Range GC David Poole says Range’s legal needs have increased as the company has grown.
Rackspace GC is Tired of ‘Giving Money to a Protection Racket’
Alan Schoenbaum is fed up with patent trolls and he’s not going to take it any more. The San Antonio tech GC vows to fight the patent assertion entities.
Rackspace GC is Tired of 'Giving Money to a Protection Racket'
Alan Schoenbaum is fed up with patent trolls and he’s not going to take it any more. The San Antonio tech GC vows to fight the patent assertion entities.
Winners and More Winners at DFW GC Forum Golf Tourney
It was a hot day, but a cool event, for participants in the annual golf tournament of the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the General Counsel Forum. One stroke separated the first place team of GCs from Charles River Associates and Bell Helicopter and the second place team sponsored by Precision Discovery. FlexJet’s Amanda Willis took the prize for the longest drive. Although no one hit a hole-in-one and won the Model S Tesla, a good time was had by all.
American Airlines Names Post Merger VP Over Legal and Regulatory Affairs
Long-time AA General Counsel Gary Kennedy is leaving after nearly three decades working in the airlines’ corporate legal department. AA CEO-in-waiting Doug Parker announced that his current executive vice president for corporate and government affairs at US Airways Group, Steve Johnson, will oversee the company’s legal and regulatory affairs.
Texas Law Firm GCs Watching Georgia Supreme Court Case
Do communications between a law firm’s lawyers and its in-house GC fall under the attorney-client privilege and work product when a dispute arises between the law firm and one of its current clients? The Georgia Supreme Court is currently handling that exact dispute. “This is a case that every law firm and every corporate general counsel’s office should be watching,” says Randy Johnston, a Dallas legal ethics and malpractice expert.
Bob Dedman: Post ClubCorp, Guiding New Chapter of Family Business, Golf Legacy
Longtime Dallas businessman and SMU law graduate Bob Dedman is known for his thoughtful and deliberate decision-making. Yet, when presented with one of the most important deals of his career, he took fewer than five minutes. The back-story takes a bit longer to tell. It involves historical research, a golf legacy, a few colorful characters, a billionaire’s vision and even Mother Nature – not necessarily in that order.
Austin Industries Names D. Steven Henry New Chief Legal Officer
Prominent Gardere constructional lawyer D. Steven Henry will become CLO on July 1. Austin Industries, which is one of the largest construction firms in the U.S., said Henry is joining the company now because long-time General Counsel Charles Hardy is scheduled to retire at the end of 2014.
Baker Botts Makes Debut Law Firm Appearance at the Bush Center
Guests of the firm’s Spring Enterprising Women’s Series learned about the Bush Institute’s Women’s Intiative.
INTA Floods Dallas with 9,000 Trademark Experts
For Alcon Labs Assistant GC Sheldon Pontaoe and AT&T Trademarks Attorney David Cho, the International Trademark Association annual meeting has been a chance to meet face to face with colleagues from across the globe and to discuss the latest legal trends, including product counterfeiting.
Be a Leader? Why Should I? I’m just the Lawyer
Lawyers are trained to be leaders in their firms and in their communities. But in a time where risks to in-house and law firm counsel are significant – and sometimes even personal – will lawyers step up and take the leadership helm? Even though authentic leadership is so often lacking in today’s day and age, will the fear of very real consequences win out over the courage to lead?
GCs Added to Expanded Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee
Texas’ two U.S. Senators have named a 35-member commission to review and evaluate candidates interested in filling six open federal district judgeships and two openings on the federal circuit court of appeals.
The Federal Judicial Evaluations Committee, appointed by Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, is stacked with high-profile Texas lawyers from the state’s largest and most prestigious law firms. New on the list, however, are four corporate general counsels, including chief legal officers or lawyers-turned-executives at JC Penney, Apache Corporation, Pride and Goldcrest Investments and Valley Baptist Health Systems.
The panel will advise the two senators regarding the qualifications of federal judicial candidates nominated by President Obama for federal judicial positions that are currently open or become open during the next four years.
UT GC Burgdorf Moves to Beatty Bangle and VuCOMP
“The job has changed in recent times,” he says, giving a nod to the recent controversy within the UT Board of Regents.
A G.C.’s Taste of Wine: Swirl. Sniff. Sip. Savor. Repeat.
Greg Blair’s love affair with wine began innocently enough early in the new millennium with the winning bid for a wine tasting at a fundraising auction for a school in Austin. Today, the general counsel for Amvensys Capital Group is back in Texas and generous with “how-to” advice for novice oenophiles.
AMR Legal Fees in Bankruptcy Exceed $170 Million
With a few months of bankruptcy proceedings still to go, AMR’s legal fees continue to mount, topping more than $170 million so far.
AMR Lawyers: Bankruptcy and Merger Deal “Extraordinarily Unique, Complex” and Expensive
American Airlines GC Gary Kennedy and his lead outside counsel, Thomas Roberts and Glenn West of Weil, provide an exclusive insight into how the AMR and US Airways deal came together. “It is an intense deal with lots of moving parts,” says West.
Oil & Gas Legal Experts: MENA Still Very Risky Investment
Hunt Oil’s Dennis Grindinger, ConocoPhillips Counsel Harry Sullivan, and SMU Law Professor John Lowe discuss the Middle East and North Africa.
Oil & Gas Legal Experts: MENA Still Very Risky Investment
Hunt Oil’s Dennis Grindinger, ConocoPhillips Counsel Harry Sullivan, and SMU Law Professor John Lowe discuss the Middle East and North Africa.
V&E Advises Pioneer in $1.7 Billion Deal with Sinochem
Pioneer GC Mark Berg says the issues in this type of JV “may be common, but every deal focuses on the specific nature of the assets and the specific needs of the parties.”
V&E Advises Pioneer in $1.7 Billion Deal with Sinochem
Pioneer GC Mark Berg says the issues in this type of JV “may be common, but every deal focuses on the specific nature of the assets and the specific needs of the parties.”
The ‘Ethics Follies’: Lee Cusenbary Makes Music With Legal Issues
San Antonio General Counsel and former actor Lee Cusenbary is the director of a musical parody, way-off-Broadway production and continuing education program that shows that the slippery slope of ethics provides ongoing fodder that teaches ethics while entertaining audiences.