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.
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Asked & Answered with Beck Redden’s Russell Post: Oral Arguments & Advocacy
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.
Lanier Firm Gets Win in Meta, Google Social Media Addiction Trial
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.
Camp Mystic Flood Litigation Timeline
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.
V&E Launches Brussels Office with Key Antitrust Hire
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.
Litigation Roundup: Street Preacher’s Suit Can Proceed
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.
Small Shareholder’s Big Challenge Falls Flat as Court Upholds SB29
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.
CDT Roundup: LNG Assets, SPAC IPOs and Plans to Build the World’s Largest AI Factory
For the week ended March 21, the CDT Roundup saw 11 deals with a total reported value of about $7.5 billion, mostly attributable to Constellation Energy shedding some PJM assets to LS Power for $5 billion. A Houston energy services company leaped up in the supply chain, acquiring an Irving energy company and 30 turbine delivery slots; a U.K. hyperscaler bought a power company in order to build one of the world’s largest AI factories in West Virginia; two blank check companies issued IPOs in search of “disruptive technology companies” and “robotics, electric vehicles, drones, unmanned aerial systems and fintech” firms. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.
Eversheds Sutherland Names Phyllis Young Head of Texas Finance
Eversheds Sutherland named Phyllis Y. Young partner and head of the multinational firm’s Texas finance team within its U.S. Finance Practice Group.
How Gusinsky Helps Pave the Way to Y’all Street
On March 17, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed Gusinsky v. Reynolds, applying and upholding the reforms to the Texas Business Organizations Code introduced in 2025 by Senate Bill 29. The opinion confirms that the Texas legal reforms associated with Y’all Street are working and should help corporations and their boards feel confident that these new statutory tools will withstand judicial scrutiny.