Press Releases Archive

On June 26, 2013, the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of firm client Medtronic in upholding a district court judgment that two Cordis Corp. and Wyeth patents covering a drug ...

On June 26, 2013, Judge Reed O'Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas issued a final judgment upholding a $15 million patent ...

LOS ANGELES -- McKool Smith Hennigan has once again played an integral role in the success of the "Food From The Bar" (FFTB) campaign. FFTB is an annual four-week charitable ...

DALLAS -- McKool Smith announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld the firm’s $391 million judgment for Versata Software Inc. against ...

Dallas -- McKool Smith has secured a $15 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of Dallas, Texas-based Summit 6 LLC against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung ...

Dallas -- On April 4, 2013, Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio issued a final judgment awarding the City of San ...

DALLAS -- On March 19, 2013, the office of the Attorney General of the State of Hawaii issued a press release announcing that Honolulu-based Tax Appeal Court Judge Gary W.B ...

McKool Smith reached a $55 million settlement on behalf of client John DeGroote Services, LLC, as Liquidating Trustee to the BearingPoint, Inc. Liquidating Trust, in its ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce the promotion of two attorneys to principals in the firm’s New York office, effective Jan. 1, 2013. 

In New York, John Briody handles ...

McKool Smith has secured a $368 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of Zephyr Cove, Nevada-based VirnetX Holding Corporation (NYSE Amex: VHC) against ...

Vogel Alcove, a Dallas organization that provides social services for homeless children, honored McKool Smith as its 2012 "Corporate Champion” during the ...

DALLAS – Mike McKool, Co-Founder and Chairman of McKool Smith, recently accepted the 2012 “Trial Lawyer of the Year” award from the Dallas Bar Association (DBA ...

NEW YORK, NY -- McKool Smith, one of America’s leading trial firms, is announcing that securities litigator Robert W. Scheef has joined the firm as a principal in its New ...

Mike McKool, Chairman and Founder of McKool Smith, has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America.

The ...

WASHINGTON, DC/NEW YORK -- McKool Smith, one of America’s leading trial firms, announced the joining of prominent qui tam litigator Stuart Rennert. The expansion ...

DALLAS – McKool Smith is pleased to announce the promotion of an attorney to principal in the firm’s Dallas office, effective Jan. 1, 2012.

In Dallas, Michael Fritz

DALLAS — McKool Smith has donated $100,000 to both Global Health Corps (GHC) and Vogel Alcove, two leading nonprofit organizations that provide access to health care and ...

Attorneys from McKool Smith have secured a $391 million court judgment in favor of firm client Versata Software Inc., a pioneer in front-office enterprise software ...

McKool Smith and Los Angeles-based trial firm Hennigan Dorman are pleased to announce that they will join effective September 12, 2011. The combination solidifies a ...

DALLAS – Four Dallas-area high school graduates will be starting their college careers with a helping hand from the McKool Smith law firm through scholarships ...

SHERMAN, Texas – Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Dublin, Texas, the world’s oldest Dr Pepper bottler, has issued a response to a federal lawsuit filed against the ...

McKool Smith, one of America’s leading trial firms, has relocated its Washington, DC office to 1999 K Street, an environmentally sustainable, state-of-the-art ...

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio federal judge has issued findings of fact and conclusions of law following the nation’s first jury verdict against online travel companies ...

Lennox International, one of the world’s leading providers of climate control solutions for heating, air conditioning and refrigeration, has named McKool Smith its ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in favor of McKool Smith clients i4i Limited Partnership and i4i Inc. in a closely watched appeal of an earlier $290 ...

MARSHALL, Texas – McKool Smith has won a $345 million verdict awarding damages to Austin, Texas-based Versata Software Inc. in a patent infringement trial against global ...

DALLAS – McKool Smith is pleased to announce the firm’s continued support of the Vogel Alcove as the Pinnacle Sponsor of the organization’s 20th Annual Arts ...

MARSHALL, Texas - Attorneys from McKool Smith successfully represented Ottawa, Canada-based Wi-LAN Inc. in a series of closely watched patent infringement lawsuits that ...

McKool Smith is proud to announce the promotion of attorneys to principals in the firm’s Austin, Dallas and New York offices.

In Austin, firm attorney John Campbell has ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce that it has paid 2010 bonuses to associates ranging up to $125,000.  "2010 was a great year for the firm and we recognize the importance of ...

DALLAS – Mike McKool, co-founder and Chairman of McKool Smith, will receive the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) 2010 Larry Schoenbrun Jurisprudence Award.

Mr. McKool ...

DALLAS – Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit over technologies used in the popular Android operating system.  The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A patent infringement lawsuit filed on behalf of hybrid vehicle pioneer Paice LLC by the law firms of McKool Smith and Fish & Richardson has been resolved ...

DALLAS – The law firm of McKool Smith has earned its second consecutive selection to the Midsize Hot List, a compilation of the top law firms in the U.S. with 50-150 ...

HOUSTON – The law firm of McKool Smith is announcing the addition of two veteran litigators and a former federal bankruptcy clerk in the firm’s rapidly growing Houston ...

NEW YORK – More than 80 independent Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas oil and gas producers have filed lawsuits alleging that Goldman Sachs subsidiary J. Aron & Co. and British ...

NEW YORK – McKool Smith today announced that a federal district judge in New York has entered a Final Judgment and Order incorporating a jury verdict and award of punitive ...

DALLAS – The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a donation of $175,000 to Dallas’ Vogel Alcove as the Pinnacle Sponsor for the organization’s 19^th Annual ...

DALLAS – McKool Smith is pleased to announce the induction of firm principal Sam F. Baxter as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.  

Mr. Baxter, who practices in ...

TYLER, Texas – The law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $105.75 million patent infringement verdict handed down today on behalf of Scotts Valley, Calif.-based VirnetX ...

DALLAS – McKool Smith is announcing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today upheld a $290 million verdict and permanent injunction against Redmond ...

SAN ANTONIO – The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $20 million jury verdict handed down today on behalf of more than 170 Texas cities in a class-action ...

NEW YORK/HOUSTON – The national litigation firm of McKool Smith is announcing the firm’s expansion into bankruptcy practice with the addition of a new practice led by ...

New York – With its New York office rapidly growing, the national litigation firm McKool Smith has announced its move into the landmark Bank of America Tower at One Bryant ...

NEW YORK – The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing the firm’s continued expansion in New York with the addition of trial-tested litigator Kyle Lonergan.

Mr ...

MARSHALL, Texas – The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $138 million jury verdict against global software provider SAP America (NYSE: SAP) and its ...

The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a permanent injunction and total damages and interest of more than $290 million against software giant Microsoft Corp ...

NEW YORK – The national law firm of McKool Smith has added Eric B. Halper as senior counsel in the firm’s rapidly growing New York office.

Mr. Halper previously practiced ...

TYLER, Texas – The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $200 million patent infringement verdict handed down in favor of Toronto-based i4i Inc. against ...

MARSHALL, Texas – The national law firm of McKool Smith is announcing a $19 million patent infringement verdict handed down in favor of technology provider Opti Inc. of ...