Harris County District Judge Elaine Palmer has ordered attorneys Michael D. Sydow and Chidi D. Anunobi to take 10 hours of legal ethics education classes each year for the next five years after finding they filed for a lawsuit for an improper purpose on behalf of their litigation management company client, Iron Oak. The lawsuit was brought in an attempt to collect $10 million from inventors Michael E. Porter and John T. Preston and their company Continuum Energy Technologies.
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P.S. — A Golf Classic, A Virtual Lottery, A Cavernous Case
This week’s edition of P.S. features an upcoming golf classic that will support the operations of a nonprofit fighting homelessness, a cluster of Holland & Knight lawyers moving up the ranks of the National Hispanic Bar Association, a Dallas lawyer who has joined Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas’ board, a successful virtual fundraiser benefiting legal aid and the dates in October that Dallas-area clients to receive pro bono legal advice by phone. Plus: Kentucky cave trivia involving a legal battle and “One-Eyed Joe.”
2023 CDT M&A Lawyer Rankings – Deal Values
Only three Texas lawyers so far in 2023 worked on M&A deals with a combined deal value of $25 billion or more, according to The Texas Lawbook’s exclusive Corporate Deal Tracker. See their numbers and those of more than 300 Texas lawyers here.
Texas M&A Lawyers Ranked by Value
List as of Aug. 31, 2023
2023 Texas Lawyer M&A Transaction Deal Counts
Below is a tabulation of M&A and Funding transactions by Texas-based lawyers reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. This list is designed to grow as new deals are reported. So if
P.S.S. — 30 Charities to Donate to on North Texas Giving Day
Last week, we gave you 21 charities to consider donating to on North Texas Giving Day. Now that the nation’s largest community giving day is here, we have expanded that list to include a handful of additional nonprofits, including some founded by Texas business lawyers and Lawbook staff picks. This updated version of P.S. has your donation inspo.
Pictured: Lawbook publisher Brooks Igo’s brother, Austin, at an annual gala hosted by the H.E.R.O.E.S. nonprofit
Perkins Coie, MoFo Lawyer Up in DEI Lawsuits
Within the last week, lawyers from Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, Jenner & Block and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher appeared on the dockets of federal lawsuits filed against Perkins Coie and Morrison Foerster alleging discriminatory practices related to their diversity fellowships. Both firms operate in Texas and one of the lawsuits is in Dallas. Natalie Posgate has the latest.
2023 Texas Lawyer M&A Transaction Deal Counts (Premium Searchable)
Below is a tabulation of M&A and Funding transactions by Texas-based firm-lead lawyers reported to The Texas Lawbook for 2023. This list, available to PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS ONLY, is searchable, and is designed to grow
2023 M&A Texas Deal-Lawyer Rankings
The Corporate Deal Tracker’s Texas lawyer rankings for M&A dealmaking in 2023 ranked by deal count from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31 shows that only two lawyers have been involved in at least 10 mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures so far this year, but 23 have worked on five or more transactions during the first eight months of the year.
CDT Roundup: 27 Deals, 23 Firms, 353 Lawyers, $24B
By now it should be obvious that deal volume was down in the second quarter. The reasons aren’t mysterious: Persisting inflation and a short spurt of bank failures beginning with Silicon Valley Bank signaled the drop in deals. But middle market deals, while down, have fared better than most, according to Boston-based Capstone Partners. This week’s CDT Roundup explores their prediction that deal volume in the $100 million to $500 million range is set for a rebound — along with our summaries of a week that saw a whopping 27 transactions involving lots and lots of Texas-based lawyers.