The Houston Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel is forming a new partnership with The Texas Lawbook designed to provide business lawyers and the public with more insight into corporate legal departments. The Lawbook plans to publish in-depth profiles of ACC-Houston members and the legal work they do. This article has complete details.
Akin Gump Increases Pro Bono Commitment for Border Cases
Corporate bankruptcy lawyer Eric Seitz is in El Paso representing a Honduran father who fled murderous gangs with his teenaged sister who threatened to kill them and is seeking asylum. The need for lawyers at the border is still there and The Texas Lawbook has details.
Exclusive: Texas GC Forum’s Magna Award Celebration Attracts Record Attendance & Great Times
A record number of GCs attended last week’s Texas General Counsel Forum annual meeting in Austin. The centerpiece event was the Forum’s Magna Stella Awards, honoring in-house lawyers from ConocoPhillips, ETP, GE, Hanger, Keurig Dr Pepper, Texas Pharmacy Board, LyondellBasell, McLane, Toyota and Varsity Brands. The Lawbook was there and has exclusive photos.
North Texas Real Estate Developer Indicted for Fraud
A Collin County grand jury has indicted the owners and operators of North Forty Development and Texas Cash Cow Investments for securities fraud and money laundering.
Tonja De Sloover – A New Generation’s ‘Litigation Warrior’
She’s only 41, but ETP’s Tonja De Sloover has become the new face of high-stakes business litigation – aggressive, strategic and unafraid to go to trial. She’s also the perfect role model for highly successful women in law today. The Lawbook has an in-depth look at De Sloover, who is being honored Thursday night by the Texas GC Forum.
As Keurig Dr Pepper Shakes Up Beverage Industry, GC Jim Baldwin Provides Steady Leadership
Jim Baldwin has led Dr Pepper through several multi-billion-dollar mergers, including a highly complex spinoff from Cadbury Schweppes and subsequent IPO in 2008 and its $18.7 billion merger with Massachusetts-based Keurig earlier this year. This week, the Texas General Counsel Forum honors Baldwin with its prestigious Magna Stella Award for General Counsel.
Substantive Changes Coming to Courts of Appeals in Austin, Dallas & Houston
The unprecedented election last week of 20 Democratic candidates to the state courts of appeals in Austin, Dallas and Houston will have an almost immediate and substantive impact on civil litigation and issues such as enforcement of arbitration clauses, excessive use of Anti-SLAPP laws and deference to juries in large-dollar plaintiff’s verdicts.
UPDATED: Texas Supreme Court Justice Phil Johnson Retires
Texas Supreme Court Justice Phil Johnson, a conservative voice on the court for the past 13 years, has announced that he is retiring at the end of the year. Mark Curriden has the details.
Toyota Legal One’s Mission: ‘Achieve Diversity in the Legal Profession’
Since relocating its U.S. headquarters to Plano two years ago, the corporate legal department at Toyota has implemented a diversity protocol that is among the most aggressive in Texas. Next week, the Texas GC Forum is honoring Toyota with its Magna Stella Award. The Lawbook has details and exclusive interviews.
Mergermarket: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Lead Financial Advisors in Texas M&A
The Texas Lawbook has exclusive top 30 rankings of financial advisors in mergers and acquisitions involving Texas-based companies. Mergermarket data shows that 15 investment banks worked on 10 deals or more.