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| filing_id | date ▲ | doc_type | party | description | doc_type_detail | procedural_posture | chain | outcome | phase | filename | relief_requested | full_text |
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| 32 | 2022-09-06 | MTA | Kassab | Motion to Abate Trial | Kassab's Motion to Abate Trial Setting pending resolution of the related Cheatham v. Pohl barratry case, which was reversed on appeal August 30, 2022 and remanded for further proceedings | Phase 3 procedural motion filed one week after the Traditional MSJ and Seventh Amended Answer. Kassab argues trial should be abated because the still-pending Cheatham case will determine the full extent of Pohl's alleged damages and may establish Pohl's barratry, which would bar his claims entirely. Addressed to Judge Scot 'Dolli' Dollinger. Counsel for Plaintiffs (Jean Frizzell) opposed. | MTA-1 | N/A | Phase 3 | 2022-09-06_MTA_Kassab-Mtn-to-Abate-Trial_FILED.pdf | Abate the trial setting in this case pending the resolution of the Cheatham v. Pohl barratry case | 9/6/2022 8:41 AM Marilyn Burgess - District Clerk Harris County Envelope No. 67958716 By: Deandra Mosley Filed: 9/6/2022 8:41 AM CAUSE NO. 2018-58419 MICHAEL A. POHL, et al § IN THE DISTRICT COURT V. § OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS SCOTT FAVRE, et al § 189th JUDICIALk DISTRICT THE KASSAB DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO ABATE TRIACL SETTING TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE SCOT “DOLLI” DOLLINGER: Defendants/Counter-Plaintiffs Lance Christopheir Kassab and Lance Christopher Kassab, P.C. d/b/a/ The Kassab Law Firm files this, Motion to Abate Trial Setting, and would respectfully show the following. BACKGROUND Lance Kassab and his firm were hlired by more than 400 of Michael Pohl’s former clients to sue Pohl and othersM for barratry – the illegal solicitation of clients. Kassab v. Pohl, 612 S.W.3d 571, 575 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2020, pet. denied). Kassab field four sieparate lawsuits against Pohl, two of which Pohl successfully dismissed on limitations. See Brumfield v. Williamson, 634 S.W.3d 170, 177 (Tex. App.—Houoston [1st Dist.] 2021, pet. denied) and Gandy v. Williamson, 634 S.W.3d 214 (Tlex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2021, pet. denied). Another of the cases settled, iwith Pohl paying a substantial sum of money to Kassab and his clients. The fourth case – the Cheatham case – was dismissed by the trial court but recently reversed by the Houston Court of Appeals and remanded for further proceedings. See Cheatham v. Pohl, No. 01-20-00046-CV, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 6528, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 30, 2022, no pet. h.). In retaliation, Pohl filed this litigation against Kassab and others, alleging specious claims for conversion and misappropriation of trade secrets.1 Specifically, Pohl alleges that the runners he hired to commit the barratry “gained access to [Pohl’s] confidential and proprietary information and property, inckluding trade secret materials” and “work product” and “illegally misapCpropriated” that information and then allegedly “secretly sold [it] to Kassab”2 who then “solicited clients/prospective clients… |
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date TEXT,
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party TEXT,
description TEXT,
doc_type_detail TEXT,
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chain TEXT,
outcome TEXT,
phase TEXT,
filename TEXT,
relief_requested TEXT,
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