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Corporate Bankruptcies: ‘Calm before the Storm’ in TX - Business bankruptcy filings in Texas plummeted during the first six months of 2019, but experts predict a financial storm is brewing that could force hundreds and hundreds of Texas businesses into insolvency. "We are beginning to see some bad signs,” says Sidley's Duston McFaul. "Another wave is on the way," says Jackson Walker's Elizabeth Freeman. Adds Lou Strubeck: “We are on the cusp of something big happening.” The Texas Lawbook has new data and complete details in Part One of a series. August 14, 2019Mark Curriden

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Fifth Circuit Hands Win to TX Billionaire for Due Process Violations by Moroccan Court - In addition to the compelling elements the case brings - royal intrigue, a foreign proceeding, a billionaire, and even a death threat - the case involves novel legal issues that any appellate lawyer would gobble up. Natalie Posgate explains. August 16, 2019Natalie Posgate

Judge Awards $339M in Home Healthcare Fraud Qui Tam Action - A federal judge in Dallas on Wednesday ordered four healthcare professionals to pay the federal government $339.4 million in a whistleblower action tied to one of the largest home healthcare fraud cases in U.S. history. August 15, 2019Natalie Posgate

Six Forest Park Defendants Seek Acquittals or New Hearings - In separate pleadings filed last week, six of the defendants found guilty in the spring for their roles in a bribery and kickback scheme at the now-defunct Forest Park Medical Center are asking the U.S. District Court in Dallas for judgments of acquittal or, alternatively, new trials. Texas Lawbook correspondent Bruce Tomaso provides a summary of the arguments. August 15, 2019Bruce Tomaso

Akin Gump, Jackson Walker Advise Sanchez Energy on Bankruptcy Filing - Another oil and gas company has filed for bankruptcy protection, this time Houston-based Sanchez Energy Corp. August 13, 2019Claire Poole

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Firm Report: E&P Bankruptcies On Rise - Bankruptcies have hit North American oil and gas explorers and producers harder than oilfield service and midstream operators over the last four-and-a-half years, with an uptick so far this year, according to Haynes and Boone. August 14, 2019Claire Poole

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It’s Time for Geographic Diversity in SCOTX Appointments - Gov. Abbott will soon make his third appointment in five years to the Texas Supreme Court. Some want him to make diversity a priority. Six of the current eight justices are white, non-Hispanic men. There’s another, more subtle form of diversity that has also, for too long, been overlooked in appointing justices: geographic diversity. August 12, 2019Christopher Kratovil

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CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 15 Firms, 68 Lawyers, $17.7B

Fifth Circuit Preserves Constitutionality of Native American Adoption Law

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Stream GC Daniel Terrell: ‘Herculean Effort’ Results in Successful Divestiture

Texas’ decision is an assault on the sacred conservative principle of religious liberty. The right to exercise one’s faith should not be denied to any American, including those condemned to death. Government interference in the practice of religion should not be tolerated and clergy of all faiths should be allowed at executions in Texas.

- Hannah Cox, national manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty on the decision by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to no longer allow members of the clergy to accompany condemned inmates to their execution. The statement supported a letter signed by 188 Texas pastors and clergy condemning the new policy.

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