EOG Resources to Acquire Encino Acquisition Partners for $5.6 Billion
The deal, which makes Houston-based EOG one of the largest producers in Appalachia's Utica shale play was advised by Wachtell, Akin and Latham & Watkins.
SCOTX Sides with American Midstream, Reverses Rainbow Energy Marketing’s $6.1M Win
Justice James P. Sullivan wrote the court’s unanimous 8-0 ruling in favor of American Midstream, holding the $6.1 million win for Rainbow Energy Marketing cannot stand. Justice Sullivan explained that when a Harris County trial judge “impermissibly blue-penciled extra words” into the parties’ contract, it caused a “cascade of errors that we now correct.” Justice John P. Devine did not participate in the decision.
Fired Trucking Company Wins $9.5M Verdict in Suit Against El Rancho Supermercado
A Dallas County jury on Thursday awarded almost $9.5 million to a trucking business that claimed it was forced aside when a private equity firm acquired its principal client, the El Rancho Supermercado grocery chain.
Blackstone to Acquire TXNM Energy for $11.5B
The take-private deal fits the grid-based energy strategy of Blackstone, one of the largest data center operators in the nation.
Premium Subscriber Q&A: Richard Heaton
In this Q&A with The Texas Lawbook, Hines Chief Legal and Compliance Officer Richard Heaton discusses the traits he seeks in outside counsel, what outside counsel need to know when working with him and more.
Premium Subscriber Q&A: Kathleen Bertolatus
In this Q&A with The Texas Lawbook, Kathleen Bertolatus discusses the traits she seeks in outside counsel, what outside counsel need to know when working with her and more.
Houston Crane Co. Slammed with $640M Verdict Over Construction Site Fatality
Jurors in Harris County this week awarded the family of a man who was killed at a construction site a total of $640 million, most of which came in the form of a whopping $480 million assessment of punitive damages against Houston-based TNT Crane & Rigging. A day before the jury assessed punitive damages, counsel for TNT had asked the court in an emergency motion for a mistrial, dismissal of the punitive damages phase of trial and sanctions against plaintiffs counsel, Tony Buzbee.
Q&A with Lobbyist Amy Bresnen
Amy Bresnen began working at the Texas Capitol in the 2000s as a grunt in the army of college-age students that runs on Red Bull and ambition to complete the behind-the-scenes work critical to each session. The Texas Lawbook recently sat down with Bresnen in a quiet corner of the Capitol cafeteria to discuss her work.