Houston pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners will have to renegotiate with a Brazoria County landowner who sought $3.4 million for a pipeline easement across his property, the Texas First Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
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Texas Trophy Hunters Gets TRO Against Competitors
The San Antonio-based deer hunting organization alleges that a larger international hunting nonprofit stole its proprietary information and gave it to a competitor. TTHA hired a lawyer that is as passionate about its case as he is about hunting. Natalie Posgate has the details.
CDT Roundup: 6 Deals, 5 Firms, 37 Lawyers, $3.6B
Maybe misery doesn’t always love company. But every once in a while it does enjoy taking inventory. Allen Pusey, standing in for Claire Poole, explains in this week’s roundup.
Updated: Even More Firms Make Juneteenth a Holiday
Two more firms, Haynes and Boone and Fears Nachawati, have announced that this Friday, Juneteenth, is now an official holiday to commemorate the end of slavery.
Judicial Profile: Judge Mark T. Pittman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman has served on three different courts in six years. His cases and issues run the gamut. Central to his judicial philosophy is to acknowledge what he doesn’t know. In a wide-ranging interview with Haynes and Boone appellate lawyer Chris Knight, Judge Pittman told his story and shared his judicial preferences.
COVID-19: Catalyst for Courage?
To fear is human, and we hope for courage. However, it’s been said that “courage is not the absence of fear, it is the management of it.” Thus far, 2020 has been a year filled with anxiety, uncertainty, fear, and tragedy, but this might the year in which we began to manage our fear and display the courage for change.
Texas Appellate Firm Adds U.S. Supreme Court Practice
Daniel Geyser, a former assistant solicitor general for the State of Texas, has become one of the most active Texas lawyers before the nation’s high court.
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Partner Joins Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston
Will Daugherty jumped to NRF from BakerHostetler, which has a notable data privacy and cybersecurity practice.
Houston Chronicle: Texas Southern’s Law School Closer to Compliance
Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law is still working to meet key admissions standards, according to the American Bar Association.
Supreme Court Rules for Pipeline Project Under the Appalachian Trail
In a 7-2 decision by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court ruled that the U.S. Forest Service had the authority to issue a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The decision overturns a ruling by the U.S. Fourth Circuit. Tony Mauro reports from Washington.