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Leanne Thoreson, a labor and employment senior counsel, has joined Hilgers in Dallas from Bradley Arant. She will focus her practice on employment litigation and counseling, including workplace disputes, compliance and risk mitigation strategies, according to a news release. Her arrival marks the launch of Hilgers’ Labor & Employment practice as the firm expands its capabilities to meet the demand for employment services.
David Herrold, a commercial litigation partner, has joined McGinnis Lochridge in Dallas from Burke Bogdanowicz. He will focus his practice on complex commercial litigation, including high-stakes business disputes.
Trial lawyers Leah Graham and Jim Rensimer have joined Sorrels Law in Houston. They will focus their practices on complex, high-stakes litigation, including wrongful death, personal injury and commercial disputes.
In this edition of Asked & Answered, Beck Redden partner Russell Post shares how he went from resisting the idea of attending law school to contemplating a career as a law professor. For Post, who recently secured a win at the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming a law professor is no longer a goal of his, but teaching isn’t out of the question.
Soon after the jury in Los Angeles County Superior Court rendered its verdict on liability and assessed $3 million in compensatory damages, the panel assessed $3 million in the punitive damages phase of the trial. Jurors heard about four weeks of testimony in the landmark case.
A timeline of litigation tied to the deadly 2025 flood, with the Central Texas girls’ summer camp and related parties facing claims of alleged negligence.
May Lyn Yuen, an antitrust partner, has joined Vinson & Elkins in Brussels from Hogan Lovells. She will focus her practice on multijurisdictional transactions, merger control strategy and complex competition matters, according to a news release. Her arrival coincides with the launch of Vinson & Elkins’ office in Belgium’s capital, the firm’s first in continental Europe.
In this edition of the Litigation Roundup, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Mississippi street preacher, a Gibson Dunn partner and former judge led an amicus brief in Anthropic case against the Department of War, as well as the Fifth Circuit held Corelle Brands retained indemnification rights tied to previously completed purchase orders following its Chapter 11 reorganization and more.
In an early validation of one of the major changes in the Texas Business Organizations Code, a federal judge last week dismissed a derivative stockholder lawsuit aimed at foiling a high-profile policy change at Southwest Airlines.
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