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Joan Bullock, the first woman dean of the historically Black university's law school, says her abrupt dismissal in June was unexplained, undeserved and lacked due process. She is asking the court to enjoin the school from revoking her tenured teaching position until the facts surrounding the dismissal are heard by a faculty committee.
The cash-and-stock deal doubles the Talos presence in the Gulf of Mexico, adding 40% in production and substantial deepwater infrastructure in its current operational areas. Vinson & Elkins was involved, along with Gibson Dunn. The Lawbook has the names of the lawyers who advised.
The deal marks yet another consolidation in the sourcing, transportation and processing of LNG, this time in the Marcellus and Utica Shales. The Lawbook has the names of the Texas lawyers involved.
Below is a list of qualified M&A transactions reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2022. This list, available to PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, is organic and searchable. It is designed to grow as
Below is a list of qualified capital markets transactions reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2022. The list, for PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, is organic and searchable. It is designed to grow as
Below is a list of qualified capital markets transactions reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2022. The list is organic, designed to grow as deals are reported. So if you
Shell USA announced Monday that it is paying $1.96 billion to acquire all outstanding stock of its subsidiary Shell Midstream Partners, which has assets involved in crude oil and refined products pipelines and terminals that serve as key infrastructure to transport onshore and offshore crude oil production to U.S. Gulf Coast and Midwest refining markets. The entities chose Houston lawyers from Baker Botts and Gibson Dunn as its legal advisors. The Lawbook has lawyer names and other details.
There have been a few big energy deals this year, but none quite as big as one that closed last week. The merger between Woodside Petroleum and BHP was announced last August. But that was long before the Ukraine war and $120 oil. Vinson & Elkins partner Kaam Sahely was in the thick of it all that time. He shed some light on what it took to get the deal done. That, and the weekly roll call of Texas dealmakers are in the CDT Roundup.
The new dean of SMU's Dedman School of Law comes with a trunkful of credentials, a broad range of educational interests and confidence in his belief in what the new breed of lawyers need: an ability to think critically; the quantitative skills to do so and the tools that equip them for a tech-savvy corporate world where change is constant.
Jason P. Nance, an associate dean at the University of Florida's Levin School of Law with early ties to Texas, has been selected to guide the school beginning in August.
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