Commercial real estate giant CBRE recently announced that Sidley Austin signed a long-term lease renewal and added 30,000 square feet to its Houston office footprint at Wells Fargo Plaza.
Cantey Hanger Associate Named Chair of People’s Law School
The People’s Law School is a program offered each year by the Tarrant County Bar Association and the Tarrant County Bar Foundation that provides free seminars on common legal issues.
SEC: Former ClubCorp Exec Admitted Insider Trading Violations
The SEC announced Thursday that it has settled its insider trading case against former ClubCorp Holdings Vice President Nelson “Frank” Molina. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
SEC: UDF & Execs Misled Investors, Falsified Public Records, Agree to Pay $8.2M in Penalties
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officially filed charges Tuesday against two prominent Grapevine-based real estate investment trusts and five of its senior executives for misleading investors about the financial health of one of its key funds.
LMA Panel: Legal Marketers Can Contribute to Firm Diversity Efforts
What role, if any, do legal marketers play in turning a discussion on the business case for diversity into action or starting the conversation at all? How do various departments work together to respond to their clients requests in this area? Why does this matter to clients? Terra Davis, regional marketing development coordinator at Holland & Knight, addresses these questions in this article.
KBR Pays $2.5M Penalty Settling 2013 Financial Overstatement
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that Houston-based KBR employed insufficient financial controls and procedures that resulted in the global engineering and construction company overstating in publicly-filed documents
‘Mami, Por qué dejas que me lastimen?’ – Corp. Lawyers Help Anguished Parents & Children at the Border
Lawyers arrive in the early morning hours at the Port Isabel Detention Center in an attempt to meet with detained parents from Central America who fled their homes in fear
Judge Kinkeade Cuts Half-Billion-Dollar Jury Verdict against Oculus/Facebook by 50%
U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade Wednesday refused to set aside last year’s verdict against Facebook and its virtual reality subsidiary Oculus, but he slashed in half the Dallas jury’s $500 million award to video game company ZeniMax Media. Both sides are expected to appeal. The Texas Lawbook has the story.
Law Firms Pledge Lawyers, Resources for Families at the Texas Border
Thirty-four large corporate law firms – half of them with offices in Texas and two firms based in Texas – have signed a pledge to provide legal support and resources for immigrant families who are separated from their children when crossing the border to seek asylum.
Sabine Saga: 2nd Circuit Upholds Rejection, Cites Approach that Could Broadly Undercut Texas Gathering Agreements
The 2nd Circuit decision emphatically declares that horizontal privity continues to apply under Texas law. Accordingly, unless the May 28th decision is reconsidered or otherwise overturned, virtually all existing gathering dedications in Texas are potentially at risk under the 2nd Circuit’s reasoning.