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Former Texas Software CEO Named in Civil, Criminal SEC Actions

Christopher Kirchner, 35, was named in a criminal complaint filed Tuesday for allegedly misappropriating $20 million from the supply-chain management software startup he founded. Additionally, Kirchner has been accused by the SEC in a $67 million offering fraud scheme.

February 14, 2023 Michelle Casady

CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 12 Firms, 137 Lawyers, $12.1B

Are IPOs on their way back? If the first few weeks of 2023 are any indication, the answer depends on your point of reference: Maybe. Or sort of. Or hope so. After a lackluster 2022 when markets were pestered by war, inflation and defensiveness, a new study by Fidelity Investments suggests a modest rebound may be on the horizon. The CDT Roundup looks at the stats, as well as the cast of lawyers and firms behind 16 deals reported last week.

February 14, 2023 Claire Poole

Tuesday Morning Selects Munsch Hardt to Lead Second Bankruptcy

In the world of corporate bankruptcy, Dallas-based Tuesday Morning Corp. has entered what is known as Chapter 22. For the second time in three years, the discount retailer Tuesday Morning filed for Chapter 11 protection Tuesday in the Fort Worth Division of the Northern District of Texas citing liabilities of $100 million to $500 million.

February 14, 2023 Mark Curriden

Litigation Roundup: Paxton Settles Whistleblower Suit, Houston Attorney Guilty of Obstruction

In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a federal judge finds more flaws in the No Surprises Act, a Houston attorney is found guilty of obstruction of justice and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton agrees to apologize and pay-up to settle Whistleblower suit.

February 13, 2023 Michelle Casady

Houston’s Energy-Transition Moment

Long the global energy capital, the city can help lead the world toward a carbon-neutral future. A recent report from the Houston Energy Transition Initiative identifies makes the case the city is poised to do so.

February 13, 2023 Sarah Morgan, Alan Alexander & Danielle Patterson

Power Companies: Winter Storm Uri Lawsuits ‘Ruinous’ to Industry if Not Dismissed

Scores of Texas electric generators and distributors — CenterPoint, Luminant and NRG, to name a few — asked a Houston appeals court Friday to dismiss more than 230 lawsuits brought against them by more than 1,500 plaintiffs stemming from Winter Storm Uri two years ago because the cases are without legal merit and “upend the state’s electricity markets.”

In two separate mandamus petitions filed with the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, lawyers for the power generators and electricity transmission and distribution utilities argue that Harris County District Judge Sylvia Matthews “clearly abused [her] discretion in allowing the cases to proceed.”

February 10, 2023 Mark Curriden

P.S. — Funding Racial Justice, Diversifying the Legal Community & Advising the Homeless

The Houston Bar Foundation names its new chair and recognizes many more for their pro bono work. Dallas lawyers at one firm advocate for people of color incarcerated by outdated drug laws. The North Texas Chamber of Commerce names new lawyer leadership on its board. All that and more in this week’s P.S. column.

February 10, 2023 Natalie Posgate

Q&A: Sarah Decker of McAfee

For Premium Subscribers In this Q&A with McAfee CLO Sarah Decker, she dishes on what she seeks in hiring outside counsel, $2,000 hourly rates, the role of GCs in promoting

February 9, 2023 Mark Curriden

McAfee ‘Fortunate Beyond Words’ to Have Sarah Decker In-House

In the four years since Sarah Decker joined computer security giant McAfee, she has had a few items on her plate, including an $8.6 billion IPO amid the Covid pandemic, which meant doing all the legal work necessary for listing on the NASDAQ; a $4 billion sale of its enterprise business; a $450 million securities offering; and a $14 billion take-private transaction in 2022.

Citing numerous successes last year, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have named Decker as the 2022 DFW General Counsel of the Year for a Large Legal Department (21 attorneys or more).

February 9, 2023 Mark Curriden

Banks Seek to Postpone Multibillion-Dollar Trial in Final Stanford Civil Case

One of the banks being sued for billions of dollars for allegedly aiding and abetting Houston financier R. Allen Stanford and his investment firm in a massive Ponzi scheme has asked a federal appeals court to stop the 13-year-old case from going to trial later this month. Lawyers for the four banks want the trial set for Feb. 27 in Houston to be postponed because they say the judge in the case has issued orders that are “rife with clear and indisputable errors.”

February 9, 2023 Mark Curriden

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  • P.S. — Pro Bono Work Honored at State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting - Advancing access to justice in rural Texas, advocating for domestic violence survivors and ensuring Spanish speakers aren’t left out are among the pro bono initiatives for which lawyers and a judge were honored during the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in San Antonio.   July 4, 2025Krista Torralva

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • 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.
  • Reed Smith Beefs Up Global Regulatory Enforcement Group, Hires V&E Partner 
  • Rey Anaya Valencia Begins Deanship at South Texas College of Law Houston
  • Willkie Adds Blake Winburne to its Houston Office
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  • Thomas Verity Vaults to Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Veteran Houston Partner Jumps from Latham to Simpson
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