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For Premium Subscribers In October 2022, the U.S. government imposed novel and complex semiconductor export control rules designed to limit Chinese access to advanced integrated circuits for artificial intelligence and
For Premium Subscribers Growing up, Carolyn Lam had no interest in being a lawyer. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, were against her becoming an attorney. “They were extremely concerned about
For Premium Subscribers Since joining the City Electric Supply legal team in November 2021, Clinton Willett has “successfully risen from a driven new attorney to the ‘go-to’ finance, corporate structure
For Premium Subscribers As nearly 300 Dallas leaders gathered at 2323 North Field Street just north of downtown on Oct. 10 for the official groundbreaking of Goldman Sachs’ new $500
A year that began with arguments at the Texas Supreme Court that contemplated whether ERCOT is "too big to fail" and ended with a surprise sale by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban of a majority stake in his professional basketball franchise was sure to be chock-full of headlines that were attention-grabbing, compelling and noteworthy.
The Simpson team was co-led by partner Christopher May in Houston. KKR already served as Global Atlantic’s asset manager for the last three years, offering access to its global investment and origination capabilities for the benefit of GA’s policyholders.
BlackRock is a dirty name, at least among some Texas legislators, for its vigorous investments in energy transition. But it is also the world's largest asset manager with $9.42 trillion under management. This week's CDT Roundup looks at BlackRock and the law firms whose Texas offices often count BlackRock as a client. That, along with the Texas lawyers and firms behind the nine deals reported during the holiday-shortened week.
This edition of P.S. features an award received by an Aldous Walker attorney, an upcoming international rule of law-focused CLE hosted by Dallas nonprofit ACT and a Veterans Day gala tonight in Houston co-chaired by the top lawyers at CenterPoint and ConocoPhillips. Plus: a feature of Haynes Boone associate Alex Clark, an Air Force intelligence analyst turned lawyer who helped organize a special swearing-in at the state capitol this week for newly minted lawyer-veterans, discusses how his personal experiences motivate him to continue serving veterans.
A federal jury heard four days of testimony from nine fact witnesses and two experts in a trademark infringement, fraud, defamation and unlawful business interference case brought by fintech firm ConsumerDirect against a competitor. The jury deliberated for three hours before delivering a multimillion-verdict in the litigation ... for the defendant, Array. It is the second time in a decade that lawyers at Reese Marketos won a huge judgment for the same client as a defendant.
Locke Lord's Kevin Peter counseled KMI and Hogan Lovells' Greg Hill represented NextEra on the sale of the pipeline system, with KMI viewed as the likely buyer.
Sidley counseled National Western, the second time in the last three years that the firm has assisted with sale of a publicly traded insurance company associated with the Moody family.
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