Texas-based 1776 Energy Partners has settled for nearly $5 million a legal malpractice claim against a San Antonio law firm after one of its lawyers botched a lawsuit so badly that they were forced to settle as defendants a suit the company had pursued as the plaintiff.
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Laura Benitez Geisler Elected DBA President
Geisler will be the first Hispanic member to serve in the DBA’s top leadership role.
Jackson Walker Signs Houston Litigation Partner Dawn Holiday
Holiday, who was formerly at Steptoe & Johnson, handles employment, commercial, personal injury, professional liability and workers’ compensation matters.
Spencer Fane Adds Real Estate Partner to Collin County Office
John Bloomer was previously at Scheef & Stone.
Porter Hedges Partner Joyce Soliman Named Texas Bar Foundation Fellow
Soliman leads the Houston firm’s finance section and is chair of its diversity committee.
SCOTX To Decide Fate of $8M Jury Verdict For Astros Owner
When Houston Astros owner Jim Crane and another investor bought a new aircraft for $19.85 million in 2010, they apparently expected it to be…well, new. When they discovered two years later it had been equipped with a used left engine with a troubled history, they sued. Now the SCOTX is weighing whether the evidence supports their $8M verdict.
GC Ryder Leads Nexstar’s $6.4B Purchase of Tribune Media
Irving-based Nexstar Media Group Inc. will become the largest owner of local TV stations in the U.S. after its $6.4 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co. announced Monday. The Lawbook’s Claire Poole discussed the deal with Nexstar GC Elizabeth Ryder who led the transaction.
Kelly Rentzel: GC of a Bank; ‘Pioneer’ for Mental Health Advocacy
Only four months before Texas Capital Bank General Counsel Kelly Rentzel became the bank’s first in-house lawyer, she tried to kill herself in her bathtub. Rentzel’s journey with bipolar disorder has seen both struggle and revelation. Natalie Posgate profiles Rentzel’s remarkable personal trials and her brave new effort to educate others.
Is the SCOTX about to Kill Punitive Damages Once and For All?
This week, the Texas Supreme Court is handling a business v. business case that could either reinstate one of the largest punitive damage verdicts in the court’s history or be the death of exemplary damages in many types of civil disputes in Texas. It features some of the best lawyers in Texas, including two former chief justices. The Texas Lawbook has details.
Dispute Involving Apache to Continue in Arbitration, Appeals Court Rules
An appellate court ruled Thursday that the arbitrability of a $15 million legal dispute between Houston-based Apache Corp. and Fort Worth-based Wagner Oil Company will have to be debated in front of an arbitrator in Houston, not a trial court in Fort Worth as WOC had hoped.