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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Back in February, Jackson Walker summarized several of President Biden’s executive orders and memoranda that addressed areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Since taking the Oath of Office, Biden has signed over 40 executive orders (one of the tools most readily available to any president), a number of which touch upon DEI. Selected Orders are summarized below as an update to Jackson Walker’s previous article. President...

Norton Rose Fulbright strengthens global investigations offering with two Texas partners May 04, 2021 16:12 ET | Source: Norton Rose Fulbright Norton Rose Fulbright Houston, UNITED STATES Dallas and San Antonio, May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that Texas-based litigators and former federal prosecutors Jay Dewald and Julie Searle have joined its Regulations, Investigations, Securities and Compli...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Back in 1991, when mobile phones were a luxury item weighing about two pounds and dial-up internet was getting ready to hit the market, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (TCPA), with an eye towards reigning in robocalls and other abusive telemarketing practices of the time. Thirty years later, the TCPA still stands, prohibiting calls to consumers on the nationally curated ”do not call” list, a...

ADVERTISEMENT How Jackson Walker Beat $228M IP Claim Against Roku Law360 (April 30, 2021, 1:57 PM EDT) -- A Jackson Walker LLP team walked into the federal courthouse in Waco, Texas, prepared to defend Roku Inc. against a $9.5 million claim that it infringed two patents for interactive television technology, yet they got a surprise when that estimate ballooned to $228 million during trial. This was just one element that made the case brought by ESW Holdings Inc. different from a garden-variety...

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Fox News Has High-Profile Team In $1.6B Defamation Defense Law360 (April 14, 2021, 4:38 PM EDT) -- Two high-profile attorneys have joined Fox News defense team in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed in Delaware Superior Court by Dominion Voting Systems that accuses the cable giant of spreading "outlandish" claims about the 2020 election. Jackson Walker partner Charles L. "Chip" Babcock and Lehotsky Keller partner Scott A. Keller will help defend Fox News in the ...

Charles “Chip” Babcock and The civil lawsuit, originally filed in late March, accused Fox News of fueling lies about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election by defaming the maker of electronic voting machines. From the lawsuit’s opening salvo: Fox, one of the most powerful media companies in the United States, gave life to a manufactured storyline about election fraud that cast a then-little- known voting machine company called Dominion as the villain. After the November 3, 2020 Pr...

Jackson Walker Delivers Complete Defense Jury Verdict for Roku in $228 Million WDTX Patent Trial News provided by Share this article Share this article HOUSTON, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- After a four-day in-person trial, Jackson Walker delivered a complete defense jury verdict for Roku, Inc. in what started as a five-patent infringement case brought by ESW Holdings, Inc. The trial, which began on April 5, 2021, was held in the Western District of Texas – Waco Division before U.S. Distri...

By Tal Axelrod - 04/13/21 08:38 PM EDT   Fox News has hired two high-profile defense attorneys to combat a $1.6 billion lawsuit filed against it by voting technology company Dominion. The media outlet disclosed in a court filing that it had Charles Babcock and Scott Keller for its defense. Fox News confirmed the hirings to The Hill. Babcock currently works at the Texas law firm Jackson Walker and “has tried over 100 cases to a jury and argued over 50 appeals” and has “represented ind...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In the American Rescue Plan Act (the “Relief Act”), a subsidy for the payment of COBRA premiums was added for the period beginning on April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021. Unlike previous COBRA premium subsidies, this subsidy permits assistance eligible individuals to elect COBRA at no cost to the individual for the six-month period of premium assistance. Full elimination of premiums applies to any individual who elects COBRA...

As Texas businesses deal with property damages following the winter storm, Jackson Walker insurance litigation partner Chris Thompson discusses what business owners should consider when...