In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Stone Hilton helps X Corp. defeat a proposed class action lawsuit in North Texas, and a group of South Texas doctors agree to pay millions to settle False Claims Act allegations.
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Austin Appellate Partner Laterals from Baker Botts to Alexander Dubose & Jefferson
Stephanie Cagniart, an appellate attorney, has joined ADJ as a partner in the firm’s Austin office from Baker Botts. Cagniart will focus her practice on complex appellate litigation in state and federal courts, according to a news release.
Gibson Dunn Associate Saddles Up as GC of Houston Rodeo
Chris Atmar has joined the management team of the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world.
AI After the Strikes: What Texas Lawyers Need to Know About Digital Replica Clauses
Following the post-strike AI provisions negotiated by SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, the entertainment industry is entering a new phase of grappling with artificial intelligence. Performers and writers demanded meaningful limits on the use of AI to replicate their voices, likenesses and performances and now the burden shifts to lawyers to operationalize them with clarity and foresight. Updating contract templates to include boilerplate AI clauses is the easy part; the real challenge is drafting for a technology that is moving faster than the law can keep up with.
Yetter Coleman Signs New Lease at JPMorgan Chase Tower
The prominent Houston litigation firm has signed a lease for 43,906 square feet on two floors.
San Antonio Litigation Firm Adds Longtime Fulbright Partner
Lauren Valkenaar announced Monday that Michael O’Donnell has joined her firm as a name partner to form Valkenaar O’Donnell PLLC. O’Donnell is the former partner-in-charge of Norton Rose Fulbright’s San Antonio office.
BlackRock Unit and Others Taking AES Corp. Private for $15/Share Cash
AES Corp. has agreed to be acquired by a consortium that includes a BlackRock unit, Swedish investor EQT Group, CalPERS and the Qatar Investment Authority for $15 a share cash. The companies said the offer represents a 40 percent premium to AES Corp.’s 30-day average stock price prior to July 8 when the deal was first announced.
Kirkland, Skadden, Davis Polk and Simpson Thacher advised on the deal.
CDT Roundup: Industrial Air and Power, Deepwater, Health and Hospice
For the week ended Feb. 28, the CDT Roundup saw 11 deals reported with a total value of about $7.3 billion. The deal count sits at par with the prior week’s 11 and the year-ago 11, while last week’s valuations up slightly from $7.1 billion the week before and more than double last year’s $3 billion.
The M&A shortlist included two billion-dollar-plus transactions. Others were energy-adjacent, involving the sale of deepwater vessels and power generation assets.
That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.
Bradley Strengthens Dallas Real Estate Practice with Addition of Two Partners
Matthew N. Hudnall and Allan S. Katz have joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as partners in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, reinforcing its real estate development, finance, fund formation and joint venture capabilities.
P.S. — ACC DFW, Texas General Counsel Forum to Host International Women’s Day Screening of Local Award-Winning Documentary
Coming up, the Association of Corporate Counsel DFW Chapter and the Texas General Counsel Forum will mark International Women’s Day on March 8 with a screening of A Law Unto Themselves: How Women Lawyers of Dallas Transformed Law and Community – Together. Produced by the Dallas Women Lawyers Association and J.L. Turner Legal Association, the film is currently available only through small screenings hosted by member organizations, making this an exclusive opportunity to view it.
Also in this edition of P.S., the Hispanic Bar Association of Houston celebrated the addition of former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman to the nameplate at Wright Close Barger & Guzman and Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr offered a look at its 2025 charitable giving. The Texas Lawbook invites law firms and corporate legal departments to share their annual financial contributions to public service and the community for feature consideration.