Prosperity Life Buys Moody Family’s National Western for $1.9B
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.
Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
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.

Only three Texas lawyers so far in 2023 worked on M&A deals with a combined deal value of $25 billion or more, according to The Texas Lawbook’s exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker. See their numbers and those of more than 300 Texas lawyers here.
Below is a tabulation of M&A and Funding transactions by Texas-based lawyers reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. This list is designed to grow as new deals are reported. So if
Below is a tabulation of M&A and Funding transactions by Texas-based firm-lead lawyers reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. This list, available to PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, is searchable, and is designed to grow

The Corporate Deal Tracker’s Texas lawyer rankings for M&A dealmaking in 2023 ranked by deal count from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31 shows that only two lawyers have been involved in at least 10 mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures so far this year, but 23 have worked on five or more transactions during the first eight months of the year.
After a daylong evidentiary hearing, U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer said the radio station’s owners failed to show they would suffer irreparable harm if the new podcast by Dan McDowell and Jake Kemp continues until December, when a civil trial is scheduled to determine whether the two violated their noncompete agreements with KTCK "The Ticket."
Akin represented the buyer and Kirkland the sellers in something of a strategic departure for Viper.
© Copyright 2025 The Texas Lawbook
The content on this website is protected under federal Copyright laws. Any use without the consent of The Texas Lawbook is prohibited.