The explosion not only devastated a Texas community, it initiated a reevaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Risk Management Program. As of 2026, the RMP is entering its fourth major rulemaking cycle since the explosion in West.
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Veteran Oil & Gas Dealmakers Hired by Bracewell
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SpaceX Exercises Cursor Option With $60B Stock Swap
SpaceX announced on June 16 in a social media post that it exercised an option to acquire Cursor in an all-stock transaction valued at $60 billion, with Gibson Dunn and Kirkland advising.
SpaceX plans to fold Cursor into its X67 Inc. unit. The deal was first announced in April, when SpaceX said it would “pay $10 billion for our work together” if it didn’t exercise the option.
Olin, Huntsman Unite to Forge $12B Chemicals Giant
Olin Corp. and Huntsman Corp. announced June 16 that they have merged in an all-stock deal that creates a chemicals company with more than $12 billion in annual sales.
Kirkland, Cravath and Sidley advised on the transaction.
Pizza Hut Served Up to PE for $1.5B
Yum! Brands has agreed to sell Pizza Hut to Connecticut private equity firm LongRange Capital for about $1.5 billion, with an earn-out option of $75 million by 2030, while Pizza Hut in mainland China will be acquired by Yum China Holdings for about $1.2 billion.
Sidley, Weil and Mayer Brown are serving as outside legal advisors.
Litigation Roundup: Sidley Represents Big 12 in Suit Against Texas Tech
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fort Worth regional office gets a final judgment against a Mansfield man accused in a $2.9 million fraud, and a company that offers an array of services to fuel retailers turns to the Texas Business Court in pursuit of $21 million in damages.
The Nine Most Common Mediation Mistakes
Mediation is intended to resolve disputes, not to check a procedural box or make a perfunctory settlement attempt. Too often, avoidable missteps derail that objective. Here are common mediation mistakes that make resolution harder to achieve.