Is the business of law business getting back to normal? Maybe. If the numbers over the last few weeks mean anything, things are both more and less normal. Willkie Farr’s Michael De Voe Piazza thinks it’s a trend worth noting. The CDT Roundup has the deals.
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Chief Judge David Jones: The Man Who Saved the Texas Bankruptcy Practice
Bankruptcy Judge David Jones singlehandedly breathed new life into a Texas business bankruptcy practice that saw its work shift to Delaware and Manhattan for decades. Thanks to Jones’ reforms, Houston has the busiest corporate restructuring court in the U.S. The Texas Lawbook provides an in-depth look at Judge Jones, his career and the impact he has had.
Trade Secrets Dispute Settles with Agreed Permanent Injunction on Eve of Trial
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Munsch Hardt Adds Houston L&E Shareholder
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Texas Lawyers Working on Two Massive Offshore Drilling Bankruptcies
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Six Days Notice, Six Witnesses, Six Jurors, 150 ER Doctors, Two Ticked Off In-House Counsel and a $9.4M Verdict
TeamHealth Chief Counsel Carol Owen sent a text to her boss: Changing outside counsel six days before a big trial. The new lawyers, AZA, worked 20 hours a day in an Arkansas hotel conference room, entirely changing strategy of the multimillion-dollar jury trial. The Texas Lawbook has an exclusive behind-the-scenes look of a chaotic few days from the eyes of the corporate GC.
Pharma Marketer Indicted in $60M Kickback Scheme
Vinson Woodlee, 68 was charged in the Northern District of Texas with four counts under the federal anti-kickback statute. If convicted on all counts, he could be sentenced to 35 years inprison.
Carrington Coleman Builds Up Labor and Employment Bench
The Dallas law firm has brought on the co-chair of Diamond McCarthy’s labor and employment practice and an associate from Gibson Dunn.
Is the Fifth Circuit Too Conservative Even for the Current Supreme Court?
With a 90% reversal rate in the term ending last month the U.S. Ninth Circuit continues to be perceived as a whipping boy for SCOTUS. But at an 86% reversal rate, the U.S. Fifth Circuit wasn’t far behind. What’s going on here? Tony Mauro looks at what some describe as a testy history between the upper and lower court.
H1 2020 Texas Law Firm Financials – Good News, Bad News
Revenue and client demand at Texas-based corporate law firms were down during the first six months of 2020, but they were not as bad as everyone expected, according to a new report from Citi Private Bank Law Firm Group. The Texas Lawbook has the details.