Weil's Mandy Price Appointed to LANWT Board of Directors
Price, a corporate lawyer in Dallas, also serves on the board of directors of the Texas Civil Rights Project and the board of trustees of the ChildCareGroup.
Godwin PC Names Alan York Managing Shareholder
York is a Houston appellate attorney.
Three TX Firms Close $1.6 Billion Private Placement for Pipeline MLP
The Houston-based midstream master limited partnership plans to use the money for capital expenditures, repayment of debt, and general partnership purposes.
SCOTX to Decide on Small Tobacco Manufacturer Taxation Case
The Texas Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of a special tax the state started levying against small manufacturers of discount cigarettes in 2013. At the urging of Big Tobacco, the state instituted a $0.55 per pack charge to cigarette makers not involved in the $17.3 billion settlement in 1998. This story has all the details in the dispute.
WT: Second trial in West explosion case canceled after settlements
A third group of plaintiffs is scheduled to go to trial on March 21.
WT: Second trial in West explosion case canceled after settlements
A third group of plaintiffs is scheduled to go to trial on March 21.
Wyly Billion-dollar Bankruptcy Trial Concludes
A lawyer for Sam and Dee Wyly told U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Barbara Houser that the tax evasion and tax fraud case brought by the Internal Revenue Service is nothing more than “a bunch of sound bites” and allegations that are not based on federal tax law.
Court: Al Hill Jr. must pay Shamoun $7.25 million in Lawyer Fees
Oil and gas heir Albert Hill Jr. must pay Dallas trial lawyer Gregory Shamoun $7.25 million for helping settle a lengthy and heated hundred-million-dollar inheritance dispute with his son, Al Hill III, the Dallas Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. The appeals court ruled The trial court was wrong to rule that there was no evidence that Shamoun being paid what amounts to $48,000 an hour was illegally excessive.