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Allen Pusey

Allen Pusey is a senior editor and writer at The Texas Lawbook.

Allen Pusey

Prominent legal and investigative journalist Allen Pusey is a senior editor and writer at The Texas Lawbook.

Prior to joining The Lawbook, Pusey was the editor and publisher of the ABA Journal, which is the nation’s largest circulation legal publication. Before his decade with the Journal, Pusey spent 26 years as a reporter and editor at The Dallas Morning News, where he was a special projects editor and covered the Supreme Court of the United States.

A former director at the Center for Public Integrity, Pusey brings extraordinary experience and knowledge of the legal industry to The Texas Lawbook. Our readers are now the beneficiaries of his amazing talent as a writer and editor.

You can reach Allen at allen.pusey@texaslawbook.net or 202.669.4398.

Dykema M&A Survey Reveals Guarded Optimism

Dykema's 16th Annual M&A Survey is out, and the results are upbeat — but cautious. COVID-19 is the culprit, of course, but respondents were considerably more positive than this time last year. In a week that began with a stock market tumble fueled by a mixed government response to COVID-19, more than 70% of the nation's top business executives surveyed said they are essentially optimistic that the market for mergers and acquisitions will strengthen in the next 12 months. The Lawbook has the details.

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CDT Roundup: 8 Deals, 55 Lawyers, 5 Firms, $352M

The second week of October recorded the lowest total value for transactions ever recorded by the CDT Roundup. But with two major M&A deals already reported this week, there is absolute certainty that next week's report will be better.

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Takeaways from a First Jury Trial in Waco

A trial in Waco pitting a Florida inventor against the streaming service Roku may not have been spectacular, but it was notable, as much for points in style as for points of law. Allen Pusey explains.

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Rebeca Huddle of Baker Botts Named to SCOTX

Gov. Greg Abbott has selected El Paso native Rebeca Huddle to fill the open seat on the Texas Supreme Court left by Justice Paul Green, who retired from the bench at the end of August. Huddle, a former justice on the First Court of Appeals in Houston, was most recently the partner-in-charge of Baker Botts' Houston office.

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Haynes and Boone Energy Reports: Lower Bases, Less Credit, More Hedging

Energy companies are likely going to face a new lending environment, even when the nation exits from its current coronavirus woes, according to new reports by Haynes and Boone. Even though prices have stabilized banks are changing the rules, and O&G companies are moving toward greater self-reliance in the process.

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