McCathern Partners Levi McCathern, Shane Eghbal, and Tarig Anani, Along with Client, Sue Acorda Therapeutics for $3.3M
By Bill Heltzer, Westfair Business Journal – Link to Article An investor in Acorda Therapeutics Inc. claims he lost $3.3 million because two top executives persuaded him to hold on to his investment even as they were planning to take the Rockland County drugmaker into bankruptcy. Paso Milak, of Dallas, accused Acorda founder and CEO […]
Federal Law Update: The Corporate Transparency Act is Now in Effect
One of the many ways McCathern works to improve the lives of our clients is by always keeping our clients out of trouble and in full compliance with all applicable laws. In that spirit, we would like to make our clients aware of a new law that went into effect on January 1, 2024 and […]
Texas Law Update: What Every Business Needs to Know
Now that the dust has settled from the 87th legislative session in Texas there are several key laws from the 666 new laws that went into effect on Sept. 1 that every business operator in Texas should understand. While the highly publicized and politicized “constitutional carry” (HB 1927) or “election integrity law” (SB 1) may […]
Case Update: Waco Rope Case in the News
Originally posted in the New York Times By Julia Jacobs Nov. 1, 2018 A private school in Texas was ordered on Wednesday to pay $68,000 in damages to a black girl’s family two years after she returned from a sixth-grade school trip with severe rope burns around her neck. In 2016, the girl’s family sued […]
Twelve McCathern Attorneys Selected to 2017 Texas Rising Stars List
Law firm McCathern, PLLC is pleased to announce that eleven attorneys from the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices have been named to the 2017 Texas Rising Stars list of exceptional young lawyers. McCathern’s 2017 Texas “Rising Stars” include: McCathern Dallas: Arnold Shokouhi, Commercial Litigation & Banking Stephanie M. Almeter, Civil Litigation Brett M. Chisum, Business Litigation Farbod […]