Darden Buys Chuy’s in $605M Deal
Out-of-state lawyers led the Hunton Andrews Kurth team that counseled the buyer and a Dallas group from Winston assisted the seller on the transaction, which comes with a 30-day "go-shop" period.
Texas Lawbook Hires Jeff Schnick as Editor
The Texas Lawbook has hired longtime business journalist and editor Jeff Schnick as its new editor. Schnick, 45, is the former editor of the Dallas Business Journal and a former assistant business editor at The Dallas Morning News. He will oversee a news team of nine reporters who cover business litigation and trials, corporate mergers, acquisitions and capital markets, law firm management and business bankruptcies.
“We’re working persistently to make our news product more comprehensive across all our coverage areas, as well as to ensure that our premium subscribers are offered more exclusive data and stories,” Schnick said in a Q&A, where he discusses his background, his passion for newspapers and his plans for enhancing Lawbook content.
P.S. — Animal Wellness Advocacy, July Legal Clinics, Public Defense Research
This week’s edition of P.S. features a Dallas-area law school’s new six-figure research project aimed at protecting Sixth Amendment rights, July dates for the Dallas Bar Association and Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program’s pro bono legal clinics (virtual, telephone and in-person), and background on a national animal rights-focused nonprofit that recently hired a new director in Texas.
Firms and companies featured in this week’s P.S. include Akin, Bradley, DLA Piper, Haynes Boone, Katten, Hunton Andrews Kurth, McDermott, Winston, Gibson Dunn, Prudential and EQT Corp.
Phillips 66 Sells Stake in Rockies Express Pipeline for $1.275B
Bracewell and Vinson & Elkins advised Phillips 66 and Tallgrass, respectively, on the deal which advances the P66's determination to divest itself of $3 billion in non-core assets. On the buyer side, Tallgrass now holds total equity ownership in one of the largest natural gas pipelines in the U.S.
Matador Inks $1.9B Bolt-On Deal with EnCap for Delaware Basin Assets
The two sides were counseled by Baker Botts and Vinson & Elkins, much as they were in a similar transaction in 2023. The bolt-on transaction includes an interest in Piñon Midstream, a pipeline and gas treatment operation that expands Matador's operational footprint in New Mexico and West Texas.
Waste Management Picks up Stericycle for $7.2B
The garbage giant tapped Vinson & Elkins and Baker Botts and the target used Latham & Watkins. The deal is expected to broaden the scope of the Houston-based buyer's service offerings.
Up-and-coming or Uninhabitable? RHONY Stars Erin and Abe Lichy’s Tribeca Lease Dispute Analyzed Under New York and Texas Law
A rent dispute stemming from the TV show “Real Housewives of New York” provides lessons for commercial real estate landlords and tenants.
Drafting and Planning for Succession in a Closely Held Business
The focus of this article is on small businesses, in the sense that there are only a small number of owners and the owners are employees of the company. These
Lawyers, Guns and Money: Quiz Show — An Occasional Series on Movies, TV and Other Stories About Lawyers and the Law
In this installment of Lawyers, Guns and Money, veteran entertainment writer Chris Vognar reviews Quiz Show, the 1994 movie directed by Robert Redford starring Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes and John Turturro.
Q&A: Hector Pineda
Shell’s Hector Pineda discusses what he considers when hiring outside counsel, diversity and inclusion efforts and more.
Dallas Trial Begins for Physician Indicted in $39M Medicare Fraud
Dr. David M. Young of Fredericksburg, Texas, is accused of electronically prescribing orthotic devices and genetic tests for thousands of patients he never met. U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr told the 14 jurors and alternates chosen Tuesday that the trial is expected to take about two weeks.
Q&A: Leslie Hillendahl
Leslie Hillendahl shares what outside counsel needs to know about her and more.