President Trump recently announced that he plans to issue an executive order to revoke birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to noncitizens. The firm’s David Coale appeared live on WFAA Ch. 8 and KDFW FOX 4 to explain the language of the 14th amendment. Coale says the president has the power to […]

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces sexual misconduct allegations from a Palo Alto University professor, who claims he groped her at a high school party in the 1980s. The allegations thwart a confirmation process that originally was seen as a done deal for Kavanaugh. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the […]

Technological advances in the energy industry have led to the protection of proprietary business information. Midstream businesses are seeing areas, such as analytics, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and operations data, where protecting trade secrets are vital to the company. In a bylined article in Midstream Business magazine, the firm’s Jonathan Childers offers his perspective […]

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott lost his chance to avoid the NFL’s six-game suspension after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York denied his motion for an emergency injunction, which means Elliott’s suspension is back on. His lawyers argued to the court that missing the six games will have irreparable harm. […]

In an unusually high-profile hearing in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Edith Jones and former U.S. Solicitor Kenneth Starr “openly traded multiple jabs at each other” according to an article in the Texas Lawbook. The writ of mandamus hearing in the appeal filed by Johnson & Johnson following two verdicts against the company […]

Insect photographer Alexander Wild has sued Houston-based Cypress Creek Pest Control for alleged copyright infringement over the use of his photographs without permission and without paying him. The lawsuit says Wild seeks damages of up to $150,000. Wild found the photos using a third-party company whose sole purpose is to scour the internet for images […]

When looking at the cases likely to be heard in 2017 at the U.S. Supreme Court, Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann partner David Coale is closely following several cases that have Texas ties. In an interview with U.S. News & World Report, he notes that the court’s pending deliberations on voting rights, redistricting, and the […]