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Like Everything Else, Top Muni Bond Issues of 2020 Were… Complicated - It is no surprise that the pandemic touched everything. But bond counsel and bond issuers found novel ways to beat the pandemic. Nushin Huq describes the problems, the solutions and the Top 10 bond deals of 2020. January 26, 2021Nushin Huq

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Bellaire Lawyer and Client Sanctioned $150K for Telling ‘Numerous Outright Lies’ - A state judge sanctioned a Bellaire lawyer $150,000 after finding that the lawyer filed false and frivolous claims on behalf of his Chinese client, including one of residence near his failed Houston area chicken restaurant, while he was apparently living in Shanghai. January 26, 2021Natalie Posgate
Another Fertitta SPAC Deal; This One for $875M - The SPAC market’s hot streak continues with a multibillion-dollar deal involving a blank-check firm helmed by Houston hospitality mogul and NBA team owner Tilman Fertitta. White & Case and Ropes & Gray are advising. January 26, 2021Caroline Evans
Latham Advises on Two $1B+ SPAC Deals - The two deals, part of a huge spate of SPACs advised by Latham involve business software and solar fintech. Caroline Evans has the names of the lawyers involved. January 25, 2021Caroline Evans
V&E, Latham, Mayer Advise on $2.6 Billion EV Charging SPAC Merger - EVgo, a Los Angeles-based electric vehicle charging outfit that opened its first-ever station in Texas in 2011, is set to go public through a merger with New York-listed blank-check firm Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition. Proceeds from the deal will fund the company's ambitious expansion plans. January 22, 2021Caroline Evans
Texas M&A: A Bottom-Heavy Market…For Now - When you're looking at Mergermarket stats on deals by Texas companies or Corporate Deal Tracker stats on deals handled by Texas lawyers, 2020 looks pretty much the same: more than two-thirds of last year's deals were worth less than $500 million.

Caroline Evans explains the significance of that fact.
January 21, 2021Caroline Evans

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Bankruptcy Experts: Middle Market’s ‘Day of Reckoning is Coming’ - Corporate bankruptcies in Texas shattered all records during the first 11 months of 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic and struggles in the oil patch sent an historic number of large, multibillion-dollar companies rushing to federal court to restructure. All that changed in December, as Chapter 11 business bankruptcies plummeted more than 60% from November. But bankruptcy experts see a second blitz of bankruptcies – this time filed by middle market and smaller companies, which will be much more difficult to restructure – hitting the Texas courts in Q2 and Q3 2021. January 25, 2021Mark Curriden

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Appellate Year 2020 in Review: SCOTX and the Fifth Circuit - The Texas Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit transitioned to remote arguments and kept busy dockets in 2020. The federal appellate court handed down key decisions offering guidance to businesses and commercial litigators regarding judgment finality, jurisdiction and removals. The state Supreme Court issued 32 emergency pandemic-related orders, clarified the high standard for sanctions under the court’s inherent authority and resolved a longstanding conflict on an issue of appellate procedure. The appellate experts at Haynes and Boone have the details. January 15, 2021Anne Johnson, Ben Mesches & Alicia Pitts

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SCOTX Ponders Demands for Uninsured Medical Charges
CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 13 Firms, 132 Lawyers, $6.8B
Steve Cox Resigns as EDTX U.S. Attorney, First Asst. Takes Over
Schwab Hires Shamoil Shipchandler as New Chief Counsel
SCOTUS to Determine Fate of Climate Change Suits in State Courts
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Appellate

  • TX Chief Justice on Partisan Elections: ‘It just looks horrible’
  • Texas Appellate Power Couple Judge Jim and Allyson Ho: How They Met Rests with Textualism
  • Dewayne Brown’s Lawyers on SCOTX Decision: ‘We’ve Set a Precedent’ — Updated

Bankruptcy

  • DBJ: Studio Movie Grill Founder Discusses Bankruptcy, Future of the Chain
  • DBJ: Adeptus Health’s Flawed Business Model, COVID-19 Contributed to Bankruptcy, Expert Says
  • DBJ: Tuesday Morning Emerges from Chapter 11

Commercial Litigation

  • ‘You Have Been Grossly Negligent’: Fireworks Continue in Legal Recruiter Case
  • Top 10 Commercial Litigation Moments of 2020
  • NDTX Enforces Arbitration Clauses Signed During Ongoing FLSA Litigation

Corp. Deal Tracker/M&A

  • Blackstone Deal Reunites Former Colleagues
  • CDT Roundup: 22 Deals, 14 Firms, 135 Lawyers, $6.8B
  • Two New Fortress Deals for $2.1B Are Part of LNG Gas-To-Power Play

GCs/Corp. Legal Depts.

