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Lawyers for Toyota Motor Corp. fought hard in a Dallas district court Thursday to keep sealed a set of documents leaked years ago by a former in-house lawyer that are resurfacing in a defective product case. The Japanese automaker is arguing that the documents, though readily available on the Internet, are protected by an attorney-client privilege that the company has never waived.
Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst is celebrating 25 years on Friday. But unlike the woes of uncertainty many twenty-somethings feel when contemplating what the hell they are doing with the rest of their lives, firm founder Mike Lynn has never felt better about his litigation boutique’s future. And even despite elite national firms rapidly changing the landscape of the Texas legal market, Lynn thinks the future is where the firm's best days will be. He explains why in this article.
When financial services firms offer their representatives special incentives related to a specific product or service, they often draw the attention of securities regulators. But Ronak Patel of Winstead argues that a recent action by the Massachusetts Securities Division signals a shift in enforcement strategy and that financial firms in Texas should take note.
The U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board refused to deny a challenge by a French pharmaceutical to a patent held by Seattle-based Immunex. The ruling sets the stage for a full-scale challenge to a patent on drug treatment for allergies, rhinitis and other immune system problems. Natalie Posgate has the details in The Texas Lawbook.
The long-expected merger between Virginia-based Hunton & Williams and Andrews Kurth Kenyon was announced publicly Wednesday. The combined firm will be called Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Transactions were all over the map last week involving a major acquisition by a chemical giant, a major oil and gas purchase by a company in pre-packaged bankruptcy, capital funding for a medical device manufacturer and a merger by two companies in the infrastructure business just as the Trump administration announced plans to pump $200 billion into public works projects. Claire Poole has deal details and weekly totals in her CDT Weekly Roundup in The Texas Lawbook.
Godbey, who was Stewart's boss two decades ago at Gardere Wynne Sewell, is now coming full circle by joining her protégé's policyholder-exclusive insurance law boutique. The Texas Lawbook has the exclusive details on why Godbey made the move.
© 2018 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo (Jan. 31) – Winstead is bolstering its securities litigation practice by luring two former government prosecutors to the firm as shareholders. Toby
Gary Kennedy, in his new book Twelve Years of Turbulence, takes readers behind closed doors and into previously private, confidential meetings at the world's largest airline. From the decision to ground all plans on 9/11 and a secret lunch between legendary NFL QB and American Airlines board member Roger Staubach and Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison regarding expansion of Love Field to key confidential meetings involving AA's bankruptcy and merger with US Airways, Kennedy provides a front row seat for one of the most complex, expensive and successful corporate restructurings in history. The Texas Lawbook and the Association of Corporate Counsel's DFW Chapter give lawyers an exclusive opportunity to meet with Kennedy and hear the real story of American Airlines tumultuous journey.
Strasburger & Price, a Dallas law firm founded in 1938 by two law school buddies and grew to become one of the most prominent corporate law practices in Texas, is involved in merger discussions with Detroit-based Clark Hill. The combined firm would have more than 600 lawyers and annual revenues of about $270 million. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details.
Hooman Yazhari has an amazing story to tell. His family was forced to flee their native Iran in the revolution of 1979 or face imprisonment by the Revolutionary Guard. He's guided three billion-dollar businesses through bankruptcy and restructuring, including one where he discovered the CEO was stealing from the company. But Yazhari's amazing legal work in the CHC Helicopter restructuring earned him a spot as a finalist for the the Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award for GC of the Year for a Small Legal dept.
A surge in deal-making over the last few weeks has observers believing that 2018 may be a strong one. Tax reform and a rise in oil prices fueled a week that saw 129 Texas lawyers from 15 different firms and in-house teams working on 19 transactions worth $9.4 billion. That was up considerably from the previous week when 49 Texas lawyers worked on 10 transactions worth $6.28 billion. Claire Poole has her weekly update in The Texas Lawbook. and the news is good.
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