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DOAR Releases Litigation Scorecard for Pharma & Medical Devices Sector

Presentation
DOAR recently conducted a national survey of attitudes toward the pharmaceutical industry that reports on consumer and juror sentiments and the ways in which their views and dispositions may impact litigation strategies.

Dallas’ Charla Aldous Earns Lifetime Achievement Award, Other Honors

NEWS
Charla Aldous of Dallas’ Aldous\Walker has been named one of 22 recipients of Texas Lawyer newspaper’s 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Click it to Stick it: Guide to Creating Binding Online Agreements

White Paper
By following certain guidelines, manufacturers and sellers can improve the likelihood that their online contracts and attempt to inform consumers will be enforced and upheld by the courts.

AZA Scores Defense Win for National Oilwell Varco in $120 Million Discrimination Suit

NEWS
AZA offered evidence that showed there were several non-discriminatory reasons some of the workers did not receive promotions.

Top Five Things Clients Never Tell Their Lawyers

Article
The best, most cost effective, representation will be achieved only with the free flow of information, writes Francis Drelling.

State Limitations on Arbitration with Class Action Waivers Again Before Supreme Court

NEWS
The latest of a line of recent cases in which the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed the enforceability of class action waivers in arbitration agreements was before the court on Oct. 6.

CFPB Proposes Banning Some Arbitration Clauses, Resurrecting Consumer Contract Class Actions

NEWS
The announcement follows the CFPB’s publication of a three-year study on arbitration that concluded that consumers generally are better served through litigation.

West Texas Jury Awards $43 Million in Oil and Gas Lease Breach of Contract

NEWS
Jury found that a group of oil and gas investors’ business partners had breached fiduciary duties by crediting themselves for financial contributions they never made.

Houston Federal Jury Clears National Oilwell Varco in Employment Lawsuit

NEWS
A Houston federal jury this week returned a verdict in favor of National Oilwell Varco, L.P., (NYSE: NOV), finding no wrongdoing in an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by eight African-Americans who sought $120 million in damages.

Firm Wins on Both Sides of the Docket in Recent Civil Trials

NEWS
Lawyers with Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank have recently scored big wins on the plaintiff side and the defendant side of the docket in civil litigation.

Legal Hold and Data Preservation Benchmark Survey

Survey Results
Zapproved’s latest edition of its Legal Hold and Data Preservation Benchmark Survey Report, a survey series focused on legal data preservation and collections practices, shows that processes still lack maturity.

Long Term Medical Needs: Complimentary CLE Seminar

Event
Occupational Assessment Services will present a complimentary CLE dinner seminar titled “Documenting Long Term Medical Needs through a Life Care Plan and Establishing a Special Needs Trust.”

California Upholds Controversial Arbitration Clause Within Consumer Contract

NEWS
The California Supreme Court ruled recently in a case involving an arbitration clause in a consumer contract that because the buyer could not negotiate the provisions of the sales contract, he had established ‘”ome degree of procedural unconscionability.”

Dallas Sexual Assault Victim Awarded $21 Million Against Restaurant Owner

NEWSA young woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted in 2011 by the owner of a pizza restaurant in Addison, Texas, has been awarded $21.43 million following a four-day bench trial heard in the 193rd District Court in Dallas.

Oral Warranties: Are They Enforceable?

White Paper
Not all construction contracts are written, and contractors don’t always provide a written policy at the end of a project, writes Austin B. Calhoun of Florida-based Jimerson & Cobb. This raises the question: are oral multi-year warranties enforceable?