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There have been more than $1 trillion in global energy M&A during the past 32 months – nearly one-fourth of it involving Texas-based energy companies. New statistics, obtained exclusively by The Texas Lawbook, show that oil and gas transactions continue to flow at a record pace and that Texas lawyers are getting more than their fair share of the work.

“There’s a lot of money flowing into energy and Texas right now,” says Stephen Coats, a managing partner and general counsel at New York-based Riverstone Holdings, a private equity firm. This article goes inside the statistics to show which Texas firms are doing good and which are doing really good.

This transaction is the third acquisition for ARP this year in the Fort Worth basin.

Trial is Lanier’s first in his hometown of Lubbock and is first million-dollar verdict in Lubbock in a decade.

Defense and plaintiffs lawyers are critical of the one-size-fits-all cases approach. Litigators also worry that language in the order that might allow the court to apply the rules to disputes involving more than $100,000. Click on the headline to read the full story.

VirnetX Holding Corporation continued its success in federal court in Tyler, winning a $368 million patent infringement verdict this week against Apple over video conferencing technology. The Nevada company scored an $105.75 million jury verdict against Microsoft in 2010. Dallas-based McKool Smith represented VirnetX in both victories.