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Teva Pharmaceuticals To Pay Up To $3.6 Billion In US Opioid Settlement

10th February 2022
Earlier this week, Israel-based Teva reached a $225 million settlement with Texas, with $150 million of the settlement paid in cash and the rest paid in medicine.  Speaking to Reuters, Teva Chief Executive Kåre Schultz said that Teva would likely pay $2.7 billion to $3.6 billion across 15 years. Schultz based his estimate on the […]
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US States Sue Google Over Location Tracking

25th January 2022
In a statement, Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine’s office said, "Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access.” The statement went on to say that the tech giant “continues to systematically surveil customers […]
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Austin Criminal Defence Lawyers: 5 Tips For Hiring The Best One

4th January 2022
You have to consider several things if you want to hire the best lawyer. Keep in mind that you’re not just going to pay a settlement amount if you lose. It will mean prison time for you. Here are a few suggested tips if you’re looking to hire the best criminal defence attorney in Austin. […]
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Texas Senate Bill 6: A New Approach To American Criminal Justice Reform

3rd December 2021
In the old west, a Texas rancher would brand all of his cattle so that they could be identified if a question of ownership arose. Over the past couple of decades, the Texas judicial system has seen the rise of a different kind of branding: the overloading of defendants with conditions under which they must […]
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YouTube And Google Hit With $26 Million Verdict In Video-Sharing Patent Fight

18th November 2021
On Tuesday, the Texas jury found that YouTube’s streaming technology worked uniformly to VideoShare’s patented technology for converting a video to multiple formats and transmitting it in the format that best suits a user’s device. Google and YouTube’s claims that the patent was invalid for containing “well-understood, routine, and conventional” elements were dismissed by the […]
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The Texas Legal Market is Big — And Booming

1st November 2021
Texas may not be the most immediately obvious destination for an aspiring lawyer or law firm, but a combination of economic factors are slowly wooing BigLaw.
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Johnson & Johnson Reaches $297 Million Texas Opioid Settlement

27th October 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the terms of the agreement “largely track” the proposed nationwide settlement, in which Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay a maximum of $5 billion to resolve claims by states and local governments.  The full payout by the healthcare company is subject to at least 96% of local Texas governments […]
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Texas Company Can Continue Selling Flavoured E-Cigarettes, 5th Circuit Rules

27th October 2021
In an unanimous opinion on Tuesday, the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that, when the FDA denied Triton Distribution’s application to sell its flavoured e-cigarettes, the agency did not give sufficient consideration to Triton’s marketing plan to reduce the product’s appeal to young people.  The court said the FDA pulled a “surprise switcheroo” […]
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Google Didn’t Infringe Digital Photo Frame Patent, Jury Finds

7th October 2021
Texas-based Profectus sued Google in 2020, claiming that its Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max, which control smart-home functions, play music, and display images digitally, infringe its patent. Profectus’ patent relates to a mountable digital photo frame.   However, following a four-day trial, the jury found that Mountain View, California-based Google did not infringe the patent […]
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Intellectual Ventures Sues Hewlett Packard Enterprise For Patent Infringement

15th June 2021
American multinational enterprise information technology company, Hewlett Packard, has had a complaint filed against it in the Western District of Texas on Friday. The complaint alleges that the company has infringed a number of patents held by American private equity company Intellectual Ventures, which has accused Hewlett Packard of illegally using its patented works in its […]
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