In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a group of state attorneys general rally behind Texas’ first assistant AG in a disciplinary suit brought by the state bar, AT&T goes with Gibson Dunn in its U.S. Supreme Court appeal over an employee class action alleging violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and the city of Dallas faces trial in a civil property rights dispute.
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Barnes & Thornburg Hires Litigation Pro From Holland & Knight
As equity partner, Nicholas Sarokhanian will work out of the firm’s Dallas and Minneapolis offices, cementing his family’s pandemic move to the Twin Cities’ area where his wife stars in the Magnolia Network’s The Art of Vintage.
Countdown to Business Courts: Six Must-Know Rules
The Texas Supreme Court has proposed the first set of procedural rules that will apply in the business court, bringing clearer focus to the business court vision. Commercial trial lawyers should now be better positioned to advise their clients on the particulars of this new forum.
Jacqui Bogucki Returning to Weil
Jacqui Bogucki, a highly regarded transactional lawyer specializing in infrastructure deals, has left Simpson Thacher for Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Houston. She’s the fifth partner to join Weil’s Houston office in the last year.
The Corporate Client: London Stock Exchange Head of Litigation Kay Lynn Brumbaugh
Kay Lynn Brumbaugh is a Dallas antitrust litigator who has been head of litigation for the London Stock Exchange Group since 2021. A former lawyer at Andrews Kurth and Strasburger & Price, Brumbaugh went in-house in 2017 and then became part of the London Stock Exchange legal team when LSEG purchased financial market data company Refinitiv, which had a market value of more than $20 billion.
Brumbaugh is also the focus of a new Texas Lawbook feature called “The Corporate Client,” which focuses on members of the Association of Corporate Counsel in Texas. In this Q&A, Brumbaugh discusses her position at LSEG, the challenges she faces, successes she has achieved and what her criteria are for hiring outside counsel.
Dallas Jury Awards $37.5M to Family of Trucker Killed by Oncor Driver
An Oncor Electric Delivery Co. driver was negligent in the 2021 crash, jurors decided. Their damages award was about half of what the plaintiffs requested in trial, but was still more than Oncor offered ahead of trial, Zehl & Associates lawyer Matt Greenberg told The Texas Lawbook.
P.S. — An ABA Award, A 7-Figure Gift, A Pro Bono Grade of 100
This week’s edition of P.S. includes information on a sizable donation received by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, a group of Asian Pacific Interest Section lawyers receiving awards — including for efforts related to diversity and inclusion and pro bono work — at an annual conference, a prestigious ABA award that will honor a lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright and details on a law firm’s achievement of 100 percent pro bono participation among its attorneys.
Firms mentioned in this edition include Kelly Hart, Bell Nunnally, Jackson Walker, BakerHostetler, Husch Blackwell, Equinix, Vela Wood, Sheppard Mullin, Haynes Boone, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Sidley Austin, Gannett and Norton Rose Fulbright.
Lawyers Who ‘Art Car’
This Saturday, upwards of 300,000 people will line the sides of Allen Parkway just west of downtown Houston to take in what is called the world’s largest art car parade. The Lawbook spoke with three attorneys who have participated in the parade about why they chose to turn their vehicles into mobile pieces of art and why the event is one they’ve stayed involved with year after year.
Voting Underway on State Bar’s Proposed Rule Changes
Most of the proposed rules on the State Bar of Texas rules vote ballot are similar to American Bar Association rules and modernize Texas laws, an expert said. The voting period closes April 30.
2024 Houston Art Car Parade
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