By Katie Pohlman Law360 (August 7, 2020, 3:00 PM EDT) -- In the Texas Supreme Court's upcoming term, the court has the chance to clarify what evidence is required for injured employees or relatives of dead employees to hold their employers liable in intentional tort suits and establish how trade secrets are treated during court proceedings. The high court is also set to hear disputes over whether government entities that conduct business by contracts are immune from suits in court. The justices will also have a chance to weigh in at the beginning of a national conversation about how claims related to government decisions during natural disasters will be litigated, if at all. Here, Law360 takes a look at four cases attorneys are watching. Berkel & Co. Contractors Inc. v. Tyler…

   

Bloomberg Law News Jul 30, 2020 Gilead Can’t Fend Off Antitrust Suit Over HIV Drug Pricing By Malathi Nayak Jul 30, 2020   Gilead Sciences Inc. and other drugmakers failed to extinguish an antitrust lawsuit accusing them of using tactics to artificially raise prices of critical HIV drugs. A ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen that was unsealed on Wednesday slightly narrowed the antitrust claims brought by six AIDS activists against the drug companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen. But the drug companies still face claims over their pricing of HIV treatments, including Atripla, Truvada and Complera. The dispute could have wider ramifications for the pharmaceutical industry and the debate over sky-rocketing drug prices. Gilead’s U.S. sales of combination HIV drug products are more than…

Military Families Magazine by Susan Malandrino June 29, 2020   A Navy wife is the first military spouse in Texas to utilize a new licensing rule. Texas is one of the 39 states and U.S. Virgin Islands to adopt attorney licensing accommodations for spouses of active-duty service members, according to the Military Spouse J.D. Network (MSDJN). Attorney Sopanha Anderson became the state’s first military spouse to utilize Rule.23 for admission to the Bar of Texas when she was sworn in at the Nueces County Courthouse in Corpus Christi last week. Under this rule, military spouses stationed in the state are eligible for a three-year temporary license to practice law, pending they have met the study requirements and state’s law components. Married to a Naval aviator for 15 years, Anderson and her husband have four kids…

Bleacher Report By: JOSEPH ZUCKER July 1, 2020   In order to get people in stadiums this fall, the NFL might have fans sign liability waivers that would provide legal cover from any COVID-19-related lawsuits, according to The Athletic's Daniel Kaplan. A source told Kaplan that one plan involves an electronic waiver to make the process easier. However, Kaplan spoke to an attorney, Bob Hilliard, who questioned how effective the waivers would be should the worst-case scenario arise: "Let's say a fan and his family go to a game. The team/NFL allows, by poor processes, that fan and his family to be exposed to Corona and everyone dies. The waiver defense will either be a question of law for the judge, or a question of fact for the jury, depending on the jurisdiction and…

Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal By Ben Fischer and Karn Dhingra June 29, 2020 Major restrictions on stadium capacity are expected this season, but the guidelines have not yet been specified. The NFL has been telling the world for months that it is preparing for a normal season with full stadiums. But behind the scenes, most teams expect severe restrictions on stadium capacity as local governments continue to fight COVID-19, and they have no idea what those limits will be by early September.   In a matter of weeks, teams must figure out how many seats they can use and how to fairly distribute them among season-ticket holders — not to mention what this all means for group sales, suites, sponsor inventory and single-game buyers who already hold tickets. “The term I…

Record Breaking Jury Award- 4th Largest Wrongful Death Verdict in Texas Alex Hilliard & John Duff Earn No.4 Under Wrongful Death in the Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame Corpus Christi, TX- It was announced today that two of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales Law Firm (HMG Law Firm) attorneys Alex Hilliard and John Duff earned a record-breaking jury award as the 4th largest wrongful death verdict in Texas. With it being the 4th largest in Texas, these local attorneys earned the No.4 spot in the Texas Verdicts Hall of Fame. At just 29 years old, in the first jury trial of their career, these young men went head to head against seasoned defense attorneys - and won. Their unwavering commitment to their client, and formidable talent in the courtroom, has definitely not…