In re Dish Network, LLC

3 Citing cases

  1. In re WHC, LLC

    570 S.W.3d 349 (Tex. App. 2018)

    Under Rule 503(b)(1), a client has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications made to facilitate the rendition of professional legal services to the client. TEX.R.EVID. 503(b)(1) ; seeIn re DISH Network, LLC , 528 S.W.3d 177, 181 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2017, orig. proceeding). The attorney-client privilege protects these confidential communications between a client or the client’s representative and the lawyer.

  2. In re Dish Network, L.L.C.

    563 S.W.3d 433 (Tex. App. 2018)   Cited 14 times
    Holding that unsubstantiated denials that a valid agreement exists are an insufficient basis for pre-arbitration discovery

    Relators, DISH Network, LLC and Echosphere, LLC (referred to collectively as DISH) have filed a mandamus petition against the Honorable Luis Aguilar, Judge of the 243rd District Court of El Paso County, Texas, to challenge the trial court’s order permitting the real party in interest, Yvette Delgado, to engage in pre-arbitration discovery. DISH also challenges the trial court’s refusal to rule on its motion to compel arbitration as ordered by this Court in a prior mandamus proceeding. SeeIn re DISH Network, LLC and Echosphere, LLC , 528 S.W.3d 177 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2017, orig. proceeding) ( In re DISH Network I )(holding that trial court abused its discretion in deferring a ruling on former employer’s motion to compel arbitration until after completion of discovery on a disqualification issue raised by former employee who claimed discrimination and retaliation, where employee failed to offer any evidence that she had an express or implied relationship with law firm in issue; ordering trial court to rule on motion to compel arbitration within thirty days). We conditionally grant mandamus relief.

  3. In re Dish Network L.L.C.

    No. 08-22-00022-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 30, 2022)

    This is the fourth mandamus action arising from Delgado's termination. See In re DISH Network, LLC, 528 S.W.3d 177, 186-87 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2017, orig. proceeding) (holding, in part, trial court erred in refusing to rule on motion to compel arbitration until discovery was completed); In re DISH Network, L.L.C., 563 S.W.3d 433, 441 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2018, orig. proceeding) (holding the trial court abused its discretion in failing to quash a notice of deposition and permitting pre-arbitration discovery); In re Dish Network, L.L.C., No. 08-18-00214-CV, 2019 WL 3940963, at *1 (Tex.App.--El Paso Aug. 21, 2019, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (denying mandamus relief in challenge to pre-arbitration discovery). In the interest of brevity, we recount only the facts pertinent to the resolution of the limited issue raised here.