Maybe misery doesn’t always love company. But every once in a while it does enjoy taking inventory. Allen Pusey, standing in for Claire Poole, explains in this week’s roundup.
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Updated: Even More Firms Make Juneteenth a Holiday
Two more firms, Haynes and Boone and Fears Nachawati, have announced that this Friday, Juneteenth, is now an official holiday to commemorate the end of slavery.
Judicial Profile: Judge Mark T. Pittman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman has served on three different courts in six years. His cases and issues run the gamut. Central to his judicial philosophy is to acknowledge what he doesn’t know. In a wide-ranging interview with Haynes and Boone appellate lawyer Chris Knight, Judge Pittman told his story and shared his judicial preferences.
COVID-19: Catalyst for Courage?
To fear is human, and we hope for courage. However, it’s been said that “courage is not the absence of fear, it is the management of it.” Thus far, 2020 has been a year filled with anxiety, uncertainty, fear, and tragedy, but this might the year in which we began to manage our fear and display the courage for change.
Texas Appellate Firm Adds U.S. Supreme Court Practice
Daniel Geyser, a former assistant solicitor general for the State of Texas, has become one of the most active Texas lawyers before the nation’s high court.
Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Partner Joins Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston
Will Daugherty jumped to NRF from BakerHostetler, which has a notable data privacy and cybersecurity practice.
Houston Chronicle: Texas Southern’s Law School Closer to Compliance
Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law is still working to meet key admissions standards, according to the American Bar Association.
Supreme Court Rules for Pipeline Project Under the Appalachian Trail
In a 7-2 decision by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court ruled that the U.S. Forest Service had the authority to issue a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The decision overturns a ruling by the U.S. Fourth Circuit. Tony Mauro reports from Washington.
Workers’ Comp Exemption Requires Intent to Kill ‘Particular Individual’ SCOTX Rules in ‘Tired Trucker’ Case
A calculated disregard for safety by Mo-Vac Service Company may have contributed to the death of one of its drivers, but that isn’t enough to allow an exception to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, the court ruled. The likelihood of death has to be “substantially certain” to a “particular individual” for a wrongful death claim to be excepted from the exclusive authority of TWC. Janet Elliott explains.
CenterPoint, ETP, Prosperity Bank – More 2020 Houston Corp. Counsel Award Winners
They are general counsel who engineered major mergers, acquisitions and restructurings and senior counsel who won bet-the-company litigation. They are corporate in-house counsel preaching diversity and pro bono activities in the legal profession. ACC’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook are honored to announce the final six recipients.