A Houston court of appeals, receiving landlord-tenant class actions on remand from the Texas Supreme Court, decertified one of the two classes. The class action lawsuits originated in 2015 and were certified in Harris County 269th District Court. The certifications were previously affirmed on appeal by the First District Court…

Dallas shareholder David Coligado, who led the real estate section at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, has been elected chief executive officer of the Dallas-founded firm, succeeding longtime CEO Phil Appenzeller. Coligado will move into the role on Jan. 1, 2025. In addition to leading the real estate section, the…

Two New Hampshire transgender teenager girls filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to enjoin state officials from enforcing a new law barring transgender girls from public school sports. The plaintiffs, Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris Turmelle, 14, claim House Bill 1205, which was enacted last month and went into effect Monday in…

Settlements Mark Directional Shift in Dispute Between Kline & Specter and Bosworth | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/08/20/settlements-mark-directional-shift-in-dispute-between-kline-specter-and-bosworth/ (l-r) Thomas Bosworth, Shanin Specter and Tom Kline. Courtesy photos NEWS After more than a year and a half of escalating litigation, the parties on Aug. 16 informed the Philadelphia…

State attorneys general are ramping up financial pressure in the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment and its wholly owned subsidiary Ticketmaster by seeking triple the amount of monetary damages if the court rules against the defendants.  “Live Nation and Ticketmaster have abused the market to overcharge…

A Milford, Connecticut, jury has awarded a plaintiff $308,208 in a slip-and-fall case due to an icy driveway. The seven-year dispute hinged on determining who was responsible for clearing the ice. Niomie Porretti first filed the lawsuit in January 2017, and alleged the ice underneath the snow should have been…