For Premium Subscribers MB2 Dental Associate GC Jonathan Koh discusses how he selects outside counsel, mistakes that legal departments make regarding diversity and inclusion and the role GCs play in
Q&A: Juli Greenberg of General Motors
Julie Greenberg visited with Texas Lawbook pro bono, public service and diversity and inclusion reporter Natalie Posgate about the biggest challenges facing corporate legal departments and law firms regarding diversity, which diversity programs she thinks are effective and the significance of the pipeline.
Texas M&A in 2022: ‘Halting, Cautious…and Busy’
2023 was a year of contrasts: deals were up, but values were down; interest rates were up, but the energy sector was vibrant; dealmakers were cautious, but their lawyers were busy, busy, busy. The Corporate Deal Tracker has the year-end tally and analyses by our Texas experts from every corner of the market.
Q&A: Chelsea Casiano, Forney GC
Premium Subscriber Content: A Q&A with Forney GC Cheslea Casiano, who discusses how she hires outside counsel and negotiates rates, her pro bono efforts and the day last September when she had to be rushed to the emergency room.
Trial Begins in $500M Wrongful Death Case Against Bobcat
Opening statements came Thursday morning in a trial that’s expected to last three weeks and seeks to hold Bobcat of Houston and its parent company responsible for the incident that killed Ricardo Garza in October 2017. Plaintiff’s lawyer Chrysta Castañeda told jurors the family’s patriarch had been “flayed alive” by a piece of forestry equipment.
Q&A: Ocwen’s Joel Israel
Using innovative research techniques and an aggressive litigation strategy, Israel and his outside counsel at Womble convinced California judges to reject two such lawsuits. In doing so, they sent a message that frivolous litigation would not be tolerated.
Israel found time for Mark Curriden, founder of The Texas Lawbook, who asked him about his views and expectations of outside counsel, lessons learned from the pandemic and, as a proud Duke alum, how he has coped with the retirement of the school’s legendary basketball coach, Mike Kryzewski.
Bruce Wark: ‘No shortage of stories, trying times, hard fought cases’
Bruce Wark, Deputy General Counsel American Airlines For their work at American Airlines, colleagues Charlene Wandrisco and Bruce Wark are recipients of the 2022 DFW Corporate Counsel Award for Senior Counsel
Charlene Wandrisco: ‘You get jet fuel in the blood’
Charlene Wandrisco, Managing Director and Senior Counsel American Airlines For their work at American Airlines, colleagues Charlene Wandrisco and Bruce Wark are recipients of the 2022 DFW Corporate Coursel Award for
Q&A: Charlene Wandrisco of American Airlines
Charlene Wandrisco and Bruce Wark have been named co-recipients of this year’s competition for Senior Counsel of the Year for large firms by the DFW Chapter of Association of Corporate Counsel and The Texas Lawbook.
Lawbook founder Mark Curriden had a chance to discuss with Wandrisco her standards for hiring outside counsel, the legal profession’s diversity problem and her best day ever at American Airlines.
SAExploration Sues Auditor for Malpractice, Negligence, Seeks $45M
Houston oilfield services corporation SAExploration is suing its long-time former auditor for allegedly failing to detect a $100 million fraud scheme operated by the company’s former top executives for several years. SAE accuses Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas of negligence, malpractice and “dereliction of duty” that resulted in SAE being forced into bankruptcy, subjected to multiple federal investigations, being delisted by Nasdaq and targeted for class action lawsuits.