Federal prosecutors in Dallas announced Wednesday that they have charged AriseBank CEO Jared Rice Sr. with multiple counts of fraud related to a North Texas cryptocurrency scheme that used former heavy weight boxing champion Evander Holyfield as a spokesman.
Kerstin Arnold – A GC & Public Servant on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis
Texas Pharmacy Board GC Kerstin Arnold may be the most influential public health attorney in the U.S. and definitely is the single most important lawyer in Texas involved in the opioid crisis. Arnold, recently honored by the Texas GC Forum, has spent two decades “trying to change the world for the better.” This Lawbook profile shows how she’s done it.
Top Texas Biz Litigation Concerns: Cybersecurity, Contract Conflicts & Employment Disputes
Texas-based companies are facing fewer and fewer lawsuits and the lawsuits they are facing are costing them less, according to a new survey of corporate general counsel by Norton Rose Fulbright. But corporate in-house counsel in the state are increasingly worried about cybersecurity attacks and data breaches. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
ACC-Houston & Texas Lawbook Announce New Partnership
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.