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A Houston-based energy commodities broker and the firm he worked for have asked a Texas federal judge to give them a new trial against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission after the agency secured a $7.5 million jury verdict in its favor.

A Texas federal judge has found that a Wisconsin-based fuel distributor did not infringe a Sunoco LP unit's patent for combining butane and petroleum, while also finding two claims in the patent weren't valid in the first place.

A 23-year-old Houston man is going to prison for brutally kidnapping a woman from her home at gunpoint and holding her captive for three days.

Man with Indiana Ties Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison on Murder, Racketeering Charges

The Fifth Circuit affirmed a Texas federal judge's take-nothing judgment in Hess Corp.'s $218 million suit against Schlumberger Technology Corp. over allegedly faulty deep-water well safety valves, ruling Monday that the lower court did not err in its interpretation of regulatory standards.

Steve Maugeri is leaving CBS6 Albany. The reporter made the announcement Friday on...

Tim Lake is leaving WTEN/WXXA; Solomon Syed will fill the vacancy. 

A Fifth Circuit panel on Wednesday scrutinized Hess Corp.'s bid to reverse a Texas federal judge's take-nothing judgment in its $218 million suit against Schlumberger Technology Corp. over allegedly faulty deep-water well safety valves, asking Hess how the judge's findings following a bench trial are reversible errors.

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Amaya sentenced to two years probation in public corruption case Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Johnny Amaya, former Webb County water utilities director, sits in court Wednesday afternoon during the first day of his trial at the 49th District Court.Victor Strife, Photographer Former Councilman and Laredo ISD Trustee Johnny Amaya was sentenced to two years probation on Thursday due to his involvement in a bribery scheme where he facilitated payments to local elected officials in exchange fo...