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The Texas Lawbook Top 50: Corporate Lawyers Make $6 Billion, Elite Law Firms Biggest Beneficiary- Corporate lawyers operating in Texas made a record-smashing amount of money in 2018. Exclusive new research by The Texas Lawbook shows that the top 50 business law firms with offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin generated just a hair shy of $6 billion in revenues in 2018 – a 6% increase from 2017. Twenty-six corporate law firms worked more hours and collected more dollars last year than ever before. Several elite legal practices had huge financial gains last year. A few large Texas legacy law firms experienced significant economic declines in 2018. The Texas Lawbook has the details. April 15, 2019Mark Curriden

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Grammer Defamation Trial Pits Real Housewife vs. ‘Real Life’- The legal battle stems from an October 2013 incident in which Camille Grammer alleges her ex-boyfriend assaulted her in a Houston hotel room after they got in an argument. The defamation trial is U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer's second jury trial since joining the bench last year. Natalie Posgate is in the courtroom. April 17, 2019Natalie Posgate

DBJ: Property Owners, Dallas Developer Battle on Shores of Possum Kingdom Lake- With the help of a deep-pocketed backer, property owners are duking it out with the owner of the resort, who says he has been unfairly targeted. April 17, 2019Bill Hethcock of the Dallas Business Journal

Houston Judge Orders Ex Execs to Pay Superior Energy $72M in Global Kickback Saga- A state district judge in Harris County has ordered two former executives of a Superior Energy subsidiary to pay $72 million, after a jury ruled in December that they committed fraud, breached their fiduciary duties and misappropriated trade secrets against their former company. Natalie Posgate reports. April 16, 2019Natalie Posgate

CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 14 Law Firms, 91 Texas Lawyers, $38.9B- Early last week, M&A activity for the year was lagging. Then came the $33 billion sale of Anadarko to Chevron. With that deal, everything changed – at least statistically. The equity and debt markets continue to be stingy, so what do companies do for new capital? Claire Poole has the answer, along with her weekly roundup of deals involving Texas lawyers. April 16, 2019Claire Poole

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Q&A: Ryan Maierson’s Big Month and What It Says About the M&A Market- Latham & Watkins partner Ryan Maierson has been very, very busy, leading three billion-dollar deals in the last month. The Lawbook's Claire Poole had a chance to talk to him about those deals and what they say about dealmaking right now. April 11, 2019Claire Poole

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Section 199A: A Brief Introduction- One of the most discussed parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is IRC section 199A, which includes the complex rules for determining when a taxpayer can deduct up to 20% of certain “pass-through” income. Jason Freeman of Freeman Law provides an analysis of the Treasury's final regulations governing this provision. April 17, 2019Jason Freeman

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V&E Advises Anadarko on $33B Sale to Chevron in Biggest Shale Deal Ever

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CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 10 Law Firms, 85 Texas Lawyers, $6.87B

Kraton’s Jennie Howard – A Rookie with Securities Experience and a Huge Heart- Jennie Howard's first day in the legal department at Houston-based Kraton Corp. began with her assignment to a $1.7 billion acquisition. She had to hit the ground running. Three months later, the deal was closed and she got REALLY busy overseeing a wide variety of corporate responsibilities. As a result she's a finalist for Rookie of the Year in the 2019 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards. April 18, 2019Mark Curriden
Tim Johnson – A Plane Crash and a Painful Turnaround- When Tim Johnson's friend and boss – the founder of the company he worked for – died tragically in a plane crash, it was a "punch in the gut." But things were about to get worse. In the wake of his friend's death, Johnson uncovered a massive fraud at his company. The skill and determination with which he approached that problem, as well as others that emerged at Peak Completion Technologies, has resulted in his nomination as GC of the Year for a Small Legal Department in Houston's 2019 Corporate Counsel Awards. April 17, 2019Mark Curriden

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