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AZA Wins Dismissal of Landry’s Defamation Suit over Houston Aquarium Tigers

HOUSTON – A judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by Landry’s Inc. restaurant chain and its Downtown Aquarium that claimed the Animal Legal Defense Fund defamed Landry’s by publicly commenting on the controversial treatment of four endangered white tigers kept at an aquarium exhibit. Harris County District Judge Steven Kirkland ordered Landry’s to pay $450,000 […]

AZA Lawyer Monica Uddin Quoted in Houston Media for Airport Immigration Aid

HOUSTON – Monica Uddin, an associate at AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, was featured in the Houston Chronicle and Houstonia magazine for her pro bono work helping immigrants detained at Houston’s international airport. Ms. Uddin was quoted in a front-page Houston Chronicle story headlined, Lawyers, aiding those caught in Trump travel ban, sense new […]

WSJ: Texas Union Fights to Stay in Bankruptcy after Losing Defamation Case

HOUSTON – The Wall Street Journal reported that one of the country’s largest unions is trying to remain in bankruptcy as it confronts a $7.8 million defamation judgment against it won by Professional Janitorial Service of Houston Inc. in a Harris County court. The Texas branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) asked a […]

Animal Legal Defense Fund Files Anti-SLAPP Motion Against Landry’s Defamation Suit

HOUSTON – The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a motion asking a Harris County judge to dismiss a baseless lawsuit filed by Landry’s Inc. and the Downtown Aquarium Inc. that claims the animal protection organization defamed Landry’s restaurant simply by publicly commenting on the long-controversial mistreatment of four white tigers, Nero, Marina, Coral and Reef. […]

AZA Lawyer Zavitsanos Tells Newspaper How Social Media Aids in Jury Selection

HOUSTON – AZA founding partner John Zavitsanos was featured in a Texas Lawyer story explaining how social media research can ferret out crucial information about potential jurors that voir dire and jury questionnaires don’t reveal. The Texas Lawyer article, “Jury Consultants Need Not Apply — Winning Litigator Relies on Web Instead” (subscription required), details how […]

FMC Technologies, Employee Force Cameron to Drop Non-Compete Suit in Texas

HOUSTON – Cameron International Corp. dropped a non-compete agreement lawsuit against oilfield services company FMC Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd and one of its employees after losing key motions in court. U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas in Houston granted a joint motion to dismiss the case with prejudice. She previously found that Cameron’s non-compete contract was […]

FMC Technologies and Employee Win Key First Round Against Cameron in Non-Compete Case

HOUSTON – A Texas federal judge ruled for oilfield services company FMC Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd and one of its employees in a non-compete agreement fight with competitor Cameron International Corp. where the FMC employee previously worked. U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas found that Cameron’s non-compete contract was overly broad and rejected the company’s motion […]

AZA Argues Newspaper Defamation Case Before Texas Supreme Court

 AUSTIN, Texas – Attorney Jane Langdell Robinson, Of Counsel with Houston’s AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, recently argued before the Texas Supreme Court that media reporting on the private lives of a public employee’s family members are not entitled to enhanced protection under the First Amendment when the reporting is not on a matter […]

Nine AZA Lawyers Named Among Nation’s Best for Commercial, Patent Litigation

HOUSTON – Nine lawyers with the Houston commercial litigation firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, have earned selection to the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for their work in commercial and intellectual property litigation. Best Lawyers, one of the most respected lawyer guides in the country, lists AZA attorneys Joseph Ahmad, […]

AZA Wins Sanctions Order Against Wells Fargo in Securities Fraud Lawsuit

NEW YORK – A federal judge in New York has sanctioned Wells Fargo Securities LLC for failing to comply with an order in March to produce documents and witnesses for depositions in the securities fraud suit brought by European bank LBBW Luxemburg S.A. The sanctions order is the latest win achieved by lawyers with the […]

Houston Lawyer Todd Mensing of AZA Earns Martindale-Hubbell’s Highest Rating

HOUSTON – Commercial litigation attorney Todd Mensing of the Houston law firm AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent peer review rating, the highest possible ranking by the respected guide to the nation’s top lawyers. The annual listing bases its ratings on confidential reviews from attorneys and judges. Mr. Mensing earned […]

Nine from Houston’s AZA Law Firm Earn 2016 Texas Rising Stars Honors

HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, is proud to announce that nine attorneys from the Houston-based trial law firm have been named to the 2016 Texas Rising Stars list, which recognizes the state’s leading young lawyers. AZA partner Elizabeth Pannill Fletcher and associates Jamie Alan Aycock, Sammy Ford IV, Benjamin Foster, Tiffany Joudi, […]

AZA Lawyer Adam Milasincic Featured in Legal Magazine Cover Story

HOUSTON – Trial attorney Adam Milasincic of Houston’s Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, or AZA, is the focus of a cover story published in the Super Lawyers Magazine’s Texas Rising Stars 2016 edition, which recognizes the top young attorneys in the state. The magazine is published by Thomson Reuters legal division, which selects the […]

AZA Named Among Both Top Energy, Top IP Law Firms in Houston Law Guide

HOUSTON – AZA, or Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, has been ranked among both the top energy and top intellectual property (IP) law firms in the 2016 edition of the Houston Business Journal Law Guide, which lists the city’s leading firms in several areas of legal expertise. AZA is ranked alongside some of the city’s largest […]

AZA Secures Another Multimillion-Dollar Victory for National Oilwell Varco

HOUSTON – A Houston state court jury this week returned a take-nothing verdict in favor of National Oilwell Varco, L.P., (NYSE: NOV), after finding that a former employee who sought more than $20 million in damages was rightfully fired for a safety violation and not the victim of race discrimination. The jury in Harris County […]

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