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Akin Recruits Houston Energy Transactions Partner
Charlie Ofner has moved his energy and infrastructure transactions practice to Akin from White & Case. Ofner helped lead a $231 million deal in January.
Fort Worth Family Gets Win Against Landlord in Case Lynn Pinker Handled Pro Bono
Jessica Cox and Gloria Cangé, young lawyers from the firm, won a swift jury verdict over conditions in “a really horrible house.”
Businesses Face Uncertain Enforcement Landscape Under the New Trump Administration, Congress and State AGs
The current enforcement landscape is a new and complicated playing field in which both Republican and Democratic AGs are eyeing business as prime enforcement targets. Business leaders and general counsel, particularly those with business operations in multiple states, would do well to pay attention to the competing enforcement priorities.
New Leadership for Weil Gotshal in Dallas
The elite Wall Street law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced leadership changes in its Dallas offices on Wednesday.
Willkie Enhances Transactional Capabilities in Dallas, Adds Real Estate Group
A six-lawyer real estate team from Akin led by John Bain and Wes Smith has joined Willkie’s Dallas office.
Former SDTX USA Lands at Bracewell in Houston
In an interview with The Texas Lawbook Tuesday, Alamdar S. Hamdani said he chose Bracewell in part because of its deep roots in his “adopted hometown” of Houston, its international platform and its “growing and burgeoning enforcement practice.”
Kane Russell Coleman Logan Expands Its Practice to Austin
Kane Russell Coleman Logan announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its presence in Texas by establishing a new office in Austin.
Litigation Roundup: Texas Wants DTPA Suit Against Google Revived
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Texas turns to the state’s Supreme Court in a bid to revive its lawsuit alleging Google violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a Haynes Boone team gets a $3.5 million jury award overturned on appeal, and a new lawsuit in Dallas alleges the illegal dumping of tons of dirt tainted with heavy metals has imperiled construction of an affordable housing project.
CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 9 Firms, 75 Lawyers, $3.1B
Last November and December, Houston-based Coterra Energy spent nearly $4 billion in a series of major investments in the Permian Basin. Last week, the company announced that it may be reopening its activity in the Marcellus, which it all but abandoned in August. Also last week gas prices dropped precipitously. Tom Jorden, the company’s CEO explained to analysts why Coterra is banking on increased demand and the flexibility to make — or not make — capital commitments. The CDT Roundup looks at his remarks, along with last week’s transactions.