Austin Law News

J.R. Skrabanek Joins the Snell Law Firm as Senior Litigation Counsel

By Coy West / August 8, 2016

August 8, 2016 – Austin, TX – the Snell Law Firm PLLC announced today that J.R. Skrabanek has joined the firm as Senior Counsel. Mr. Skrabanek’s practice will focus on business and civil litigation including contract disputes; shareholder or partner disputes; business torts; unfair competition and other torts; real estate litigation; construction litigation and plaintiffs’ […]

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Texas Supreme Court’s First Opinion Interpreting TUTSA in Misappropriation Case

By Coy West / July 28, 2016

Until recently, companies suing for trade secret theft ran a risk of having to disclose to their competitors in open court certain aspects of their trade secrets in order to prove their claim. The companies would argue that they should not have to divulge trade secrets in order to pursue their cases. On the other […]

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Texas Supreme Court Holds Media May Report on Official Proceedings Without Independent Investigation

By Coy West / July 11, 2016

The Texas Supreme Court recently sided with a local television news station in a significant defamation suit, finding that a doctor who sued the station over a media report about her did not meet her burden to move forward. ABC affiliate KBMT-TV had appealed a lower court’s decision that found for pediatrician Minda Lao Toledo, […]

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Austin Judge Hits Former La Grange Antiques Dealer with $1.3M Judgment

By Coy West / May 2, 2016

© 2015 The Texas Lawbook. By Natalie Posgate (May 2) – A Travis County judge on Monday awarded $1.3 million to two Santa Fe antique dealers who lost a significant amount of their jewelry collection to consignment fraud by a La Grange woman. The judgment follows a weeklong trial that occurred in February in which […]

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Jason W. Snell Named to 2015 Texas Super Lawyers List

By Coy West / April 1, 2015

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