  • Marathon Oil Hires Alta Mesa GC to Lead Legal Team
  • Updated – Fired DFW Asst GC Paul Davis: ‘I was not trying to break in’ the Capitol
  • Halliburton Names Van Beckwith its Chief Legal Officer

White-Collar/Regulatory

  • Exit Interview: Erin Nealy Cox
  • Erin Nealy Cox Steps Down: ‘I gave it all I could for as long as I could’
  • DBJ: Mr. Cooper to Refund $73M to Home Mortgage Borrowers Dating to Nationstar Days

Firm Management

  • DBJ: Dallas Law Executive ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ for 2021
  • Susman Godfrey: Associate Bonuses Hit $170K Amid ‘Heartbreaking’ Year
  • Houston Bar Gives Thanks, Raises $878K for Pro Bono

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  • In the Push for Diversity at the Top, Norton Rose Fulbright Finds Sponsorship vs. Mentorship is Key - All corporate law firms struggle with racial and gender diversity, but Norton Rose Fulbright appears to have figured out the formula for inclusion among its highest ranks. Four of its U.S. management committee are women - three are women of color. The firm's new global chair is an African American woman. Six of the 11 associates promoted to partner this week are ethnic minorities or women. The data begs the question: How did a century old global law firm achieve so much diversity in its leadership ranks? January 4, 2021Mark Curriden

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  • ‘Crucify Him! Crucify Him!’ The Story of the Mob and the Minister - Dr. Howard Jones stepped to the pulpit of his church 115 years ago six days after a riotous mob had terrorized his city. A judge, prosecutor and sheriff who facilitated the murderous herd were among his congregation. In one of the greatest sermons ever preached, he denounced lawlessness and cowardice. The result: Dr. Jones was fired as pastor. The mob burned down his home. He and his family fled for their lives. But his sermon is as true today and it was in 1906: "Whatsoever a man - or a community soweth - that shall they also reap." January 24, 2021Mark Curriden
  • M&A 2020 Rankings: Mergermarket Names the Top 50 Law Firms - For six of the past seven years, three law firms consistently rank as doing the most M&A deals in Texas. That did not change in 2020 - though all three saw a decline in deal activity. Only eight of the top 50 law firms involved in Texas dealmaking are Texas-based. Overall, M&A work declined for 27 of the top 50 firms and increased for only 19. The Texas Lawbook has the details. January 19, 2021Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Caldwell Cassady, Norton Rose Fulbright Add Partners, Hedrick Kring Opens in Houston - The Texas corporate partner lateral market nearly evaporated in 2020, but there are signs that some lawyers - especially in litigation practices - are ready to make moves.
  • FBFK Adds Stefani Carter to its Shareholder Ranks
  • Thompson Coburn Gains Healthcare Litigator in Dallas
  • State Tax Expert Jumps to Reed Smith
  • Austin Trial Lawyer Joins Butler Snow from Scott Douglass & McConnico
  • Bell Nunnally, Cole Schotz Gain IP Partners
  • Houston Deal Partner Leaves Latham for Willkie
  • Former Noble Energy Environmental Transactions Expert Joins White & Case
  • EY Tax Leader Moves to Mayer Brown
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Akin Gump
Alston & Bird
Antero
Arclight
Baker Botts
Bakkt
Benchmark 
Bracewell
CAI Software
Charles Schwab
Cottonwood 
CRIS
Daikan
Desktop Metal
DIRTT
Element Markets
Eversheds Sutherland
EVgo
FBFK
Foley
Gibson Dunn
Golar LNG
Haynes and Boone
Hunton AK
Hygo Energy
InterContinental Exchange
Jackson Walker
Jones Day
Kirkland
Latham
Locke Lord
Marathon Oil
Mayer Brown
McDermott
New Fortress
Norton Rose Fulbright
ORIX Capital Partners
Petco
Pioneer Natural Resources
Porter Hedges
Proterra
Radley
Rise Fund
Shearman & Sterling
Sheppard Mullin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Specialty Welding
Switchback II
Thompson Coburn
Thompson Coe
Thompson & Knight
TPG
US Attorney's Office EDTX
V&E
Victory Park Capital
White & Case
Winstead

Lawyers in the News

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Doug Bacon
Jimmy Blacklock
Jane Bland
Denis Braham
Thomas Brandt
Heather L. Brown
Brett Busby
Stefani Carter
George Christian
Kevin Chumney
Lauren Corbeil
Steve Cox
Wade Crosnoe
Kevin Crews
Amy Curtis
Tess Dennis
Nick Dhesi
Sarah Dunn
Richard Frye
John Furlow
Michael Gibson
John Goodgame
Lisa Hearn
Robert Hughes
John Jackson
Monte James
Bryan Jones
Robert Kimball
Paul Knowlton
Dilen Kumar
Ramey Layne
Jessica Lewis
Doug Lionberger
Brice Lipman
Matt Lyons
Ryan Maierson
John McGowan
Morgan McPheeters
Matt Nadworny
David Oelman
Eric Otness
Joe Perillo
Aiesha Redmond
Alex Rose
Jeff Schlegel
Gregg Schmitt
Shamoil Shipchandler
Gerson Smoger
Lande Spottswood
David Staas
David Stone
Ram Sunkara
Rosalyn Tippett
Natalie Vesti
Mackenzie Wallace 
Kimberly Warnica
Donald Wilcox
Nicole Williams
Nathan Wolcott
Abbey Zuech

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