BlackRock and Meta announced on Tuesday a deal to build a 1 gigawatt data center in El Paso. Latham & Watkins advised Meta on the transaction, and BlackRock used Kirkland & Ellis as outside legal counsel.
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$1.25B Bet: Texas Natural Gas Company Acquires Houston’s Twin Eagle
Spring-based Expand Energy has acquired Houston wholesale energy marketing company Twin Eagle Holdings for $1.25 billion from private equity firm Five Point Infrastructure.
Tom Luce Helped Reshape Texas. He Also Remembered Your Name
Public servant. Legal giant. Texas titan. People who knew Tom Luce reached for big words to describe him, but in interview after interview, one word rose above the rest: kind.
As his colleagues, peers and friends talked to The Texas Lawbook about his hand in reshaping Texas public education and mental health, building a successful law firm and founding a data‑driven think tank, they kept circling back to the same picture.
He was the man who listened more than he spoke, made time for everyone and never made anyone feel small.
Litigation Roundup: Winter Storm Uri Gas Case Spawns 2 Certified Questions to SCOTX
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the Dallas court of appeals agrees a trial court got it wrong by forcing the parties in a breach of contract case into a bench trial when one requested trial by jury, and an automotive equipment manufacturer sued by Tesla tells the court the company named the wrong defendant.
Texas Drew the Line on AI. Here’s How Employers Are Walking It.
The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act is reshaping how businesses hire, evaluate and schedule workers, shifting AI in the workplace from an abstraction to an immediate operational risk. With the Texas attorney general launching an online enforcement portal Sept. 1, this article gives practical advice for mapping TRAIGA across key workforce use cases and establishing a defensible AI governance framework.
CDT Roundup: Every Week is a Power Up
As in most weeks of late, the deals reflect the ongoing data center scramble for power at every level, from upstream to downstream generation to renewables and storage and to the mining of metals that move or store it all.
That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.
Bankruptcy Judge: No Deadline Extension in Jackson Walker Fee Fight Case
Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eduardo V. Rodriguez this week rejected a joint request from Jackson Walker and the U.S. Trustee to extend deadlines in the cases where the bankruptcy watchdog is attempting to claw back millions in fees awarded to the law firm.
Dallas County Jury Returns $604M Verdict in Fatal Mississippi Trucking Accident
A two-week jury trial concluded Thursday with a $604 million verdict against a Dallas-based trucking company, the driver and a freight brokerage company in a wrongful death case stemming from a multi-vehicle accident that killed three people.
P.S. — Haynes Boone’s Sean Lewis Honored with Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Pro Bono Award
In this edition of P.S., Haynes Boone associate Sean Lewis was recently recognized for more than 400 hours of pro bono service last year, including his trial representation of a minister and gospel singer who won a $973,000 jury verdict in a fraud lawsuit against a longtime acquaintance and former business partner. The Texas Lawbook previously profiled Lewis and his Haynes Boone colleagues on the case.
Dallas-based Matador Expands Permian Footprint with EnCap Buy
Dallas-based Matador Resources said Thursday that it has acquired Paloma Permian from Houston private equity firm EnCap Investments for $1.275 billion in cash. Baker Botts and Vinson & Elkins advised on the deal.