Premium-Only Content: During her three decades practicing law, Victoria Lazar has designed and negotiated multibillion-dollar, high-profile M&A deals for corporate giants like Electronic Data Systems and General Electric. Even as a young lawyer, she worked on the separation of EDS from General Motors in what was at the time the largest IPO in history. Here, Lazar shares her perceptions about the role of corporate counsel.
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Dismissal of Winter-Storm Claim Against ERCOT Sidesteps Immunity Question
A state appellate court rejected San Antonio’s claim of exorbitant pricing by ERCOT during Winter Storm Uri, but did not address the key question of whether the operator of the Texas power grid has sovereign immunity from lawsuits.
Mary Isensee is a ‘One-Woman Army at PROS’
Three years ago, Mary Isensee made some big changes in her career. After six years of practicing corporate law at three different large law firms in Houston, she decided to go in-house. Isensee went from oil and gas to technology and artificial intelligence – during a pandemic when PROS clients, many in the travel industry, were hit hard. “Mary is a young attorney practicing at an experience level beyond her years,” AZA’s Todd Mensing says. Isensee is also the 2021 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Rookie of the Year.
Q&A: Mary Insensee
In an exclusive Texas Lawbook Q&A with Mary Isensee, the technology counsel at PROS, Inc. explains the challenges facing in-house counsel, her pet peeves about outside counsel and what lawyers need to know about her if they want her business.
Monsour Law Firm Wins Record $22.5M in 3M Earplug Litigation
The verdict by a federal jury in Florida is the largest to date in an ongoing wave of suits alleging that 3M sold the U.S. government faulty protective equipment, resulting in hearing damage to thousands of military personnel.
SCOTUS Grants Review in Texas Dispute Over Sovereign Immunity
In a rare move, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed this week to take a Texas sovereign-immunity case that originated from one of the state appellate courts rather than from the Texas Supreme Court.
Six-Digit Holiday Bonuses for Susman, Sidley and Other Firm Associates
In an effort to attract and retain talented business lawyers in a highly competitive Texas market, corporate law firms are dishing out major holiday bonuses to their associate ranks this year. Susman and Sidley are leading the way in Texas.
Former Dallas Appellate Justice Joins Thompson Coburn
With the move, Douglas Lang will co-chair the St. Louis-based firm’s national appellate practice.
It’s Up to You! Leadership Lessons from the Ancients for GCs Today
The lessons of the ancients are as fresh and relevant today as they were thousands of years ago, perhaps even more-so as we face similar challenges brought on by war, pandemics (plagues), weather or social and political upheaval. Especially instructive for a general counsel today are the enduring leadership lessons of Alexander III (the Great) of Macedon, Marcus Aurelius of Rome, Socrates of Greece and Confucius of China.
CDT Roundup: 16 Deals, 10 Firms, 109 Lawyers, $5B
Just because concerns about O&G prices have been replaced by concerns about ESG doesn’t mean that the old ways have vanished. For instance, hydraulic fracturing — in case you were wondering — never really disappeared. Not only is fracking back, next year could well bring a healthy rebound for use of the controversial process. Details on that, and the names of lawyers involved in last week’s transactions are in this week’s CDT Roundup.