Baker Botts partner Bill Kroger, Blank Rome partner Susan Bickley and Vinson & Elkins partner Chris Popov called colleagues and clients, law firm leaders and neighbors. Because the annual Harvest Celebration was cancelled due to the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of dollars in support for legal aid in Houston were in jeopardy. Kroger and other Houston Bar leaders took action. The results: A truly Happy Thanksgiving.
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DBJ: Topgolf CEO Discusses Merger with Callaway
In an interview with the Dallas Business Journal, Topgolf CEO Dolf Berle also gave the skinny on the company’s plans for global expansion and his transition out of the CEO role in 2021.
Dallas Lawyers Deliver Thanksgiving Dinners to Families in Need
Today 33 lawyers in Dallas are delivering Thanksgiving dinners to 34 families in need. It has become a tradition and important cause for Dallas trial lawyer Michael Hurst, who started the effort 17 years ago.
SAS v. WPL: A Longstanding Transatlantic Dispute with an East Texas Flavor
Two competitors in software programming have almost tied up a complex copyright infringement lawsuit in East Texas. For the prevailing side, World Programming Limited, hopes the development is the final destination of what’s involved multiple layovers of legal disputes elsewhere in the U.S. and across the pond.
Prosperity Bank’s Charlotte Rasche and Bracewell’s Will Anderson – Real Lawyers for Real Bankers
Charlotte Rasche has handled more than 30 M&A transactions for Prosperity Bank – first as a lawyer at Bracewell and now as the financial institution’s chief legal officer. None of those deals, however, were close to being as large or important as Prosperity’s $2.1 billion purchase of Plano-based LegacyTexas Bank a year ago. Working with Bracewell’s Will Anderson, Rasche completed one of the largest bank deals in Texas history in less than five months. Rasche and Anderson are the winners of the 2020 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for M&A Transaction of the Year.
Q&A: Charlotte Rasche
The Texas Lawbook provides unique and substantive content to our Premium subscribers. In this exclusive interview, Prosperity Bank General Counsel Charlotte Rasche provides insight what she looks for when hiring outside counsel, key things that outside counsel need to know about her, how the role of the GC has changed and the need for more diversity in the legal profession.
WDTX Judge Dismisses Patent Claims Against Two Formula 1 Drivers — Updated
A federal court in Waco on Friday dismissed Lewis Hamilton and Charles LeClerc from a patent infringement suit brought against the Formula One drivers and several other major players in the world of professional racing. Some may hail from Monaco, but that hasn’t stopped a legal who’s who of Texas lawyers from already appearing in the litigation.
Porter Hedges Wins $143M Judgment for Downhole Tech Founder
The nine-figure judgment is a bittersweet win for a team of Porter Hedges lawyers, whose client did not live to see the result. But opposing counsel at three Houston firms assured an appeal is coming — one that is sure to catch the attention of Texas employers and boards alike as important issues surrounding for cause termination play out.
SCOTX Doubles Down on TWCA Exceptions
Doubling down on a ruling earlier this year that intent governs whether employee lawsuits are excepted from the restrictions of the Texas Workman’s Compensation Act, a unanimous SCOTX tossed a $43.5 million jury verdict for a worker who lost a leg in what the court itself described as “an avoidable, unjustifiable, and grossly negligent accident.” Janet Elliott explains.
County Canvassing Done; Houston Appellate Races End Up Equally Red & Blue
The Fourteenth Court’s two sitting Republican justices — Tracy Christopher and Ken Wise — have won their races, while two Democratic challengers — Veronica Rivas-Molloy and Amparo Monique Guerra — have defeated their incumbent opponents in the First Court of Appeals.
