The San Jacinto River Authority told a Houston federal judge on Tuesday that a private water utility company was trying to "avoid the cost of competition" by accusing it of monopolizing the wholesale water market northeast of Houston during the first day of a bench trial in an antitrust case between the entities.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a finding that a Houston intellectual property and transactions firm defaulted on a six-figure Paycheck Protection Program loan because the firm's owner didn't disclose that he had been arrested on attempted sexual assault charges stemming from an incident with a paralegal.
A Houston federal judge is deciding whether a Texas merchandise company should be permanently enjoined from selling COVID-19 personal protective equipment in addition to a judgment as high as $37.5 million, with counsel for the Federal Trade Commission telling the court that without an injunction, there is nothing stopping the company from taking advantage of its future customers.
A Texas appeals court has revived a lawsuit between two Houston men living near a contaminated rail yard and the companies who provide geoscience services to the site, writing that a filing they submitted in support of their complaint sufficiently explained that both companies could be deemed responsible for contaminating the nearby communities.
Three states on Monday defended their plans for complying with ozone emission regulations meant to curb downwind ozone problems, telling the Fifth Circuit that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unfairly relied on data the states didn't have access to when it denied their proposals.