Intercontinental Terminal Co., the company responsible for this week’s black plume in Houston’s sky, was sued in February 2018 by its former hazardous waste specialist for gender discrimination. In December, the lawsuit was amended her compliant to include allegations that the company intentionally released more than a million gallons of hazardous waste into flood waters during Hurricane Harvey to save money. The Houston Chronicle has details.
Updated – Bill Powers, a Lion of the Texas Bar, Remembered
Bill Powers served three years in the Navy and taught jurisprudence and legal process to thousands of students over three decades. He was dean of the UT School of Law for five years and president of UT for a decade. Powers, 72, died Sunday morning from complications from a fall he experienced in September. The Texas Lawbook looks at Powers’ career.
Tony Romo and NFL Face Off in Court of Appeals… Again
Lawyers for a business co-founded by Tony Romo told a three-judge panel in Dallas Wednesday that the issues behind the former Cowboys quarterback’s dispute with the National Football League should have been treated as matters of fact instead of being tossed by the trial judge in a 2017 summary judgment.
Shonn Brown Joins Kimberly Clark as Deputy GC
Dallas trial lawyer Shonn Brown had an interesting Friday. In the early morning hours, she won a 10-digit jury verdict in Dallas County District Court. After lunch, she packed up her office at Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst and moved her litigation practice to Irving-based Kimberly-Clark Corp., where she is now the deputy general counsel over litigation and regulatory.
Unseated Dallas DA Joins Litigation Firm
Faith Johnson, who lost the Dallas County District Attorney’s race in November to John Creuzot, has landed in private practice at a Dallas litigation boutique.