Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
By Mark Curriden – (July 11) – Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis made it official Wednesday. It is opening an office in Dallas. To staff its North Texas operation, Kirkland has hired nine corporate transactional lawyers from four elite law firms – Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Winston & Strawn – and one accounting firm, KPMG.
Larry Glasgow and Richard Waggoner have jumped to Jackson Walker from Foley Gardere. They each bring more than 30 years of experience with their mergers and acquisitions practices.
The SEC announced Thursday that it has settled its insider trading case against former ClubCorp Holdings Vice President Nelson “Frank” Molina. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
What role, if any, do legal marketers play in turning a discussion on the business case for diversity into action or starting the conversation at all? How do various departments work together to respond to their clients requests in this area? Why does this matter to clients? Terra Davis, regional marketing development coordinator at Holland & Knight, addresses these questions in this article.
Thirty-four large corporate law firms – half of them with offices in Texas and two firms based in Texas – have signed a pledge to provide legal support and resources for immigrant families who are separated from their children when crossing the border to seek asylum.
The 2nd Circuit decision emphatically declares that horizontal privity continues to apply under Texas law. Accordingly, unless the May 28th decision is reconsidered or otherwise overturned, virtually all existing gathering dedications in Texas are potentially at risk under the 2nd Circuit’s reasoning.
A Texarkana appeals court has issued an opinion that favors a Dallas E&P company in a mineral rights dispute in East Texas and provides clarity on right of first refusal clauses in oil and gas leases.
Travis County prosecutors are apparently investigating whether a prominent transactional attorney for Vinson & Elkins broke the law May 10 when he left the scene of a boating accident on Austin’s Lake Travis.
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