No. 25-BC04B-007 Robert May, et al. v.Ineos USA Oil & Gas, LLC, et al. (Fourth Division, Judge Sharp) 25-bc04b-0007-may-v-ineos-usa-oil-gas-2026-tex-bus-14.pdf Contracts/Oil and Gas Leases. Plaintiffs assigned two leases to defendants to permit them to conduct oil and gas drilling on the property; plaintiffs reserved a reversionary interest in the Leases…
No. 25-BC03A-0012 Go Secure, Inc. v. Crowdstrike, Inc., et al. (Third Division, Judge Andrews) 25-bc03a-0012-gosecure-v-crowdstrike-2026-tex-bus-13.pdf General and Personal Jurisdiction- Exceptional Case Doctrine. GoSecure, a Delaware company based in California, sued the Crowdstrike defendants, also a Delaware company based in California, alleging the defendants had stolen trade secrets from it…
No. 26-BC08B-0003 Galderma Laboratories, L.P. v. Erick Brenner (Eighth Division, Judge Stagner) 26-bc08b-0003-galderma-laboratories-v-brenner-2026-tex-bus-12.pdf Injunctions/Noncompetition Agreements. Defendant Brenner was a longtime Galderma employee and top executive and signed a noncompete agreement as part of a”Protective Covenants Agreement” or PCA, which imposed post-employment restrictions that lasted for twelve months from his…
No. 25-BC08A-0014 Michael D. Crain, etc., et al. v. William “Will” Northern (8th Div., Judge Bullard) 25-bc08a-0014-crain-v-northern-2026-tex-bus-11.pdf Jurisdiction/Standing to Pursue Derivative Claims. In its February 2, 2026 Amended Opinion and Order the court granted Northern’s motion for summary judgment for specific performance of a buy-sell purchase agreement and ordered…
No. 24-BC11B-0018 Mesquite Energy, Inc., etc. v. Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation (Division 11B, Judge Barnard). 24-bc11b-0018-mesquite-energy-v-sanchez-oil-2026-tex-bus-10.pdf Settlements. The parties sued Terra Energy for misappropriation of trade secrets and reached a settlement of their claims; this suit was brought to resolve a dispute over distribution of the settlement proceeds.…
No. 25-BV11B-0094 Angela Yuan v. Battle & Sands Energy Corp., et al. (Division 11, Judge Dorfman) Jurisdiction. Yuan sued defendants over a dispute about royalty fees on frac sand, and she alleged claims for breach of contract, equitable estoppel, quasi-estoppel fraud, and relief under the Texas Sales Representative Act;…
No. 25-BC08-007 American Airlines, Inc. v. JetBlue Airways Corporation (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard) 25-bc08a-0007-american-airlines-v-jetblue-airways-2026-tex-bus-7.pdf Jurisdiction. In 2020, American and JetBlue formed the Northeast Alliance to increase flight services between the Northeast and Texas; the Alliance’s key profit-sharing component was the Mutual Growth Incentive Agreement (MGIA) which governed each party’s…
No. 25-BC01A-0025 BNSF Railway Company v. Level 3 Communications, LLC (Div. 1, Judge Bouressa) 25-bc01a-0025-bnsf-railway-v-level-3-communications-2026-tex-bus-8.pdf Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award. In 1998, BNSF and Level 3 signed a right-of-way agreement to permit Level 3 to install fiber optic facilities along BNSF’s right-of-way; the agreement gave Level 3 the right…
No. 15-25-00235-cv In re Frank Jackson, Relator (Business Court Division 11B, Harris County) Writs. Barras sued his employer, The Reynolds and Reynolds Company (Reynolds), for breaching his employment contract by terminating him for cause; he also sued Frank Jackson for…
No. 25-BC04B-0017 Alamo Title Company v. WFG National Title Company of Texas, LLC (Fourth Division, Judge Sharp) 25-bc04b-0017-alamo-title-company-v-wfg-national-title-company-2026-tex-bus-6.pdf Jurisdiction. Alamo sued WFG alleging WFG raided its employees and customers and misappropriated sensitive business information; it also accused WFG of tortiously interfering with customer contracts and of aiding and abetting Alamo’s…
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