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Texas Employment Law Update

Fifth Circuit Holds That Attorney's Fees Not Recoverable In Title VII Mixed-Motive Retaliation Case

In a recent case from the Fifth Circuit, the Court held that attorney’s fees are not recoverable for a prevailing plaintiff in a Title VII mixed-motive retaliation case. In Carter v. Luminant Power Serv. Co., the plaintiff employee brought a Title VII discrimination and retaliation claim alleging that he was disciplined for his complaints of racial discrimination. A jury found that Carter’s complaints motivated Luminant’s disciplinary decision but it also found that Luminant would have made the same decision despite Carter’s complaints (i.e., the mixed-motive defense). Because the plaintiff only prevailed on his retaliation claim and the employer established its mixed-motive defense, the . . .

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Equine Law Blog

Petition For Review Denied in Hilz v. Riedel

Today, the Supreme Court of Texas denied review in Hilz v. Riedel, a Fort Worth Court of Appeals decision reversing a summary judgment granted pursuant to Chapter 87 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. As such, the Fort Worth Court of Appeals' opinion will stand and the case will proceed to trial on remand to the trial court. A detailed discussion of the Fort Worth Court of Appeals' opinion is contained in this prior post.

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Robin B. Perras

Biography

Robin B. Perras focuses her practice on corporate securities transactions, including public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, securities laws compliance, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law matters. She regularly advises investment advisors to onshore and offshore funds with respect to investment management activities. Ms. Perras also has experience representing clients in proxy contexts and consent solicitations.

Affiliations and honors

Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
Tarrant County Bar Association

Education

The University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1997
Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1994

Admissions

State Bar of Texas, 1997

Robin B. Perras

Partner

robin.perras@kellyhart.com

P (817) 878-3575

F (817) 878-9775

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PRACTICE AREA(S)

Corporate & Securities

Corporate Finance/Securities Regulation

Mergers and Acquisitions

Nonprofit Organizations

Corporate Governance

Ms. Perras represented a privately-held gas transporter and processor in connection with its $1.6 billion sale to a NYSE publicly-traded company.