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Former Justice Michael Massengale’s Mission: ‘Set the Record Straight’ About Uvalde

As a Houston arbitrator and former appellate justice, Michael Massengale was the perfect lawyer for the Texas House investigatory committee to choose to help investigate and write the official report about that tragic day last May when so much went wrong and 19 children and two teachers were murdered. For the first time since the report was released, Massengale has given an in-depth interview to Texas Lawbook reporter Janet Elliott about his role in the investigation, the challenges he and the committee faced and his hopes for legislative improvements to police training and school safety.

March 13, 2023 Janet Elliott

‘Such a Privilege’: New HK Partner Reflects on Career as a Nonprofit Lawyer

Jonathan Blum has a multitude of skills as a corporate lawyer, but he’s one of the few who represents nonprofits instead of for-profits. The Lawbook recently spoke with Blum about his career path to practicing nonprofit law, trends in the charity and nonprofit world and why he recently moved his practice to Holland & Knight.

March 10, 2023 Natalie Posgate

Houston Chronicle: Lawsuit Accuses Gas Companies of Manipulating the Market During Winter Storm Uri

A former Enron trader is suing some of the nation’s largest energy and financial firms, claiming they diverted natural gas supplies and cut off production in a scheme to artificially drive up prices ahead of Winter Storm Uri in 2021. CirclesX Recovery claims firms including Energy Transfer, Kinder Morgan, BP, Conoco Phillips and CenterPoint Energy engaged in an Enron-style scheme to cut off gas production or divert supplies into storage days ahead of freezing temperatures that would eventually cripple the Texas power grid.

March 9, 2023 James Osborne of the Houston Chronicle

Prosecutors Secure Plea Deal, Won’t Retry Ex-Blue Bell CEO

Paul Kruse agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and pay a $100,000 fine rather than face another felony fraud trial. Kruse’s attorney, Chris Flood, said the settlement confirms what he’s been saying all along: No one at Blue Bell ever intended to defraud its customers.

March 9, 2023 Michelle Casady

Texas Startups Hope to Continue Raising Capital Despite Tech Downturn

While last year was challenging for the tech industry, Texas startups still raised billions of dollars, though often with lower valuations and more stringent deal terms. Now venture capital funds are flush with dry powder from record-high fundraising in 2022. So what does it take for startups to increase their chances of raising capital in a turbulent market?

March 9, 2023 Michael Torosian & Christopher Palermo

Houston Chronicle: Whistleblowers Threaten to Withdraw from $3.3M Settlement with TX AG Ken Paxton

The whistleblowers who sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton say they’re headed back to court unless he agrees to include in a formal agreement that the Legislature must approve their proposed $3.3 million settlement before the current legislative session ends in May.

March 8, 2023 Taylor Goldenstein of the Houston Chronicle

Q&A on the Importance of Women Mentoring Women

As we commemorate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, two women lawyers in the Austin office of Vinson & Elkins — Marisa Secco Giles and Michelle Arishita — agreed to discuss the importance of women mentoring women from the perspective of both the mentor and the mentee. They share what qualities they think are most important in a mentor, the best advice they have received and how strong mentoring relationships help with the retention of female lawyers.

March 8, 2023 Brooks Igo

Houston Jury Doesn’t Buy Episcopalian-based Prejudice Claim

The discrimination and retaliation case lodged against one of the most prestigious funeral homes in the country, Houston’s Geo. H. Lewis & Sons Funeral Directors, didn’t gain traction with a jury that rejected William Coleman’s claims and awarded him no damages. Carter Crow of Norton Rose Fulbright, who represented the defendant, said he believes these types of religious discrimination lawsuits have become more common post-covid.

March 8, 2023 Michelle Casady

Foreign Investment Still Welcome in the U.S. Despite Buy American Rules

The good news for foreign investors and manufacturers is that Buy American regulations typically do not apply to investment in privately owned facilities. Opportunities, tax credits and other incentives abound.

March 7, 2023 Doug McCullough

CDT Roundup: 20 Deals, 11 Firms, 228 Lawyers, $9.7B

The $2.5 billion acquisition of Ranger Oil by Calgary-based Baytex Energy marked the first merger of public upstream companies in almost a year. If there’s a renewed public-public phase of consolidation among small-to-mid-cap producers in the offing, there may be evidence of such in the Ranger-Baytex deal. The CDT Roundup explores the merger, along with the usual weekly listing of the deals reported by Texas lawyers.

March 7, 2023 Claire Poole

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  • McGuireWoods Names Tyler VanHoutan as New Houston Office Managing Partner - Keeping with McGuireWoods' practice of alternating people in its leadership roles, the firm has also appointed new office managing partners in Atlanta, Baltimore and San Francisco. The new appointments took effect this month.
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