Texas is a massive hub for energy systems. While current industry efforts target a rapidly growing and changing economy, it continues to rely on infrastructure that is years, and in some cases decades, old. When aging infrastructure fails, the consequences can be severe, leading to personal injuries and even death. For the legal industry, this creates a question: When aging infrastructure fails, who bears the legal responsibility?
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Dallas Employment Litigation Principal Moves to Jackson Lewis from FordHarrison
Buena Vista Lyons, an employment litigation principal, has joined Jackson Lewis in Dallas from FordHarrison.
CDT Roundup: The CapM Drought is Over. Barely
Last week was another light one, all around, with a total of six deals — five of them M&A/Funding — for a total of $3.3 billion. You know the gruel is thin when the main cause for celebration is the first capital markets transaction in three weeks.
P.S. — Texas Supreme Court Makes ‘Generational Investment’ in Rural Legal Aid
Today, in observance of Sept. 11, 2001, Bank of America lawyers are hosting its global Wills for Heroes event. In Dallas, lawyers from Bradley and Haynes Boone are volunteering alongside the Bank of America attorneys at the Dallas Police Department headquarters to draft wills and estate planning documents for members of the DPD and Dallas Fire-Rescue.
Plus, the details on the historic Rural Justice Initiative.
SpaceX Sues AG, Grimes County Over Public Records Requests
Space Exploration Technologies filed suit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Grimes County over a public records request.
The suit filed Tuesday before Travis County Judge Aurora Martinez Jones focuses on four Texas Public Information Act requests. SpaceX claims one request was withdrawn before a ruling was issued, and another request did not include any documents regarding the company.
Baker Botts Names Four New Leaders Across Energy Platform
Baker Botts announced leadership appointments touching energy, infrastructure and tax.
Enbridge Buys Tallgrass Energy Crude Oil Ops for $2.55B
Canadian energy infrastructure pipeline company Enbridge said on Sept. 9 that it has acquired the crude oil business of Tallgrass Energy for $2.55 billion cash. Sidley, Sullivan & Cromwell and V&E advised on the deal.
Mike Androvett’s Groundbreaking 45 Years of Law & Journalism
Mike Androvett was making pretty good money as an investigative TV reporter for NBC 5 in Dallas in 1995 when he decided to start his own media consulting business advising lawyers.
“My hope was to get a client or two and just figure out a way to make a living,” he said in a recent interview.
Thirty-one years later, Androvett Legal Media is the largest and most dominant player in Texas legal public relations today with 20 employees and offices in DFW, Austin, Houston and San Antonio.
Legendary Houston Journalist Mary Flood Discusses the Success of Mike Androvett
No legal journalist has been more respected in Texas during the past thirty years than Mary Flood. A former reporter with The Wall Street Journal and the Houston Chronicle, Flood covered some of the most important legal matters of this generation, including the trials involving the Enron scandal.
In 2010, Flood retired from The Chronicle and joined Androvett Legal Media — a move Androvett said was “one of my smartest moves ever.”
In this Q&A with The Texas Lawbook, Flood discusses working with Androvett when she was a reporter and for the past 16 years as an advisor and consultant.
Asked & Answered with Johnston Tobey Baruch’s Chad Baruch: Hip-hop, Dolly Parton and Brief Writing
In this edition of Asked & Answered, Johnston Tobey Baruch managing shareholder Chad Baruch shares his experience representing hip-hop artists in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court and highlights a surge in Texas mandamus practice. He also shares his top brief-writing tips and pet peeves.