Andrews & Kurth is representing Houston-based WCA Waste Corporation in its sale to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II for $526 million – an all-cash deal that was made public Wednesday.
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Few terms hold more importance for a law firm’s clients or its employees than billable hour–not a real hour, but sixty minutes of work that the lawyer can bill a client for. It is no accident that a popular lawyer joke on this subject made its first written appearance in a major federal case on attorneys’ fees. As recounted by a dissenting judge,
Billable Hour: Adapted from the book, 'Lawtalk'
Few terms hold more importance for a law firm’s clients or its employees than billable hour–not a real hour, but sixty minutes of work that the lawyer can bill a client for. It is no accident that a popular lawyer joke on this subject made its first written appearance in a major federal case on attorneys’ fees. As recounted by a dissenting judge,
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Dallas Corporate Lawyer Jeffrey Chapman Leads Bi-Lo’s $560 million Acquisition of Winn Dixie
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V&E’s Public Finance Group Moves To Bracewell
Fourteen partners and possibly a dozen more counsels and associates in Vinson & Elkins’ public finance group announced Tuesday they will join Bracewell & Giuliani in January.
V&E’s Public Finance Group Moves To Bracewell
Fourteen partners and possibly a dozen more counsels and associates in Vinson & Elkins’ public finance group announced Tuesday they will join Bracewell & Giuliani in January.