No. 25-BC03A-008 Enosis Investments, LLC, et al v. Brett Jensen, et al. (Third Division, Judge Andrews) Fiduciary Duty. In 2021, George Lake and Brett Jensen agreed to acquire and manage the Reserve at Lake Travis, a mixed-use development. To do so, they formed four LLCs – Harbor Village,…
No. 26-BC11A-0004 Energy Founders Fund, LP v. Phillip Daskevich, et al. (Eleventh Division, Judge Stagner) Contracts. Gage Western (Gage) is a Texas LLC whose governance is controlled by a three-member Board of Directors: a Class A Director (Donavan, appointed by majority investor Energy Founders ), a Class B Director…
No. 26-BC11A-0004 Energy Founders Fund, LP v. Philip Daskevich, et al. (Eleventh Div., Judge Stagner) 26-bc11a-0004-energy-founders-fund-v-daskevich-2026-tex-bus-17.pdf Advancement of Defense Expenses/Contracts. Background. Philip Daskevich was both a member of Gage Western (Gage) and a member of its board of directors. Gage’s Third Amended Company agreement was in effect during the…
No. 25-BC08A-0011 Daimler Truck Financial Services USA LLC v. Vanguard National Trailer Corporation, et al. (Eighth Division, Judge Bullard) 25-bc08a-0011-daimer-truck-financial-services-v-vanguard-national-trailer-corp-2026-tex-bus-16.pdf Personal Jurisdiction – Special Appearance. Background and Summary Holding. In 2022 and 2023, Daimler loaned defendant KAL Freight, a California-based trucking and logistics firm, millions of dollars to enable…
No25-BC01B-049 Dallas Sports Group, LLC, et al v. DSE Hockey Club, L.P., et al. (First Division, Judge Whitehill) 25-bc01b-0049-dallas-sports-group-v-dse-hockey-club-2026-tex-bus-15.pdf Contracts. (This is a 92-page opinion. I have attempted to hit the main issues, but I am leaving out of much of Judge Whitehill’s detailed analysis of the claims and…
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.…
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