Update: Summary judgment was upheld by the First Court of Appeals in Houston, while the Texas State Supreme Court declined to review. The…

After an Illinois coal mine experienced a mine fire due to the spontaneous combustion of coal, the mine operator withheld years’ worth of…

Houston, TX, January 7, 2020—Bees360, a tech startup that leverages artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and drone technology to provide residential property damage adjusting…

In a decision that bodes ill for Matra Petroleum, a Houston court has restrained the company and its financial partners from engaging in…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit delivered a sweeping victory for Hicks Johnson client Southwestern Energy, affirming its defeat of…

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) expressly provide for the discovery of electronic documents and other “electronically stored information” or ESI. Despite…

Hicks Johnson secured a take-nothing judgment in favor of its client, SWN Production Company, LLC (a subsidiary of Southwestern Energy Company) after a…

After a two-week trial in which partner Logan Johnson led the Hicks Johnson team representing Devon Energy Production Company, a Houston jury delivered…

The firm represents one of three people who have accused Manuel La Rosa-Lopez, a former priest, of sexual abuse. La Rosa-Lopez, who has…

In another victory for the firm’s client First Street Hospital LP, the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas upheld a…

While the Federal Rules governing the production of documents were drafted with paper in mind, today’s “documents” consist almost exclusively of electronic information….

A decades-long disagreement that turned into a legal dispute between two energy companies is coming to trial in Houston, with Hicks Johnson Partner…

Our Fall 2018 newsletter features a great result on an Energy Case, a “Tech Tip” for producing documents, and our representation of a…

Many lawsuits settle for pennies on the dollar of what a plaintiff demands. But in a terrific victory for our client, Hicks Johnson…

In mid-September our client, a 37-year-old professional man, was reading the news on his cell phone when a photograph of Father Manuel La…

Four years after the coal mine fire that sparked the dispute, Hicks Johnson partner Logan Johnson is headed to trial court on Oct….