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P.S. Spotlights Chevron, Jennifer Banda, Lael and Peter Brodsky, Latham, Sidley and Haynes Boone

In this week’s P.S. column, we highlight upcoming events such as Texas Appleseed’s annual Good Apple Dinner and the Institute for Energy Law’s Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award reception. The Center for Women in Law at the University of Texas School of Law has a new executive director. Haynes Boone gives the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program $25,500. And the Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates honor Fort Worth trial lawyer Steve Laird with its first-ever Ethics and Civility Award.

Plus, The Texas Lawbook seeks your contributions or efforts in helping those in need for the holidays.

V&E Announces New Denver Office

The Houston-based firm announced on Halloween that it is launching a Denver office led by three leading corporate partners at the firm. V&E has been involved in several deals in the region this year.

Texas Lawyer Leads Trump Lawsuit Against CBS in Amarillo

Former president Donald Trump has hired Amarillo lawyer Christopher D. Parker, a shareholder at Farris, Parker & Hubbard, as one of three attorneys to file a lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting claiming that the TV network committed “unlawful acts of election and voter interference through malicious, deceptive and substantial news distortion” by editing interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris that were broadcast in early October.

DOJ’s Updated Corporate Compliance Guidance Gives Companies More Reasons to Focus on AI and Technology

Tracking themes apparent in other recent guidance issued by DOJ, companies now have more reason to focus on AI and the effective use of emerging technologies and data analytics, even when engaging in M&A deals, to enhance corporate compliance programs. Perhaps most significantly, the DOJ now asks companies to demonstrate how they are utilizing newly available technology such as AI and whether the companies have adequately prepared for the risks associated with using such technologies.

Trial Begins in $30M Patent Infringement Case Against Nokia 

Lawyers for a Dallas-area company that holds the patents told an East Texas jury tech giant Nokia of America Corporation used its technology to improve Nokia routers without paying royalties as trial began Wednesday. Nokia denies it uses the patented technology and alleges the marketplace wasn’t interested in the technology.

The Vanishing Texas-based Corporate Law Firm

At midnight on Dec. 31, the sign on the front door at Locke Lord will come down, and the corporate law firm’s 130-year history as a Dallas-based institution will come to an end as the result of a merger with Troutman Pepper. Over the last dozen years, more than 30 business law firms headquartered in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio have merged with or been swallowed up by larger, more profitable corporate law firms seeking to enter the thriving Texas business market or expand specific practice areas. None of them call Texas HQ anymore.

Since 2012, seven of the 25 largest Texas-based corporate law firms have merged out of existence. Legal industry analysts predict that more Texas legacy firms — small, medium and large — will be takeover targets within the next 18 months.

15th COA Hears First Arguments in Cases Involving State Entities

Justices on the newly created court engaged in spirited questioning over appeals involving DPS’ Uvalde school shooting records, the AG’s biometric data case against Google, and the firing of a Crowley ISD teacher who pinned down a student. Lawmakers gave the court broad authority over appeals involving the state and cases from the new business courts.

Jackson Walker Bankruptcy Fee Trial Pushed to April

During a roughly 80-minute hearing Tuesday, Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo V. Rodriguez set an April 21 trial date in the litigation that will determine whether the U.S. trustee can claw back millions in bankruptcy fees awarded to Jackson Walker in cases handled by former judge David Jones. The court has given the parties until Dec. 2 to file dispositive motions in the case.

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