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Thompson & Knight, Holland & Knight Partners Vote to Merge on Aug. 1
In one month and three days, there will be one fewer large full-service corporate law firm headquartered in Texas. Thompson & Knight, a 134-year-old law firm that has deep roots in the oil patch and represents some of the most important energy companies in North America, will officially merge with Holland & Knight on Aug. 1. Together, they will create the seventh largest corporate law firm operating in Texas, according to The Texas Lawbook 50.
Being Myself and Building My Career are One in the Same
When I accepted an offer in 2011 to return to Texas to begin my career, I wondered if I would eventually have to leave to practice elsewhere. Ten years later, I’m still here and I’ve learned that professional success for queer voices in Texas is not only possible, but is celebrated.
Dallas Litigation Firm Adds Britta Stanton
After a short stint as a jury consultant, Britta Stanton is teaming up with Chrysta Castañeda and returning to counsel’s table as an advocate.
Simpson Thacher, Kirkland Counsel in Blackstone’s Backing of Fort Worth’s Simpli.fi
Blackstone is joining GTCR in backing a Fort Worth company in its next phase of growth. Simpson Thacher and Kirkland provided counsel on the investment.
Irving Subprime Auto-loan Firm Gets New Owner
Private equity continues to circle subprime loans and distressed debt opportunities as an investor group led by Warburg Pincus buys out Blackstone funds in Irving’s Exeter Finance.
SCOTX: The World’s Largest Retail Operation Is Not a ‘Seller’
When is a seller not a seller in Texas? When it advertises products online, takes money for them and delivers them to customers, according to the Texas Supreme Court. That opinion was delivered Friday in response to a certified question regarding Amazon.com from the U.S. Fifth Circuit. It was not a unanimous view, as The Lawbook’s Allen Pusey explains.
SCOTX Reaches ‘Wayback’ To Reject Narrowing of Out-of-State Jurisdiction
Invoking a web archive and a social media page as evidence of “purposeful availment,” the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a Connecticut company could be sued in Texas, despite its claim that it never had any intention of doing business here.
Small Refineries Win What May Be A Short-Lived Victory
A 6-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in a Texas-based case offers a reprieve for small refineries seeking “hardship exemptions” from increasingly strict EPA renewable fuel standards. But with a change in presidential administrations, the relief may prove short-lived. Lawbook Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro explains.
SCOTX Refuses to Dismiss Houston Sex Trafficking Case Against Facebook
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that some – but not all – allegations in three separate lawsuits brought against Facebook by three teenagers who say they were victims of sexual predators can move forward to trial Houston. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act does not provide absolute immunity to internet providers such as Facebook in civil lawsuits when their own “misdeeds” are part of the allegation, justices said.