Q&A: Kelli Roach of Black Mountain Sand
For Premium Subscribers Black Mountain Sand GC Kelli Roach dishes on being a solo GC, her best day on the job, how she hires outside counsel, mentoring and her hero
CDT Roundup: 17 Deals; 16 Firms; 146 Lawyers; $5.8B
The new year has arrived with an uptick in O&G deals, typified by this week's sale by Chesapeake of Eagle Ford assets. This week's CDT Roundup takes a look at that deal and discusses the near-term market for similar transactions with one of the lawyers who advised Chesapeake. And as always, there's the CDT review of the week's transactions and the lawyers who advised on them.
Q&A: Bill Dunne of Civitas Capital
For Premium Subscribers Civitas GC Bill Dunne talks about being a solo GC and what he seeks in outside counsel. Texas Lawbook: What is it like being a solo GC?
Q&A: Jonathan Koh of MB2 Dental
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.