize number of Texas community banks, says Tyler George at Naman Howell.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2025

Hain moved the case to federal court, asserting that the Palmquists had fraudulently included Whole Foods in the case to defeat diversity jurisdiction under a Texas statute protecting innocent sellers from liability. The moratorium remained in effect until early 2023, with some protections continuing into 2024.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the eighth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024. 14-17, 2024, in Chicago. This release is scheduled for January 2024. Our goal is to serve 2-4 cases per month by the end of 2024, with the projected revenue of $2-4M/year. Founded: 1/9/2022, Austin Texas.

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 31, 2025

13] His decision to move Teslas and SpaceXs incorporation to Texas have reinforced the perception that the state is no longer as business-friendly as it once was. [14] 17] Texas on the other hand has capitalized on its lack of a corporate income tax to attract businesses seeking cost-effective incorporation. [18] 9, 2024) [link]. [4]

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Intelligize Blog

APRIL 9, 2025

Juan Luciano, saw his 2024 bonus cut by more than 50% in response to the discovery of accounting problems at the company. And new research from the University of Texas at Dallas suggests that such companies should be wary of further widening the chasm in compensation between their CEOs and employees. Meanwhile, Citigroup Inc.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 25, 2024

She works with Dawson & Sodd, PLLC in Dallas, Texas as part of a team that secures just compensation for property owners impacted by government takings. in Humanities from Providence College, a Paralegal Certification from Auburn University, and received the NALA CP designation in 2019 and ACP designation in 2024. She has a B.A.

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Above The Law

MARCH 19, 2025

Then, in early April 2024, clerkship hiring changed forever. This school year, LAP launched the Clerkships Database on August 1, 2024, to a second cohort of users — bigger and better than last year. It was a Herculean, but worthwhile, effort. district courts.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Slated to be rolled out in 2024, Clio says this will make it the first law practice management platform with built-in e-filing. The e-filing feature could begin rolling out by the end of the year, but the scheduled availability is in early 2024 to states that accept e-filing and e-services in their court systems, starting with Texas.

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Patently O

AUGUST 9, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Welcome to August 2024. James Walton is seeking a Patent Attorney or Agent to join his Burleson, Texas practice. This post offers a recap of some of the week’s events. Democrat VP Nominee Gov. Tim Walz apparently owns no stocks. For those of us that do, this week experienced extremely high price volatility.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2024

House Bill 4156 had first been passed on April 18, 2024 by a vote of 77-20 and was set to take effect on July 1, 2024 after having been signed into law by Governor Kevin Stitt on April 30. However, critics of the Bill argue that it promotes racial profiling.

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LegalTalkNetwork

MARCH 20, 2025

The video series will be available on Legal Talk Networks YouTube channel, which received more than 2 million views in 2024 and currently has more than 11,200 subscribers. Green Filing has filed more than 28 million documents for over 200,000 filers across California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, and Texas.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For members : throughout December, we will be issuing prorated refunds for subscriptions that extend into 2024. The Crime Report will continue operating through the end of the year, and we are actively working with our partners at the college to secure free and accessible online archives for 2024 onward.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

Reynolds Vapor Company and a group of retailers based in Texas and Mississippi, primarily fielded questions from just two justices, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson a promising sign for his clients. During 72 minutes of oral arguments, almost all of the justices peppered Vivek Suri, the assistant to the U.S.

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Law 360

APRIL 11, 2024

Patent lawsuits from nonpracticing entities are on the rise yet again, with many being filed in the Eastern District of Texas, according to a new report.

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Above The Law

JUNE 21, 2024

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the mid-year bonuses. The post Litigation Powerhouse Hands Out Super ‘Kool’ Summer Bonuses To Associates appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

MAY 7, 2024

The report, entitled Democracy Defended , specifically focused on voter experiences in seven of the nation’s southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. Ultimately, the LDF made five broad recommendations to protect election integrity in 2024.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

(Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) This week, Ill be attending and reporting on the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference in Austin, Texas. Now, in 2024, AI is transforming how lawyers work, raising new questions about ethics, bias, regulation, and intellectual property.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 5, 2024

Share A pair of challenges to controversial social media laws in Texas and Florida and a dispute over whether to freeze the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to reduce ozone levels across the United States headline the Supreme Court’s February 2024 argument calendar , which was released on Friday morning. Paxton and Moody v.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Paxton , involves the constitutionality of a Texas law that requires any website that publishes content one-third or more of which is harmful to minors to verify the age of every user before permitting access. Issues Before the Supreme Court The Supreme Court granted certiorari on July 2, 2024. The case, Free Speech Coalition v.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 29, 2024

At the recent Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas, Clio released its ninth annual Legal Trends Report, a report that uses both survey responses and anonymized data from Clio users to paint a picture of key trends in law practice and legal technology. This year’s report has some intriguing findings on lawyers’ adoption of AI […]

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Law 360

MARCH 24, 2025

American Airlines told a Texas federal judge that jaded investors want to spin a simple earnings guidance adjustment into a securities class action, saying the company was transparent when its 2024 sales strategy foundered.

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Law 360

AUGUST 23, 2024

court in Texas has agreed with tax company Ryan LLC's general counsel that the Federal Trade Commission's ban on noncompete agreements is illegal. And women still hold fewer than 26% of law firm equity partnerships, according to Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women in Law report.

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Law 360

JUNE 17, 2024

s lawsuit over a contentious greenhouse gas-related shareholder proposal the investor sought to include in the company's 2024 proxy statement, with a Texas federal judge on Monday seemingly ready to believe the investor's promises not to resubmit the proposal. Activist investor Arjuna Capital may yet evade Exxon Mobil Corp.'s

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Patently O

JUNE 26, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit recently denied a petition for mandamus seeking to overturn a district court order transferring a patent case from the Western District of Texas to the Northern District of California. 2024-121 (Fed. June 25, 2024). In re Haptic, Inc. , See, In re Volkswagen AG , 371 F.3d 3d 201 (5th Cir.

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Patently O

AUGUST 21, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In a recent order, the Federal Circuit denied Apple’s petition for a writ of mandamus seeking yet again to transfer a patent infringement case from the Western District of Texas (Judge Albright) to the Northern District of California. sued Apple in the Western District of Texas. In re Apple Inc. , 24-129 (Fed.

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Gravel2Gavel

AUGUST 28, 2024

The global energy storage market is projected to continue its rapid expansion in 2024, adding over 100 gigawatt-hours of capacity, primarily from the United States and China. The following is an edited transcript of their discussion. Continue Reading ›

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Strictly Business

MAY 22, 2024

Overview On January 30, 2024, the Delaware Chancery Court voided Elon Musk’s $55.8 Ultimately, in response to the Tesla ruling, Musk filed to transfer SpaceX’s state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas and indicated that Tesla would hold a shareholder vote to do the same.

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