Albright, Patent Lawsuit Magnet, Said to Be Shifting to Austin

Judge Alan D Albright of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas is set to leave his one-judge federal courthouse in Waco, Texas, where the former patent litigator attracted so many patent suits that it drew criticism in the halls of Congress and at the US Supreme Court.

Albright is expected to preside instead in Austin, Texas, which is within the same district and has a vacancy, two sources told Bloomberg Law on Wednesday. The move, voted on and approved by judges in the Western District of Texas, awaits final approval from the Judicial Council of the ...