Less than four months after its controversial “tired trucker” ruling absolved an employer whose employee died after being required to work excessive hours, the Texas Supreme Court is weighing a $43.5 million jury verdict tossed on appeal because of the court’s broadened limits on a worker’s right to sue.
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CenterPoint Energy Associate GC Judy Liu – An ‘Air Traffic Controller’ Managing a 150 Case Litigation Docket
Judy Liu was 6 when she and her mom arrived in the U.S. from Taiwan. She learned English in less than three months, mainly by watching Sesame Street, but she also discovered that kids in Texas were not always so welcoming. Even so, Liu survived and thrived and is the quintessential immigrant success story. Four decades later, Liu one of the top lawyers at CenterPoint Energy, managing about 150 active lawsuits. She is also the 2020 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Senior Counsel of the Year for a Large Legal Department.
Q&A: CenterPoint Associate GC Judy Liu
In a bonus Q&A for Premium Subscribers, Judy Liu shares with Lawbook founder Mark Curriden her views on litigation management, how she hires special counsel and what outside counsel needs to know about her.
CDT Roundup: 8 Deals, 55 Lawyers, 5 Firms, $352M
The second week of October recorded the lowest total value for transactions ever recorded by the CDT Roundup. But with two major M&A deals already reported this week, there is absolute certainty that next week’s report will be better.
Mergermarket: Two-Thirds of Law Firms Handled Fewer M&A Deals in 2020
The battle of law firms in Texas for M&A has been turbulent so far this year. Nine of the top 10 firms and 33 of the top 40 firms saw a decline in M&A activity during the first nine months. Kirkland is way down in deal count, but still way ahead of everyone else. Norton Rose Fulbright, McDermott, Porter Hedges and King & Spalding are up.
Incumbent 165th Court Judge Has Few Fans in Houston Bar. Will Voters Care?
The race in Harris County pits incumbent Ursula Hall against Bruce Bain, a litigator and mediator who worked in the White House under President George H.W. Bush.
Hecht Faces Meachum in SCOTX Chief Justice Race
Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, the Texas Supreme Court’s longest-serving justice in state history, faces Travis County District Judge Amy Clark Meachum, the first woman to run for SCOTX’s top seat.
Busby and Triana Square off in Race for SCOTX Place 8
In the Place 8 race for the Supreme Court of Texas, incumbent Republican Brett Busby, the second-newest member of the court, faces Democrat Gisela Triana, a justice on the Third Court of Appeals, which is headquartered in Austin and hears of cases from 24 Central Texas counties.
SCOTX Place 6 Race: Bland Versus Cheng
Jane Bland was appointed to the court last year by Gov. Greg Abbott to succeed Justice Jeff Brown. Kathy Cheng, the first Asian American to seek a seat on the state’s highest civil court, runs her own law firm in Houston.
Williams Challenges Boyd for SCOTX Place 7
In the race for the Place 7 seat on the Supreme Court of Texas, incumbent Republican Jeff Boyd is paired against Staci Williams, judge of the 101st District Court in Dallas County.