It’s styled as a simple contract dispute. But the upcoming courtroom fray between Charif Souki and Cheniere Energy, the company he founded, is a multi-layered conflict between a well-known entrepreneur and a well-known corporate raider.
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Neiman’s Tracy Preston ‘Handles Everything that Is Thrown at Her’
Seven years ago, Tracy Preston traded in her Levi jeans for Jimmy Choo shoes to become the GC at Neiman Marcus. Last year, she defeated a $1 billion lawsuit brought by a hedge fund, executed a complex transaction that extend the company’s funded debt and played a strategic role in the opening of Neiman Marcus Hudson Yards, the company’s first store in New York City. She has more to come in 2020.
Appeals Court Upholds, Broadens Noncompete Injunction on Physician Recruiter
Not only does the ruling ban a former sales executive for Merritt Hawkins and Associates from conducting business in five states; it also increases the likelihood for MHA to recover damages in the trial court. Natalie Posgate explains.
McKool & Team Score $85M against Apple
Mike McKool and a group of McKool Smith lawyers asked a San Diego federal court jury to order Apple to pay their client $85 million for patent infringement. On Friday, the jury did just that. The Texas Lawbook has details.
Prosperity’s Rasche with Bracewell: Shepherding the Second Largest Bank Merger in Texas History
Prosperity was used to doing acquisitions, having completed 42 since its founding in 1983. But the LegacyTexas transaction was the largest in terms of sheer size and relative size to Prosperity – and came with challenges.
DBJ: Dallas Company’s Founder Taking New Owners to Court in a Move That’s Held Up a Key Deal
A founder of an Irving software company has gone to court to stop his company from making an acquisition – and it’s worked so far. Brian Womack of the Dallas Business Journal has the story.
Locke Lord Loses Two Top Energy Dealmakers to Winston
The former capital markets co-chairs said in an interview they needed the Chicago firm’s platform to better serve their clients and “truly be on top.”
Pier 1, Bracewell Weather Massive Shareholder Class Action Storm
Pier 1 endured changes in style, changes in market, changes in judges and changes in its legal leadership to beat back stockholder charges of securities fraud in epic fashion. And as a result they are finalists for Litigation of the Year in the 2019 DFW Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards.
But in addition to those challenges, the company is now also coping with the untimely death of its general counsel.
CyrusOne’s Ashlie Alaman – ‘A Heart for Helping People’
Ashlie Alaman returned home Monday after a four day mission trip to Reynosa, Mexico, which is one of the most dangerous towns on the border. She and seven other women from their church delivered food, clothes, sewing machines to 400 migrants in a shelter hoping for asylum in the U.S. Alaman is a “force of nature” in the pro bono world. “I absolutely love being a lawyer … to help change people’s lives,” she says.
Range Resources Win Is More Than OK
When royalty owners sue oil and gas producers in Oklahoma, you play by Oklahoma rules. Because of those rules, the results can be ugly. But when Range Resources was sued in Oklahoma, GC David Poole decided to fight. And the results of that decision are now nominated for Litigation of the Year in the 2019 DFW Outstanding Corporate Counsel Awards.