Insights: Results

We Are Women, We Are Fearless

by Deborah S. Chang and Justin Smulison

Athea Trial Lawyers is a female owned and operated law firm specializing in civil litigation, catastrophic energy, wrongful death and product liability.

Asian Countries Join Worldwide Child Protective Treaty

by Stephen J. Cullen

After several years of negotiations, the treaty—the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction—came into existence.

Redefining Trial Advocacy

by John Fields

Morelli Law Firm’s exceptional trial skills and landmark victories have reshaped the landscape of civil litigation, having represented victims of negligence, discrimination and harassment.

Unwanted Advances

by Natalie Weatherford

The #MeToo movement has brought unprecedented attention to the problem of sexual assault and abuse. Litigating civil cases along these lines can be tricky, though. Here’s an overview.

Fintech Law: A Dynamic Space

by Catherine M. Brennan

If a true lender challenge is successful, the Fintech company may face significant civil and criminal penalties for failing to be licensed as a lender, and the loans may be usurious and void in some jurisdictions.

The Great Debate: Do You Arbitrate Commercial Disputes?

by David K. Taylor

In a civil case, is it wiser for a business to try to persuade the counterparty to agree from the outset to arbitration—or potentially to place its very solvency in the unpredictable hands of a judge and jury?

How A Claim Can Create A ‘Class’ of Its Own

by Justin Smulison

One civil claim can help a victim recover, prevent others from the same harm and even save lives. Tom Connick has experienced this directly, having been at the ground floor of injury claims that have led to high-value class action settlements.

Dan Sciano Renaissance Lawyer

by Justin Smulison

Tinsman & Sciano recently celebrated 50 years as greater San Antonio’s leading trial law firm for civil litigation and personal injury. Daniel J.T. Sciano obtained judgments for his clients in both Federal and State courthouses in 2021. A trial lawyer with many talents and diverse knowledge of the law.

Ensuring Legacies

by Justin Smulison

Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder’s litigation against a world-renowned higher education institution is expected to set a precedent impacting civil rights, copyright and social justice. Along with the types of cases the firm typically handles, they are willing to take on unusual and untested legal issues – an honor to the legacies of its longtime leaders.

“Defend Trade Secrets Act” Signed Into Law Effective May 11, 2016

by Brooks Kushman

The Defendant Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (“DTSA”), was signed into law by President Obama on May 11, 2016. The new statute creates broad private federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation and has been hailed as “the most sweeping change to the nation’s intellectual property laws in a generation or more.”