assertion_id,filing_id,assertion
374,22,"Kassab purchased Pohl's stolen confidential information from Favre in November 2016 for $250,000 plus bonuses"
375,22,Kassab took possession of at least some of the stolen information in December 2016
376,22,Kassab used the stolen information to contact and solicit Pohl's clients to bring barratry claims
377,22,Pohl had ceased all efforts to secure additional Deepwater Horizon clients by 2014
378,22,The Brumfield and Gandy cases resulted in final judgments against all of Kassab's clients on all claims
379,22,The First Court of Appeals affirmed both judgments in separate opinions in May 2021
380,22,Cases were pending on petitions for review to the Texas Supreme Court (Nos. 21-0563 and 21-0564)
381,22,"All 242 Assignments reflect the identical date of September 28, 2018, executed after Pohl filed this lawsuit on August 28, 2018"
382,22,"By the date of the Assignments, the trial courts had already adjudicated all but two of the Barratry Claims"
383,22,Kassab did not substitute in as plaintiff or notify any court of the Assignments
384,22,The Assignments purport to assign 'any and all barratry claims or causes of action against Pohl'
385,22,Kassab testified the consideration for the Assignments was 'additional legal work and the opportunity to make the client's case viable'
386,22,"All but two assignors signed contracts with Pohl no later than May 2013, making claims time-barred by May 2017"
387,22,Assignors Gloria Clemons and Wilber Riggs did not enter into contracts with Pohl and could not have been solicited after 2014
388,22,The civil barratry statute does not explicitly provide for assignment of claims
389,22,The legislature knew how to make barratry claims assignable but the statute is silent on assignments
390,22,Kassab obtained the Assignments from his own clients in violation of Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 1.08(h)
391,22,Kassab admits that his counterclaims are the same claims as those resolved by prior final judgments
392,22,The Assignments' sole purpose was to circumvent the statute of limitations and promote further litigation