In this Q&A with The Texas Lawbook, American Airlines Senior Attorney Steffen Horlacher discusses the traits he seeks in outside counsel, what outside counsel need to know when working for him and more.
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In this Q&A, Texas Capital Bank GC Anna Alavardo discusses the traits she seeks in outside counsel, what outside counsel need to know when working for her and her thoughts on DEI.
Ex-Chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Joins V&E
Vinson & Elkins announced Monday that Jon Niermann, the former chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, has joined the firm as an Austin-based partner working within its environmental practice, the firm said in a news release.
Constellation Energy Acquires Houston’s Calpine Corporation for $26.6B
In one of the largest ever green energy generation transactions, Constellation Energy has agreed to acquire Calpine Corporation, a Houston-based natural gas and geothermal energy provider taken private by Energy Capital Partners in 2018. Lawyers from Kirkland, Gibson Dunn, Latham and White & Case are advising on the deal.
Landry’s Trademark Trial Kicks Off in Houston
Opening statements were made Wednesday afternoon in the case that pits billionaire Tilman Fertitta’s Landry’s against Landry Distilling, a company that launched in Austin in 2021 and sells bourbon and rye whiskey featuring quarter horses on the bottle.
P66 Buys EPIC NGL Assets for $2.2B
The deal, which includes two fractionalization facilities and more than 1,300 miles of pipeline, expands P66 capacity to move NGL from production points across the Permian Basin to Gulf Coast refineries.

Top 10 Texas Legal News for 2024
Judge-shopping claims, a surrogacy scam, and the opening of the Texas business courts were among the Androvett Legal Media team’s top five legal stories in Texas for 2024. But they didn’t top the list.

Lawyers, Guns and Money: An occasional series on movies, TV and other stories about lawyers and the law — Juror #2 (2024, Dir. Clint Eastwood)
A man is picked for jury duty. He seems like a solid enough fellow, maybe a little melancholy, and more handsome than most, because he’s played by Nicholas Hoult, whose eyes are an almost impossibly bright shade of blue. He shows up the first day of the trial and a look of panic plays out across his face. It seems he might have done something in his past that could have direct bearing on whether or not the defendant is found guilty. If he comes forward, he might end up behind bars himself.

Lawyers, Guns and Money: An occasional series on movies, TV and other stories about lawyers and the law — Liar Liar (1997, Dir. Tom Shadyac)
Liar Liar, the 1997 Jim Carrey comedy about a dishonest man whose son makes a birthday wish condemning his dad to tell the truth for 24 hours, could have been about a doctor. Or a sanitation worker. Or a restaurateur. But what fun would any of that be? No, Carrey’s Fletcher Reede had to be a lawyer, because in the public imagination lawyers lie — constantly, for a living, without shame.

Lawyers, Guns and Money: An occasional series on movies, TV and other stories about lawyers and the law — 12 Angry Men (1957, Dir. Sidney Lumet)
One is an unrepentant racist. Another is filled with rage for his grown son. There’s the guy who has Yankees tickets burning a hole in his pocket. There’s an ad man, a stockbroker, a proud immigrant and a blue collar working man. And there’s the stoic architect — the one who actually wants to hear everyone out, who takes his responsibility as a juror with the seriousness appropriate when a defendant’s life is at stake. Sixty-seven years after its release, 12 Angry Men remains an explosive drama of small-scale democracy, bottled up in a jury room where individual prejudices and passions gradually coalesce into a collective voice.
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