Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Clarity. Brevity. Honesty. Three of the many tips five judges from the Fifth Circuit have for lawyers taking cases to the federal appeals court. Last week's Dallas Bar Association event was the largest gathering of Fifth Circuit judges in DFW since Judge Catharina Haynes' investiture in 2008.
The firm left 777 Main Street in downtown for its new office on the 17th floor of One City Place at 300 Throckmorton Street.
Twenty-five of the 29 lawyers on the committee practice are listed as practicing out of at least one of the firm’s Texas offices.
Majorie Winters, who will be based in Austin, will counsel start-ups and mid-stage companies in matters related to formation, structuring, human resources, IP protection, financing and M&A.
BP and Transocean take their bitter, protracted half-billion-dollar battle over who pays for pollution-related liabilities arising from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster to the Texas Supreme Court this week. The federal court in New Orleans overseeing the Deepwater Horizon case asked the Texas high court to decide a simple but critical issue: Is BP covered by Transocean’s insurance policy?
Matthew Motes assumes his leadership role after completing a term as vice chair of the section.
Jones Day represented Ajinomoto and Baker Botts represented Windsor, a private Houston-based manufacturer of ethnic frozen foods in the U.S. that owns brands including José Olé, Ling Ling and Tai Pei.
The jury found the tire company negligent for allowing continued exposure of asbestos fibers to its former employee, Carl Rogers, who passed away in 2009 from mesothelioma as a result.
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