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Texas’ senior justice has served on the state’s highest court for 25 years, authored more than 350 opinions and is scheduled to become the longest serving justice in Texas history in 2014. In three weeks, he will move his office 50 feet down the hall as he takes over as the state’s next chief justice. Gov. Perry made Hecht’s appointment official Tuesday. The Texas Lawbook has a full interview with the next chief justice, including whether Hecht plans to run for re-election next year.

The liquefaction tolling agreement is with SK E&S, South Korea’s first private company to import shale gas from U.S. soil.

The liquefaction tolling agreement is with SK E&S, South Korea’s first private company to import shale gas from U.S. soil.

In one of the largest “data breach” cases ever, hackers broke into the computers of Heartland Payment Systems, a credit card processor, and stole confidential information about millions of cards.

The Dallas oilman claims the New Jersey-based conglomerate sold him two defective engines for his corporate Learjet – defects he says that could have led to disastrous results and lives lost. Honeywell says it doesn’t owe Hunt a dime.

Midland-based Diamondback is purchasing mineral interests in its hometown, Midland County. More than half of these minerals are operated by Diamondback.