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CDT Roundup: Beyond Finally Bags The Container Store in Long-Courted Takeover

The CDT Roundup saw 11 deals reported for the week ended April 4 with a total valuation of nearly $33 billion. The prior week had 13 deals reported with a total value of $10.7 billion, while a year ago at this time there were 19 deals valued at $27.76 billion.

The bulk of the week’s value derives from a $29.1 billion megamerger between two food distribution giants, Sysco and Jetro Restaurant Depot.

But the most interesting may be the much smaller acquisition — finally — of The Container Store by Beyond, Inc., better known by its pre-bankruptcy moniker Bed Bath & Beyond.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

April 5, 2026 Jason Philyaw

GCs, Law Profs, Litigation Boutiques, Judges File Briefs Supporting Susman Godfrey in EO Battle

More than a dozen legal groups representing corporate general counsel, smaller law firms, former judges and law professors filed amicus briefs Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit supporting Susman Godfrey and three other corporate law firms that are the targets of punishing executive orders by President Donald Trump.

The briefs signed by 21 law professors at Texas law schools, 23 small-firm lawyers in Texas and several prominent Texas firms asked the appellate court judges to uphold four lower court rulings that declared the presidential executive orders unconstitutional.

April 4, 2026 Mark Curriden

Texas is a Hotspot for Trade Secret Litigation, Data Shows

Recent data from Lex Machina shows Texas federal courts are a national hotspot for trade secret litigation, but the number of lawsuits filed here aren’t enough to crack the top five. The Southern and Northern Districts of Texas were the busiest.

April 4, 2026 Alexa Shrake

Heim, Payne & Chorush Adds Trademark Attorney as Of Counsel

Elizabeth King joins Houston-based intellectual property boutique Heim, Payne & Chorush as of counsel. She will lead the firm’s expanded trademark litigation and appeals practice.

April 3, 2026 Alexa Shrake

Hamilton Wingo Adds Former Assistant U.S. Attorney as Partner

Phillip Ragler joins Dallas-based Hamilton Wingo as a partner as the firm continues to bolster its personal injury and wrongful death practice. Ragler was an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida before joining the firm.

April 3, 2026 Alexa Shrake

P.S. — Bipartisan Texas Delegation Makes Push in D.C. For Legal Aid Funding, Lawyer-Led Charity Fundraisers Break Records

We highlight the pro bono work of Haynes Boone attorneys who have spent years helping students secure patents for innovations that are aiding a Malawi refugee camp. That and much more in this edition of P.S.

April 3, 2026 Krista Torralva

Energy Industry Lawyers, Texas Law Students, ABA File Amicus Briefs Opposing Trump EOs

Fifty-nine law students from eight different Texas law schools are among the 1,224 law students who filed an amicus brief supporting Susman Godfrey and three other law firms fighting executive orders issued last spring by President Donald Trump declaring the law firms to be threats to national security.

April 2, 2026 Mark Curriden

Lanier Talks Jury Selection, Outcome, What’s Next After Win Against Meta, Google in California Trial

When it came time to pick the jury for a landmark, bellwether social media addiction trial against Meta and Google, Mark Lanier had a choice to make: Did he want a jury more likely to find liability, or a jury more likely to maximize damages? “In this case, I made the choice for a liability jury,” Lanier told The Texas Lawbook in an interview Thursday. “In this case, the most important thing was to win. I told the team, we may win and only win $250,000, but I want to make sure we win.”

April 2, 2026 Michelle Casady

Abu Dhabi Investor Acquires EMG Pipeline Interests for $2.25B

An Abu Dhabi investor announced late Tuesday that it is taking a stake in two major natural gas pipelines that operate across and between the Upper Midwest and Canada.

Weil is advising on the deal with a team led from Houston.

April 2, 2026 Allen Pusey

Winston & Strawn Co-Chair Moves to Yetter Coleman

Houston litigator Michael Murphy has joined the boutique law firm Yetter Coleman as a partner. Murphy was with Winston & Strawn for six years, where he served as co-chair of the firm’s Houston litigation practice.

April 1, 2026 Alexa Shrake