This week’s numbers may hold a glimpse of a foreseeable future: one full of DIP lending, consolidation, reshuffled credit, renewable energy and re-securitized debt.
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1,160 Texas Law Firms Receive Pandemic Paycheck Protection
Updated to include lender details According to data released Monday by the U.S. Treasury Department, 1,160 Texas law firms applied for and received as much as $924 million total in ultimately forgivable loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. The Texas Lawbook has the entire list and it includes law firms from every corner of the state.
Toyota’s Scott Young Receives Texas Access to Justice Award
The Texas Access to Justice Commission has presented its 2020 Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Award to Toyota Managing Counsel Scott Young. Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman said Young “has an unwavering commitment to pro bono work.”
‘So Help Me God’: NDTX Swears Michelle Larson Into Bankruptcy Bench Via Zoom
On Tuesday, Michelle Larson officially traded her law office at Carrington Coleman for black robes as the newest federal bankruptcy judge in the Northern District of Texas. But instead of a small, usually private ceremony in the courthouse, Larson was joined by 90 of her closest colleagues, friends and family on Zoom to celebrate the milestone. Natalie Posgate tuned in and has details on the momentous occasion and the Dallas bankruptcy bench’s newest jurist.
Yetter Coleman Hires New Appellate Practice Lead from Beck Redden
Connie Pfeiffer joins Yetter Coleman with significant appellate wins under her belt and the desire to lead and mentor. Natalie Posgate lays out her background and how the professional persuader was persuaded to move.
North Dakota Supreme Court Hands Win to Bakken, Permian Refiner
The ruling paves the way for North Dakota-based Meridian Energy Group to move forward with its Davis Refinery project, which will impact the company’s growing Houston operations and legal work by some Texas lawyers handling the financing.
Texas Law Firm PPP Loans
The U.S. Treasury Department released this week the names of Texas businesses receiving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program voted by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the
Kirkland-Dallas Involved In $2.65B Uber Acquisition of Postmates
Uber Technologies, which has sought to delay planned investments in Texas due to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced the acquisition of one of its home-delivery rivals. Allen Pusey has the details.
Anne Chandler – A Mind for the Law and a Heart for Service
As the new head of the Houston Volunteer Lawyers program, Anne Chandler brings a lot of pro bono experience to the job. Even as a second year law student, she helped pioneer a pro bono asylum project at the University of Houston Law Center and represented a Guatemalan girl who was raped repeatedly for three years.
Kirkland and Latham Top Texas M&A Legal Advisors in H1 2020
The first six months of 2020 downright sucked for corporate M&A law firms. New Mergermarket data shows that 11 of the top 12 corporate practices did fewer transactions involving Texas-based businesses than they did the year before. For the first time in 13 years, no firm reported working on at least 30 Texas transactions. The Texas Lawbook has the law firm rankings.