Financial advisor Evercore edged out Jefferies in Texas M&A dealmaking for the first half of 2019, according to the latest stats from Mergermarket. Claire Poole has the rest of the first half results, including the value rankings.
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Bailey Brauer Adds Labor and Employment Expertise
John Bosco, who represents a number of Fortune 500 companies, has joined the Dallas litigation boutique.
T&K Picks Up Project Finance Partner in Houston
George Humphrey is T&K’s second partner addition to the firm’s Houston office this summer.
Worldwide Flight Services GC Baron Oursler’s ‘Crazy Year’
The past six months have been a whirlwind for Baron Oursler. He played a critical role in the sale of his employer, FleetPride, to a New York private equity firm. His wife gave birth to their first child, who was born six weeks prematurely and spent a month in the hospital. And he recently started a new job as GC of Worldwide Flight Services. The Texas Lawbook has the inside details.
Dallas Court of Appeals Issues Rare Majority, Concurring and Dissenting Opinions
The Dallas-based Fifth Court of Appeals issued a remarkable en banc decision this week. It involved majority, concurring and dissenting opinions on a matter of appellate procedure. But more importantly it may be the first significant signal that last year’s dramatic election swing is going to have an effect on the direction of the court.
Two ACC-DFW Members Win Global Award … and One gets a New Job
For the first time, members of the DFW Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel – J.C. Penney Senior Counsel April Goff and Pinnacle Group GC Erin Stewart – have been named Top 10 30-Somethings by the global group of in-house lawyers. One of them starts a new job this week.
DBJ: AT&T fails to get cryptocurrency case thrown out as plaintiff puts loss at $24M
A federal judge has turned downed the company’s push to get a case thrown out, in part, from an AT&T customer, according to a court filing earlier this month. Brian Womack of the Dallas Business Journal has the details.
Federal Home Loan Bank Officials Plead Guilty in $1.2M Scheme
Three former executives of the Federal Home Loan Bank in Dallas – including its ex-president – have pleaded guilty to charges that they conspired to make false statements and filed bogus reimbursement requests to the government-sponsored mortgage lender in a $1.2 million fraudulent scam.
CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 13 Firms, 125 Lawyers, $11.8B
Energy M&A isn’t the only market that’s gone torpid. According to Drillinginfo, public equity and debt offerings raised only $16.9 billion in the second quarter, down more than a third from this time last year. Claire Poole has the numbers underlying those numbers, along with a slightly more optimistic CDT Roundup of Texas activity.
Telemarketers, and Scammers and Robocallers, Oh My!
We’ve arrived at a breaking point: Everyone is receiving robocalls, the laws are not working, legitimate businesses are being ruined by runaway litigation, and, worst of all, virtually no illegal telemarketers, scammers or robocallers are being stopped. Though it is unclear what, if any, law or laws will be passed in the near future, one thing is certain: robocalls are squarely in the crosshairs of the Congress, the FCC and consumers. If and when change comes, will it be enough or will technology once again outpace lawmaking?