In March Plano-based property-management software company ResMan proved to an East Texas jury that two Houston-based defendants, ResMan customer Karya Property Management and software developer Expedien, misappropriated ResMan’s trade secrets to develop a rival product. 

The spring trial resulted in a $152 million verdict, later reduced to a $62 million final judgment — at the end of the day, still a significant win for Houston lawyer Maria Wyckoff Boyce and a team of colleagues at Hogan Lovells. 

Read more: East Texas Jury Hits Two Houston Companies with $152M Verdict — Updated - The Texas Lawbook