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Fredrickson & Muñoz – ‘Best Friends,’ Great Oil & Gas Lawyers
Houston corporate lawyers Robin Fredrickson and Jeff Muñoz are the dealmaking power couple in the oil patch.
Ken Starr Joins Lanier Law Firm
Earlier this year, Houston trial lawyer Mark Lanier hired former U.S. Solicitor Ken Star to argue a couple cases at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
CDT Weekly Roundup: 14 Firms, 79 Lawyers, 15 Transactions Worth $20.7B
It was the best weekly showing of the year in terms of value after the $68.6 billion reached a few weeks ago (thanks to the Energy Transfer Equity-Energy Transfer Partners merger).
Updated: McKool Smith, Gray Reed Win $10M Patent Verdict for Plano Wireless Tech Company
An East Texas jury ruled the Chinese telecom giant that manufacturers Android smartphones willfully infringed on five patents related to wireless communications technology.
Texas lawyers from three firms advise on $1.4B Eclipse-Blue Ridge merger
Consolidation continues in the oil and gas industry, but this time it isn’t in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico.
ACC-DFW & The Texas Lawbook Unveil Plans for 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards
This year’s awards ceremony will be Jan. 24 at the President George W. Bush Library and Institute. Save the date. This article has the details.
Fifth Circuit: Birds of a Feather are Trademarked Together
Monty Python’s famous “Dead Parrot” sketch involved John Cleese and Michael Palin debating whether a dead bird sold by a pet store was, in fact, deceased. In that same spirit, the recent Fifth Circuit case…
Weil Associate Vynessa Nemunaitis Chosen for Business Council for the Art’s Leadership Institute
Based in Dallas, Nemunaitis focuses her practice on debt financing transactions.
Updated: Caldwell Cassady & Curry Secures $8.2M Patent Win Against J&J Subsidiary
Lawyers at Dallas firm Caldwell Cassady Curry scored an $8.2 million patent verdict in Wisconsin against DePuy Synthes.