Long-time IP Lawyer Robert Turner Joins McDole, Kennedy & Williams
Robert Turner, who has practiced intellectual property law for 45 years, has left Jones Day's Dallas office.
Billable Hour: Adapted from the book, ‘Lawtalk’
Few terms hold more importance for a law firm’s clients or its employees than billable hour--not a real hour, but sixty minutes of work that the lawyer can bill a client for. It is no accident that a popular lawyer joke on this subject made its first written appearance in a major federal case on attorneys’ fees. As recounted by a dissenting judge,
Billable Hour: Adapted from the book, 'Lawtalk'
Few terms hold more importance for a law firm’s clients or its employees than billable hour--not a real hour, but sixty minutes of work that the lawyer can bill a client for. It is no accident that a popular lawyer joke on this subject made its first written appearance in a major federal case on attorneys’ fees. As recounted by a dissenting judge,
LAWTALK: It’s Not Just for Lawyers Anymore
Did you know that the phrase “wet foot dry foot” was inspired by a Dr. Suess novel? Or that “black letter law” once had a negative connotation? What about the surprising linguistic origin of “green card”?
V&E’s Public Finance Group Moves To Bracewell
Fourteen partners and possibly a dozen more counsels and associates in Vinson & Elkins’ public finance group announced Tuesday they will join Bracewell & Giuliani in January.
V&E’s Public Finance Group Moves To Bracewell
Fourteen partners and possibly a dozen more counsels and associates in Vinson & Elkins’ public finance group announced Tuesday they will join Bracewell & Giuliani in January.
Houston Energy Lawyer Darrell Taylor Takes Practice to Jones Day
Houston energy lawyer Darrell Taylor is taking his Capital Markets Practice from Baker Botts to Jones Day.
National Law Firms Try Again in Texas
Prominent national law firms such as Chadbourne & Parke and Jenner & Block tried for three decades to crack the Texas legal market. They were lured by the milk and honey of corporate law: boatloads of billable hours from cash rich oil and gas businesses that do not blink at paying top rates.
Lone Star Law: A New Book to Add to your Law Library
By Mark Curriden, JD Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook (FT. WORTH) NOVEMBER 11 — The history of Texas lawyers and law is rich. There are many great characters and amazing stories.
V&E Represents Peregrine in $145 Million Project Financing to Complete an Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility in Wyoming
Vinson & Elkins represented EQT Infrastructure in its acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Peregrine Midstream Partners, a Houston-based natural gas storage company.
V&E Represents Peregrine in $145 Million Project Financing to Complete an Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility in Wyoming
Vinson & Elkins represented EQT Infrastructure in its acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Peregrine Midstream Partners, a Houston-based natural gas storage company.