Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge announced Tuesday it was buying what it didn’t own of Enbridge Energy Partners and Enbridge Energy Management for $3.5 billion in stock. Texas lawyers from three firms were involved.
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Fifth Circuit Affirms $3M Win for Gray Reed in Franchise Dispute
Houston and Dallas lawyers from Gray Reed & McGraw have secured a $3.15 million appellate win for a cleaning franchisor that had a contract dispute with its partner in the United Kingdom.
Book Excerpt: On The Jury Trial
In this chapter of their recently-released book, Tom Melsheimer and Judge Craig Smith argue that closing arguments, while important and dramatic, aren’t necessarily the most important phase of a trial.
Latest Deepwater Horizon Case Brings Question of Insurance Limits for Defense Expense
The dispute involves high-risk surplus lines insurance commonly purchased by drillers, and is being closely watched for its impact on that market.
CDT Weekly Roundup: Seven Firms, 44 Lawyers, 9 Transactions Worth $3.57B
The transactions of the past week were generated in more varied sectors than the usual oil and gas industry. Rental, healthcare, tradeshow, food and real estate deals all made a showing – evidence that Texas is no one-trick pony.
Woodlands-based Nexeo Solutions Agrees to $2 Billion Sale
The Woodlands-based chemicals and plastics distributor Nexeo Solutions announced Monday it had agreed to be purchased by Univar of Illinois for $2 billion, including debt.
West Texas Celebrates Investiture of Judge David Counts
Friends, family and colleagues were there to celebrate the remarkable career of a lawyer who has done it all: from convicting a famous serial killer to winning confirmation from a highly partisan U.S. Senate, 96-0.
V&E, Latham and Baker Botts Dominate Capital Markets Work in H1 2018
Corporate Deal Tracker data also shows that the legal industry in Texas for the CapM practice is quickly evolving as the result of the heated lateral market, and that the rankings could be be vastly different during the second half of 2018.
SEC Charges Colleyville Broker-Dealer with Fraud
Thomas Caufield was not a character in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says he has been up to no good nonetheless.
Jury: Crossroads Church Owes Ex-Pastor $3.7M
The jury found that church leaders violated a legally binding commitment it made to its former executive pastor of 20 years and his wife.