No. 25-BC01A-0061 Ryan Lunderby v. Dominium Development & Acquisition, LLC (Division 1, Judge Bouressa) 2026 Tex. Bus. 38 25-bc01a-0061-lunderby-v-dominium-dev-and-acquisition-2026-tex-bus-38.pdf Contracts. Background. Lunderby and Dominium were parties to a 2025 “Amended and Restated Employment Agreement” governed by Texas law. The agreement required Lunderby to “relocate to Dallas” to serve…
No. 25-BC01A-0040 Southwest Airline Pilots Association v. The Boeing Company (First Div., Judge Bouressa) 2026 Tex. Bus. 37 Fraud/Misrepresentations – 737 Litigation. Background. Plaintiff Southwest Airlines Pilot Association (SWAPA) sued Boeing, alleging Boeing made misrepresentations to SWAPA and its pilot members in connection with negotiations over SWAPA’s collective bargaining…
In this article, originally published in the Texas Lawbook, Ben Barnes and Gibson Dunn partner Brad G. Hubbard discuss a recent challenge to the constitutionality of the Texas Business Court. After a highly successful, productive and largely uncontroversial first 18 months, the burgeoning Texas Business Court recently faced its first…
No. 25-BC01B-0049 Dallas Sports Group, LLC, et al. v. DSE Hockey Club, L.P., et al. 26 Tex. Bus. 36 (Division One, Judge Whitehill. 25-bc01b-0049-dallas-sports-group-v-dse-hockey-club-2026-tex-bus-36.pdf Contracts. Background. The Dallas Mavericks’ ownership entities (plaintiffs Dallas Sports Group and Radical Arena) sought to redeem the Dallas Stars’ ownership interests in the…
No. 25-BC11B-0099 M. Brown v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (Eleventh Division, Judge Sweeten) 2026 Tex. Bus. 35 Jurisdiction – Sec. 25A.004(b) and (d). Background. Brown, a 29-year Exxon employee serving as Vice President of Basestocks & Waxes, had his employment end on July 25, 2025. Exxon contends Brown resigned…
No. 26-BC11A-0004 Energy Founders Fund, LP v. Phillip Daskevich, et al. (Eleventh Division, Judge Stagner) 2026 Tex. Bus. 34 Corporate Governance/Contracts. Background. Gage Western LLC was governed by a Company Agreement establishing a multi-class membership structure. Energy Founders Fund (Energy) held majority Class A interests, while Phillip and Cris…
No. 25-BC11B-0073 DK Trading & Supply, LLC v. Wink to Webster Pipeline LLC (Eleventh Division, Judge Sharp) 2026 Tex. Bus. 33 Contracts. Background. DK Trading & Supply (Delek) and Wink to Webster Pipeline (Wink) entered into two 2021 agreements governing crude-oil storage at a terminal in Midland County and…
No. 26-BC11B-003 Clean-Co Systems, Inc. v. Enterprise Products Operating, LLC (Division Eleven, Judge Dorfman) 2026 Tex. Bus. 32 Jurisdiction. Background. Clean-Co sued Enterprise in state district court to recover on a single unpaid invoice for industrial cleaning services performed in July-August 2025 under a time-and-materials purchase order. The invoice,…
No. 25-BC11A-0083 Unimacts Global, LLC, et al v. Ayr Energy, Inc. (Eleventh Division, Judge Barnard) 2026 Tex. Bus. 31 (11th Div.) 25-bc11a-0083-unimachts-global-v-ayr-energy-2026-tex-bus-31.pdf Rule 91a Motions to Dismiss/Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Background. Plaintiffs Unimacts Global and two Zetwork entities (Unimacts) sued Ayr Energy, Inc. (Ayr), alleging three former Unimacts…
No. 25-BC01A-0023 Cobalt Falcon, LLC v. AXS Investments (First Division, Judge Bouressa) 2026 Tex. Bus. 30 25-bc01a-0023-cobalt-falcon-v-axs-investments-2026-tex-bus-30.pdf Contracts. Background. In 2022, Cobalt Falcon sold AXS assets related to the management of an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) under an agreement requiring monthly payment from AXS “in perpetuity (unless otherwise agreed).”…
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