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Pro Se Plaintiff Whiffs at Fifth Circuit in Case Against MLB

Former professional baseball player and sports nutrition vendor Neiman Nix lost his appeal of a case he filed in Texas against Major League Baseball — arguing that the league’s ban of a growth hormone discriminated against his business selling products that included it. It’s a case he’d filed, and lost, elsewhere. And that was the problem, the Fifth Circuit said.

March 19, 2023 Allen Pusey

Five Tips Female Attorneys Need to Hear Today (And Every Day) to Thrive in Sports Law

We’ve come a long way in women’s collegiate sports, and I’ve enjoyed seeing similar strides for women in sports and entertainment law. Today, there are so many more exciting opportunities. Women are handling sports-related litigation, negotiating the next big sports contract or serving as general counsel or chief legal officer. Here are my five tips for female attorneys interested in pursuing a career in sports law.

March 17, 2023 Leane K. Capps

P.S. — Spring Fundraising Warms Up, Pro Bono for In-House Lawyers — Updated

This edition of P.S. highlights three upcoming fundraising events, one award, an opportunity to learn from in-house lawyers focused on pro bono and a thank you to a major Texas Lawbook Foundation donor.

March 17, 2023 Natalie Posgate

Updated – Texas Court Rules PUC Price-Setting During Winter Storm Uri Unlawful

The Texas Public Utility Commission emergency rules in February 2021 that increased electric rates to $9,000 per megawatt-hour in response to the demand for power because of Winter Storm Uri were “invalid” and must be reexamined, a Texas appeals court ruled Friday. The Austin Court of Appeals ruled that PUC board members issued two unlawful rules — an “operation of executive fiat” — that allowed ERCOT to increase the emergency price of electricity 650 percent for five days. The decision, according to legal experts, could be a multibillion-dollar victory for some retail power companies.

March 17, 2023 Mark Curriden

The Evolving Landscape of Business Email Compromise Litigation — A Focus on Texas

Business email compromises remain one of the most prevalent internet-related crimes, with businesses and individuals suffering massive financial losses. This article examines how Texas law handles disputes between companies that have been defrauded by a third-party and the interaction of the contract law.

March 16, 2023 Victoria Oguntoye, Jacob Durst & Aurora Temple Barnes

Austin City Attorney Anne Morgan Doing Legal Work ‘That Makes the World a Little Bit Better’

Anne Morgan and the 60 lawyers in her office are analyzing about 2,000 pieces of proposed legislation being considered by lawmakers in the Texas Capitol. All this while handling the legal matters that come with one of the nation’s fastest growing cities. This is the first in a series of articles about the attorneys leading Texas’s major metros.

March 16, 2023 Nushin Huq

Diamond Sports Group Files $8B Restructuring in SDTX

The operator of the Bally Sports Networks has hired Porter Hedges, Paul Weiss and Wilmer Cutler to lead the company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and restructuring.

March 15, 2023 Mark Curriden

Midland Jury Rejects FLSA Overtime Claim Against Oilfield Services Co.

A trial team from Munsch Hardt successfully fended off the claims levied against client Flowco Production Solutions. Instead of raising the highly compensated employee exemption commonly seen in cases involving oilfield services, they told the jury these plaintiffs were exempt from overtime under the administrative employee exemption.

March 14, 2023 Michelle Casady

CDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 17 Firms, 165 Lawyers, $11.6B

CERAWeek, the prestigious Houston energy confab, wrapped up last week. One of the more significant observations emerged from former Goldman Sachs analyst Arjun Murti, now a partner at Veritan. He thinks, for instance, it’s time for the term “energy transition” to transition from a political Rorschach test to something more universal, understandable and verifiable. Claire Poole reflects on a few of his other observations in this week’s CDT Roundup, along with the usual rollcall of deals and dealmakers who reported for duty during last week.

