Dallas Business Journal: Headington Cos. Fires Back at Forest City
July 24, 2015 — The Dallas Business Journal (DBJ) reports on a real estate dispute between an affiliate of Forest City and Brewer client Headington Realty and Capital LLC.
On July 8, the Forest City affiliate filed suit against billionaire Tim Headington's companies claiming that Headington's plan to develop a five-story boutique shop on Main Street in downtown Dallas would harm a residential building next door — blocking the windows in several units.
In the face of the lawsuit, the report states, Headington has "fired back with a strongly worded letter through his attorney William 'Bill' Brewer III."
The letter asks Forest City to immediately dismiss its suit with prejudice "because it is groundless and brought in bad faith."
"The claims they articulated are so grossly lacking in any legal merit, you have to wonder why it was done," Brewer told the DBJ. "In Texas, you are allowed to develop your property and utilize it to its best effect. It is particularly annoying here, given the present owner of the property frankly is not only a newcomer to Dallas, in a sense, but stood silently by when the property was up for sale."
"They had an opportunity to buy it, restrict it in some way and put it back on the market, but they didn't do that," Brewer said.
To read the full article, “Headington Cos. Fires Back at Forest City in Fight for Public Perception,” click here (subscription required).
Dallas Business Journal Reports on Settlement in American Cancer Society Lawsuit
June 4, 2013 — The Dallas Business Journal reports that the Bickel & Brewer Storefront, the community service affiliate of the Dallas law firm, has reached a settlement on behalf of the American Cancer Society in connection with weather-related losses during the 2012 Cattle Baron's Ball.
The American Cancer Society filed suit against an insurance agency and insurance brokerage firm alleging they "botched" an insurance policy that should have allowed for the collection of $300,000 due to storm-induced losses after heavy rains soaked the event venue.
The report states, "The suit claimed Cattle Baron's Ball organizers wanted and thought they had purchased coverage that would pay if it rained an inch or more between 4 p.m. and midnight on the day of the event at Southfork, which it did. Instead, the rainfall was measured at Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, more than 12 miles away from the event site, where less than an inch fell."
Terms of the settlement with insurance agency Ragland Strother & Lafitte were not released.
Dallas Business Journal: Wylys Did No Wrong, Lawyer Says
November 12, 2010 – The Dallas Business Journal reports today that “Sam and Charles Wyly should not be held liable for insider trading or other misdeeds the Securities and Exchange Commission has alleged they’ve committed because they’ve done nothing wrong. At least that’s the message the Bill Brewer…wants to convey about his Dallas billionaire clients.”
“The SEC case lacks merit,” Brewer told the DBJ. “The (Wylys) that the community has known for the last 40 years are good, honorable and law-abiding folks…about whom the SEC has told a tall tale. It’s a tall tale that’s inconsistent with the people we’ve known for all these decades,” Brewer said.
Read the full report here.