Federal judges in Texas say that sequestration could have devastating effects on people’s access to the court system and the administration of justice. “If you furlough the garbage collectors, no one is surprised when the garbage starts piling up,” says Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. “These cuts are going to have the same impact on the federal courts.”
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Jeff Schlegel of Jones Day Leads Two Midstream-Oriented Energy Deals
December is a busy time for transactions, which is keeping the energy attorneys’ plates full.
Texas Supreme Court Orders Mandatory, Uniform E-Filing
All filings in all civil cases, including family, probate, county at-law and district courts in the large metropolitan areas and in all appellate courts will be electronic by Jan. 1, 2014
Cruising the World with Janice Sharry
Haynes and Boone corporate finance partner Janice Sharry has a nifty solution for empty nesters who want to rekindle family togetherness: a cruise. Sharry, who has taken about 70 cruises when she’s not helping Service King Repair merge with Carlyle Group, and her husband are the “go-to” adviser for friends and associates seeking info about cruise lines. Their answers are much more personalized than any search engine.
Skadden-Houston Advises Spectra Energy on $1.4 Billion Deal
Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. is buying Express-Platte pipeline from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners.
With Fulbright Merging, Who’s Next?
Circle the Texas wagons. The British are coming!
A half-dozen London-based law firms have been quietly knocking on the doors of managing partners in Dallas and Houston in recent months wanting to talk merger. Several large Texas firms confirmed they’ve been approached by UK firms. “International firms are trolling around Texas right now,” says Winstead Chairman Kevin Sullivan. “We get calls all the time, probably four or five calls from non-US firms in the past few months.”
Thompson & Knight Advises Cardinal Midstream in Asset Sale
Dallas-based Cardinal Midstream is selling its natural gas processing, treatment, and pipeline systems in the Woodford Shale in Oklahoma for $600 million to Atlas Pipeline Partners of Philadelphia.
Thompson & Knight Advises Cardinal Midstream in Asset Sale
Dallas-based Cardinal Midstream is selling its natural gas processing, treatment, and pipeline systems in the Woodford Shale in Oklahoma for $600 million to Atlas Pipeline Partners of Philadelphia.
Former MetroPCS Counsel Brutally Attacked, in Coma
A young corporate lawyer who played a significant role in the $1.3 billion initial public offering by MetroPCS in 2007 was attacked Friday morning in Dallas. The former FisherBroyles partner is in critical condition and remains in a medically induced coma. Dallas police are searching for eye witnesses.
Jones Day Advises Harris Corporation in $225 Million Deal
Dallas associate Rob Schroeder co-leads the deal due to his substantial experience M&A transactions.