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Baker McKenzie Adds Houston Transactions Partner from Baker Botts
Jeremy Moore said he owes a great deal to Baker Botts, but Baker McKenzie offered a “one-of-a-kind” opportunity for growth and impact. Moore led or co-led six transactions in 2020 reported in The Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker.
Todd Barton: A ‘Steady Hand’ at Fannie Mae
Imagine a law practice in which you serviced tens of thousands of real estate transactions annually and oversaw the litigation in thousands of cases a year. Welcome to the world of Fannie Mae Deputy GC Todd Barton and his team, who provide legal support for all properties in the U.S. that are acquired by Fannie Mae in foreclosure.
How does he do it? The answer rests in the fact that Barton is the recipient of the 2020 DFW Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award for Innovation. The Texas Lawbook has his story.
Q&A: Todd Barton
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Todd Barton is Deputy GC of Fannie Mae. His legal department Fannie Mae handles thousands of real estate transactions annually. As a result, important decisions come fast and furious with consequences that extend far beyond the daily grind. How does he do it? How did he learn to do it? The Lawbook’s Mark Curriden had a chance to ask him.
Defense Lawyers in Trade Secrets Trial Against Technip FMC: Where’s the Beef? — Updated
For a day and a half, a Houston jury has been weighing whether Houston-based Dril-Quip and one of its engineers stole trade secrets from TechnipFMC, a rival competitor in the subsea drilling industry, and if so, how much those trade secrets are worth. They return Thursday morning to continue the debate.
CDT Roundup: 8 Deals, 9 Firms, 31 Lawyers, $20.2B
Private equity exits have been morphing in recent years, according to PitchBook. As sponsor-to-sponsor exits lagged, slack was gobbled up by corporate acquisitions and public listings; or rather, public listings by way of corporate acquisitions by SPACs. Texas, however, might just be bucking the national trend to some extent. The CDT Roundup explains, along with its usual review of last week’s transactions.
The Greenberg Traurig RV Tour Stops in Texas
The two top leaders at Miami-based Greenberg traveled 2,140 miles this month in a rented RV to visit the firm’s offices in Florida, Georgia and Texas. They listened to Jerry Jeff Walker and stopped often at Buc-ees and Love’s. All to visit the family and keep Austin weird.
‘The Most Heartbreaking Situation of My Life’
No corporate in-house counsel saw her or his world turned upside down any faster or more severely because of the Covid-19 pandemic than CEC Entertainment CLO Rudy Rodriguez. The 741 Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper restaurants in 47 states were shut down within days last March, thousands of workers were furloughed and then came bankruptcy.
The situation required extraordinary legal work, strong leadership and a tender heart. Rodriguez provided it. CEC survived and is poised to thrive. And Rodriguez, as a result, is a finalist for the 2020 DFW Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award for General Counsel of the Year for a Small Legal Department. This is his story.
Q&A: Rudy Rodriguez
For Premium Subscribers No corporate in-house counsel saw her or his world turned upside down any faster or more severely because of the Covid-19 pandemic than CEC Entertainment CLO Rudy Rodriguez. The 600 Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper restaurants in 47 states were shut down within days last March, thousands of workers were furloughed and then came bankruptcy.
APCON Scores Defense Patent Win in EDTX
A federal jury in East Texas has cleared patent infringement liability for APCON Inc., an Oregon-based network security company with significant operations in Plano. The jury also invalidated five patents owned by the plaintiff, Gigamon.