The Business Dispute Law Blog by Bill Garrison

Joseph Ratzinger, a defendant in a Texas suit filed before he was elected Pope Benedict XVI, wants to be dismissed from the litigation, arguing he has head-of-state immunity.  The case, John Doe 1, et al. v The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, et al., is pending before the U.S. District Court in Houston.  [via]

Many Texas businesses (who operate exclusively in Texas) are organized as Delaware LLCs (my good friends at Weblogs Work are organized this way).  The low filing costs are cited as the reasoning behind the selection, but the long term costs quickly outstrip the upfront cost savings.  And as Francis Pileggi from The Delaware Corporate and [...]

Lawyers are in business to make money, but how far should they go to collect client fees?
James and Erin Abercrombie fought for three years to keep a subdivision from being built near their home. They incurred more than $92,000 in legal fees and are about $370,000 in debt. On top of all this, their [...]

Bill Gates may as well prepare himself for perpetual litigation. It all began back in 1998 when the Department of Justice and 19 states sued Microsoft for anti-trust violations. The company was accused of bundling Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system, effectively cornering the browser market. In the latest flap, a man named Jerrold [...]