March 14, 2023 Claire Poole

Litigation Roundup: OAG Gets Deadline in Whistleblower Suit, Omni Hit with $25M Verdict in Sex Discrimination Suit

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a Dallas lawyer secures a $29 million jury verdict in a talc case and the Texas attorney general gets a deadline to respond to a request from whistleblowers to reinstate their case pending before the Texas Supreme Court.

March 13, 2023 Michelle Casady

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  • Range Resources GC David Poole Retires after 15 Years, Joins Wick Phillips - David Poole, who worked on an oil rig out of high school and rose to become the top legal officer at two major energy companies in Texas, retired as the GC of Range Resources Friday. In an interview with The Texas Lawbook on Sunday, Poole discusses his passion for oil and gas law, his challenges and successes as a GC for two decades, his best day on the job and his plans for the future at Wick Phillips. March 20, 2023Mark Curriden

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Victoria Bahrami-Negad
Gina M. Benavides
Bill Benitez
Anya Bidwell
Will Bos
Jamila Brinson
Robert Burford
Ian Bushner
Zachary Carlson
David Castro
Jack Chadderdon
Nathan Chapman
Michelle Chiu
Jason T. Contreras
Cody Conwell
C. Celeste Creswell
Cassandra Cuellar
Matthew C. Daly 
Chad Davis
Lowell Denton
Jeff Diamant
Becky Diffen
Michael Dorf
Stuart Kyle Duncan
Mark Dundon
Kurt D. Engelhardt
Yong Eoh
Patrick M. Jaicomo
Scott C. Faciane
Archie Fallon
Analisa Figueroa
Murray Fogler
Tyler Frankel
Gabriela Garcia
Sameer Ghaznavi
Shayna M. Goldblatt
Michelle Gray
Steven Haas
Kendall Hayden
Alia Heintz
Benjamin Hershkowitz
Patrick E. Higginbotham
Tara Higgins
Allyson Ho
James Ho
Kenneth Hoyt
Robert Hughes
Martin S. Hyman
Andrew Ingram
Ralph Janvey
Geetika Jerath
Shawn Johnson
Cyril Jones
David Keltner
Jim Kennedy
Elizabeth Kiernan
Dan Komarek
Kenneth J. Lambert
Sang Lee
Andrew LeGrand
David Levy
Alec Manzer
Peter Marshall
Amos Mazzant III
Levi McCathern
Daniel McEntee
Robert McNamara
Tom Melsheimer
Andres Mena
Katherine Montoya
Veronica Moyé
Robert J. Myers 
Jason Nasra
Brennon Nelson
Stephen Noh
Pete O'Brien
Stephen Pate
Sam Peca
Lionel Aron Peña Jr.
Brent Perry
Connie Pfeiffer
Ravi Purohit
Clint Rancher
Brian Rosenthal
Kevin Sadler
David Salmons
Jody Sanders
Akash Sethi
Gregory Shamoun
John J. Shaw
Barry Shelton
Lande Spottswood
Amy M. Stewart
Tim Taylor
Mike Telle
Jaime E. Tijerina
Scott Tschirhart
Jon Waldrop
Camille Walker
Sean Wheeler
Debbie Yee

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Burford Perry
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Clark Hill
Copenhagen Infrastructure
Cozen O'Connor
Dell
Denton Navarro Rocha
Fogler Brar O’Neil 
Gibson Dunn
Golenbock Eiseman
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Hedrick Kring
HSBC
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Institute for Justice
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Invenergy
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Jackson Walker
JP Morgan
Kabat Chapman & Ozmer
Kasowitz
Kelly Hart
Kirkland
Landry's
Latham
Lemoine
Lotus Infrastructure 
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Mastercard
McCathern
McGuireWoods
Morgan Lewis
Myers & Shaw
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Paymentech
PBF Energy
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Sidley
Stewart Law Group
TD Bank
UTRGV
V&E
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VMware
Wafra
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Willkie
Winston & Strawn
WSOU Investments 
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