Two of the largest and most profitable law firms in the world – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Kirkland & Ellis – are each promoting two lawyers from its Texas to equity or share partner.
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Akin Gump and Sidley Austin Each Promote Two Texas Attorneys to Partner
Houston is home to three of the newly-promoted Texans, while one is based in Dallas. All four have corporate transactional practices.
Seyfarth Shaw Signs Intellectual Property Duo in Houston
Lisa Meyerhoff, who led Baker McKenzie’s intellectual property group in Houston, and Myall Hawkins, a former engineer for aerospace and aviation manufacturers, were formerly at Baker McKenzie.
Locke Lord Partner George Bowles Named Fellow of American College of Construction Lawyers
Bowles, also a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, focuses his litigation practice on construction, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property and business torts.
DFW Attorney at The Cochran Firm Named Chair of AAJ New Lawyers Division
Larry Taylor, Jr. concentrates his practice on personal injury litigation concentrating in the areas of wrongful death, automobile accidents, truck accidents, as well as criminal defense cases.
Neiman Marcus Countersues Creditor Hedge Fund
Neiman Marcus countered a $1 billion fraudulent transfer lawsuit filed by one of its debtholders, charging that the suit is part of an illegal scheme for the debtholder to injure the Dallas-based luxury retailer and “extract improper benefits for itself.” The Lawbook’s Natalie Posgate details the new litigation.
Patent Suit Against Baylor Rejected After UT Refused to Join as Plaintiff
Baylor College of Medicine and the inventor of a cancer immunotherapy won, in effect, dismissal of a patent-infringement suit when a federal judge ruled that Baylor rival, the University of Texas, had a sovereign right to refuse to participate as a plaintiff. The loser: the company that tried to drag UT into the litigation. Natalie Posgate explains.
Foley Gardere Adds Dallas Real Estate Transactions Partner Clifton Dugas
Dugas, who lateraled over from Polsinelli, says there is “tremendous opportunity” within Foley Gardere’s real estate practice group.
Will the 2018 Judicial Elections Breathe New Life into Factual Sufficiency Review?
Newly-elected judges on the Texas courts of appeals may soon revisit a firmly rooted – albeit faded – distinction between factual and legal sufficiency as they grapples with their differences with pro-business justices on the Texas Supreme Court. Specifically, courts of appeals may be able to limit state Supreme Court review by deciding cases based on factual sufficiency of the evidence. The Texas Lawbook has details.
TX Supremes Weigh Reliance on Contracts v. Texas Law
Mercedes-Benz is asking the Texas Supreme Court to declare that signed written contracts are sacrosanct and override all extra-contractual statements, even if those extra-contractual promises amount to felony fraud, directly contradict Legislative policy and cause severe financial harm to a Texas business. The Texas Lawbook has details.