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GCs: AI Having ‘Profound Impact’ Despite Being ‘Early Days’ - The development of artificial intelligence is in its preliminary stages, but general counsel and senior managing counsel at more than a dozen top Texas companies say it is already impacting their legal departments and how they work with outside counsel. The Texas Lawbook asked 18 corporate in-house counsel at businesses ranging from LyondellBasell, Energy Transfer and ExxonMobil to PepsiCo, Houston Methodist and Fertitta Entertainment for their experiences so far with AI. These are their responses. Texas Lawbook: How is AI impacting your internal team’s work? Phillips 66 GC Vanessa Sutherland: AI is increasing the capacity, speed and quality of our internal June 17, 2026
Rachel Morgan Joined Dave & Buster’s to Have ‘A Good Time Working with Great People’ - Customers at Dave & Buster’s and Main Event in Dallas-Fort Worth were introduced to a new employee at the entertainment and restaurant operations company: New D&B CLO Rachel Morgan, who spent her first week on the job working among its rank-and-file employees of all levels.
“Everything I ate was delicious, but my favorite was the pepperoni pizza with a cauliflower crust and the key lime pie cheesecake,” Morgan told The Texas Lawbook. “As for games, the new Stranger Things and John Wick games were a blast. At Main Event, they convinced me to try to ropes course and the human crane — I looked ridiculous, but both were a blast. And the staff beat me badly in laser tag. I had hoped they would have mercy on me, but they did not.” June 15, 2026
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The Nine Most Common Mediation Mistakes - Mediation is intended to resolve disputes, not to check a procedural box or make a perfunctory settlement attempt. Too often, avoidable missteps derail that objective. Here are common mediation mistakes that make resolution harder to achieve. June 15, 2026
Defining ‘Responsible’ in ‘Responsible Third Party’ Designation - In its recent decision in K&K Inez Properties v. Kolle, Texas Supreme Court clarifies the required showing for a “responsible third party” designation. This article examines the holding and its implications for practitioners. June 12, 2026
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‘The Golden Age for Corporate Law in Texas is Now’ (Updated) - Never in history have Texas corporate lawyers worked so many hours, charged such enormous rates and raked in more revenue and profits than they are right now. The Texas offices of more than three dozen law firms scored record-high revenues in 2025 — and many of them surpassed their old records by tens of millions of dollars, according to new Texas Lawbook 50 data.
Citing increased demand for legal services and healthy hourly rate increases, 48 of the Lawbook 50 law firms generated more revenue and more profits in their Texas operations in 2025 than they did in 2024. April 30, 2026
