The Association of Corporate Counsel’s DFW Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have announced the finalists for the 2022 DFW Corporate Counsel Awards for Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion, General Counsel of the Year for a Solo Legal Department and the Lifetime Achievement Award. The legal departments include Texas Instruments, General Motors, Black Mountain Sand and Civitas Capital Group.
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Top 10 Texas Legal News for 2022
Texas was once again at the forefront of some of the biggest legal stories of the year. The Androvett Legal Media & Marketing staff identified 10 that stood out in 2022.
The Top 10 Texas M&A Deals of 2022
The year about to elapse may not have been a year for record-breaking deals, but it was a year of more than a few notable deals. Tracking the most important transactions is, at best, a fool’s errand. But here are ten deals that the CDT Roundup considers the most significant. Not everyone will agree with the choices, but they are worth arguing for or against as we toast the New Year.
‘Medical Emergency’ Forces Mistrial in Oft-Delayed $158M Pharmacy Fraud Case
After eight aborted settings since 2017, the trial on bribery and kickback charges was under way in Dallas when a defense lawyer needed surgery. Rather than resuming after a monthlong delay — and making jurors work through the holidays — U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay rescheduled the trial for next September.
Senior U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield Dies
Senior U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield, who served in the Eastern District of Texas, died Tuesday. He was 82.
Update: Bankruptcy Trustee Targets Fort Worth Bank, Ex-VP Over Home Flipper’s Activity
Bankruptcy trustee James E. Cross alleges Dallas-area home flipper Skyler Aaron Cook, who has filed for bankruptcy in Arizona, defrauded investors out of at least $3 million in a scheme aided by Valliance Bank. The bank and its former executive vice president have denied the allegations.
DBJ: Why You Should Expect Bank M&A Activity to Pick Up Next Year
Though 2022 has been a relatively slow year for bank deals across the U.S. after a record-breaking amount of activity the year prior, a possible recession could create an environment ripe for mergers and acquisitions. Veteran bank deal lawyer Sandy Brown of Alston & Bird talked with the Dallas Business Journal about what 2023 might bring.
Top Commercial Litigation in 2022
As restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic were rolled back in 2022, courts across the state went to work adjudicating long-delayed cases. Here, in no particular order, The Texas Lawbook looks back on some of the most significant litigation Texas lawyers handled in 2022.
2022 DFW Finalists Announced for Senior Counsel of the Year, Rookie of the Year
In-house counsel at American Airlines, City Electric Supply, Forney Corporation, MB2 Dental and OpTic Gaming are finalists to be honored for the 2022 Dallas Fort Worth Corporate Counsel Awards. Each year, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter and The Texas Lawbook recognize about two-dozen corporate in-house counsel for the extraordinary legal work and leadership they demonstrated during the previous year.
Remembering Fort Worth Federal Judge John McBryde
Senior U.S. District Judge John McBryde of Fort Worth was old school and hardcore, viewed as the epitome of a federal judge and always regarded as the lord of his courtroom. Criminal defense lawyers compared him to the hanging judges of the Wild West because of the lengthy prison sentences. But other lawyers and judges say he was a fierce protector of the rule of law and the right to trial by jury. Judge McBryde, appointed to the federal bench in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, died Sunday. He was 91.