No two law firms in Texas sat across the table from each other negotiating large mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures in 2022 more often than the Texas lawyers at Kirkland and V&E. Latham and Sidley were there several times, too. The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker has its final 2022 law firm rankings for M&A activity by Texas lawyers have been tabulated. Some firms such as Haynes and Boone, McGuireWoods, White & Case, Katten and Munsch Hardt, scored big increases. Others saw large drops in deal count. The Texas Lawbook has the in-depth report with all the data.
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Judges, Professors Discuss Ethics of Litigation Finance at Conference
The second annual LITFINCON in Houston this year featured two panels of particular interest: one featuring federal and state judges, and one featuring law professors where a discussion of the ethics of litigation finance took center stage.
Baytex Energy Expands Eagle Ford Presence with $2.5B Deal; Kirkland, V&E, Latham Advise
Baytex says the transaction nearly doubles both its EBITDA and free cash flow, allowing an immediate step-up in direct shareholder returns, including the introduction of a dividend and increased share buybacks. The Lawbook has the names of the lawyers involved.
Black and Woman-Owned Firm Spotlight: Stewart Law Group
As Black History Month comes to a close and Women’s History Month approaches, The Texas Lawbook found it appropriate to shine a spotlight on Stewart Law Group, which fits the bill as both a Black- and woman-owned commercial defense firm. In a Q&A, firm founder Amy Stewart discusses how she began her firm, the firm’s greatest successes and obstacles, and how racial bias still shows up in the modern practice of law.
Amplifying Black Women’s Voices in the Workplace
While the barriers Black women face in the workplace have improved with time and collective concerted efforts at change, there is still a long way to go. For the benefit of my children and others, I want my life to reflect that I was a part of that change, even in the smallest way.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 14 Firms, 130 Lawyers, $5.4B
Regrouping is a powerful incentive for many M&A deals. This week’s Roundup looks at a couple at a couple of billion-dollar energy transactions that should have come as no surprise for that reason. Also, a quick look at the recent work of Stephen Noh, a former sports management major who now plies his eye for detail to million dollar deals at Kirkland. And, of course, there’s the usual roster of Texas lawyers who worked on last week’s reported transactions.
Litigation Roundup: Irvin, Marriott Lawyer Up in $100M Suit, Dell Beats $450M Patent Case, 5th Circ. OKs Landry’s Data Breach Loss
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, a $100 million defamation lawsuit against Marriott gets rolling, Dell Technologies gets a win in a $450 million patent infringement lawsuit and the Fifth Circuit agrees Landry’s is on the hook for data breach damages.
15 GCs and Senior In-House Counsel Talk Diversity, Law Firms, Pipeline
The Texas Lawbook interviewed 15 corporate GCs and senior in-house counsel in Houston and the DFW area about the role of diversity in hiring outside counsel, specific steps law firm leaders can take to improve diversity and address the pipeline.
Corporate counsel at Keurig Dr Pepper, McAfee, Schlumberger, Noble Corp, HF Sinclair, Ocwen Financial, Tuesday Morning, Talen Energy, PepsiCo Foods, American Airlines, Shell USA, Phillips 66, MB2 Dental and BHP give their insight related to DEI issues.
What Murdaugh’s Testimony Can Teach Us
Few things capture the public’s imagination and make headline news daily as does a jury trial, especially one for murder. The latest example of such a case is the murder trial of disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh.
Although the facts of the case are in so many ways bizarre and extreme, the case illustrates some very common issues that come up in trials generally, especially criminal trials.
Banks Agree to Pay Stanford Victims $1.34B to Avoid Houston Trial
Three banks – Toronto-Dominion Bank, HSBC Bank and Independent Bank (formerly Bank of Houston) – have agreed to pay $1.34 billion to Ponzi-scheme victims of Houston financier R. Allen Stanford and his investment firm.
TD Bank, HSBC and Independent Bank were scheduled to stand trial starting today in Houston federal court where they were accused of aiding and abetting Stanford in perpetrating an $8 billion fraud against 18,000 investors.