Category Archives: N.D. Tex. News

Clerk Of Court Karen Mitchell Issues Important Notice Regarding Funding And Potential Service Reductions

Karen Mitchell, the Northern District of Texas’ Clerk of Court, has issued an important notice regarding the judiciary’s funding, noting that the judiciary will be required to implement emergency measures come the New Year if funding becomes subject to sequestration … Continue reading

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Federal Civil Practice Seminar To Be Held On January 29, 2013

The 27th Annual Federal Civil Practice Seminar, “Northern District Practice Points Every Lawyer Should Know,” will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Belo Mansion on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. The event is hosted by the Federal Bar Association, Dallas … Continue reading

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Northern District of Texas Officially Announces That David Horan Is Newest Magistrate Judge

As we first reported last September, David Horan (formerly a partner at Jones Day in Dallas) has been selected as the Northern District of Texas’ newest magistrate judge. The Northern District of Texas has now officially confirmed this in a … Continue reading

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Judge Lynn Orders Patent Holder To 10 Asserted Claims

On October 18, 2012, Judge Lynn issued an Order in Visto Corp. d/b/a Good Technology v. Little Red Wagon Technologies Inc. (Order available here) limiting the patent holder to 10 asserted claims. The Order reads in relevant part: Visto Corporation … Continue reading

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Patent Multidistrict Litigation CLE to be Held at SMU on November 28, 2012

TexasBarCLE and SMU are co-sponsoring a half day CLE titled Patent Multidistrict Litigation in the Wake of the America Invents Act. The CLE’s brochure is available here. Judge Davis and Judge Gilstrap, from the Eastern District of Texas, will speak, as will … Continue reading

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Breaking News: Arlington Man Charged With Trying To Hire A Hit Man To Kill Judge McBryde

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that an Arlington man in federal custody has been charged with attempting to hire a hit man to kill Judge McBryde. The man had been scheduled to start trial on Monday for allegedly filing … Continue reading

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Magistrate Judge Kaplan Assumes Position With JAMS

JAMS has announced (press release available here) that former Northern District of Texas Magistrate Judge Jeff Kaplan has joined its panel (after 18 years of federal judicial service). Judge Kaplan “will be based in the JAMS Dallas Resolution Center and … Continue reading

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Northern District of Texas Blog Turns 2

Yesterday was this site’s two-year anniversary. In two years, we’ve written nearly 300 posts, which we hope are helpful to Northern District of Texas practitioners. The site has had tens of thousands of visitors, from every state in the US, … Continue reading

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Judge Means Issues Important Patent Pilot Order

As we previously noted, the Northern District of Texas is participating in a patent pilot program, whereby three judges in the Northern District of Texas (Judges Lynn, Godbey and Kinkeade) are hearing all patent cases filed in the Northern District … Continue reading

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Amarillo’s Bankruptcy Court to Close

It’s being reported (see here for example) that the Federal Judiciary will close six courthouses in the South, including the Amarillo Bankruptcy court in the Northern District of Texas.

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