262 results for 'court:"USDC Southern District of Texas"'.
J. Lake dismisses a putative class action against a nonprofit healthcare organization on claims arising from a data breach, during which 83,000 of its patients' personal and medical information was accessed. The nonprofit did not waive its governmental immunity under Texas law.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Lake, Filed On: December 13, 2023, Case #: 4:23cv3448, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Health Care, Immunity, Privacy
J. Rosenthal finds for an insurer on a property management company's coverage dispute arising from a roof leak. The company fails to show the leak was caused by a storm, rather than rot, wear and tear, and a pile of pine needles, which are not causes covered by the policy.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Rosenthal, Filed On: December 13, 2023, Case #: 4:22cv4128, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: Insurance, Property
J. Ellison grants, in part, a company's motion to dismiss a business owner's trade secrets claims related to novel hydrogen liquefaction technology. The business owner's tortious interference, unfair competition, breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy claims are preempted by the Texas Uniform
Trade Secrets Act.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Ellison, Filed On: December 5, 2023, Case #: 4:23cv1615 , NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, Technology
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J. Lake denies a company's motion for a new trial following a jury's decision that Phillips 66 did not infringe on two of its patents related to refining marine fuel oil. There is no evidence of manifest injustice, and, based on the conflicting proof presented, the jury could have reasonably decided the company failed to prove infringement.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Lake, Filed On: November 30, 2023, Case #: 4:20cv2444, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Energy, Patent
J. Ellison construes disputed terms in a patent suit filed by the creators of smart home technology. The creators' construction for almost all disputed terms, including "access browser," "control terminal," "input of Uniform Resource Locators" and others, is accepted and, therefore, the terms will be given their plain and ordinary meaning.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Ellison, Filed On: November 20, 2023, Case #: 4:22cv1973, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Patent, Technology
J. Hoyt dismisses a couple's fraud claims arising from the foreclosure of their home. Their allegations fail to support their claims for fraud, as they received numerous communications, including notices of foreclosure, that they ignored.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Hoyt, Filed On: November 16, 2023, Case #: 4:22cv2202, NOS: All Other Real Property - Real Property, Categories: Fraud, Banking / Lending
J. Giuliano denies, in part, a landlord's claims related to a commercial tenant and its guarantor's alleged breach of the parties' lease and other agreements. There are questions of fact regarding its claims for breach of lease, breach of guaranty and breach of settlement agreement.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Edison, Filed On: November 9, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv425, NOS: Rent Lease & Ejectment - Real Property, Categories: Landlord Tenant, Contract
J. Hoyt grants a preliminary injunction to a strip club on its constitutional challenges to the state comptroller’s $10 Sexually Oriented Business Fee, which requires inspections, audits and that businesses keep a record of how many customers are admitted to the establishment on a daily basis. The club has shown it is likely to succeed on the merits of its First and Fourteenth Amendment claims, and it will suffer irreparable harm without an injunction.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Hoyt, Filed On: November 9, 2023, Case #: 4:23cv3131, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, Constitution, First Amendment
J. Ellison grants, in part, a union's motion for summary judgment in its action to compel a security company to arbitrate a court security officer's grievance. The dispute at issue is arbitrable under the parties' collective bargaining agreement.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Ellison, Filed On: November 3, 2023, Case #: 4:23cv1813, NOS: Labor/Management Relations - Labor, Categories: Arbitration, Contract, Labor / Unions
J. Rosenthal grants a tequila soda company's motion for partial summary judgment on a tequila maker's claims for disgorgement of profits and actual damages in a trademark infringement case. The tequila soda company has shown it is operating at an $8 million loss, and the tequila maker fails to show it has suffered any actual damages caused by the alleged infringement.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Rosenthal, Filed On: November 3, 2023, Case #: 4:22cv2972, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Trademark
J. Edison denies, in part, an engineering firm's motion to compel documents in its case against a terminal services company and others. The terminal company and a third-party supply company are joint clients of the terminal company's counsel and, therefore, communications between them are presumptively privileged.
Court: USDC Southern District of Texas, Judge: Edison, Filed On: October 26, 2023, Case #: 3:21cv94, NOS: Other Contract - Contract, Categories: Discovery, Privilege