Lane Cates, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Abeo Management Corporation, has been selected to chair the board of Equest, a Dallas equine therapy nonprofit.
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Dallas IP Firm Names New Partner
Dallas intellectual property law firm Slater Matsil has recently named Landon Wiebusch to the partnership.
AT&T’s Monumental 2018 Successes Make it Finalist in Three Corporate Counsel Award Categories
AT&T’s legal department won two huge courtroom victories against the federal government in 2018. The telecom giant defeated a $4 billion FTC false advertising case and demolished a DOJ antitrust challenge to its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner. AT&T also made huge strides in promoting diversity in the legal profession. The Texas Lawbook has details.
Chasity Henry Drives Big Deals and Diversity
Kimberly-Clark Assistant GC Chasity Henry has been involved in several large corporate M&A, but her most important success is one she started with little fanfare. As founder of the NEW Roundtable, Henry is helping women of color achieve new successes in the legal profession. She is a finalist for the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel’s Diversity of the Year Award.
The Bezos Divorce: Lessons to be Learned for All Corporate Execs
One of the richest pairs on the planet are divorcing. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and novelist MacKenzie Bezos are calling it quits after 25 years. Their high profile wealth, estimated at $137 billion, makes it big news – but news that will likely fade because they seem to have followed a few basic rules. Charlie Hodges and Brian L. Webb explain those rules.
Chief Judge Lynn ‘Very Concerned’ for NDTX if Gov Shutdown Continues
Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas told a group of litigators Friday afternoon that she was “very concerned” for the staff of the courts in her district if the federal government shutdown continues. Natalie Posgate has the story.
The Top Texas Litigation Stories of 2018
“Litigation documents the lifelines of relationships: when they blossom, when they crumble and everything in between. And no matter how big a company is, it’s the people and lawyers behind it who drive the narrative.” So notes Natalie Posgate in describing her picks for the top ten Texas-related litigation victories of 2018.
Judge to Consider Dismissal of Stormy Daniels-Horse Trainer Defamation Feud
A judge in Kaufman County will consider Friday morning whether he will dismiss a co-defendant of porn star Stormy Daniels from a defamation lawsuit that pits them on one side against a Rockwall horse trainer.
Mortgage Firm & Execs to Seek Attorneys’ Fees from Take-Nothing Defense Verdict
A contentious battle between two residential mortgage firms heads to the next phase after one side rendered a take-nothing verdict in a Dallas federal court. But the other side doesn’t seem to be backing down either. Litigation writer Natalie Posgate has the story behind this ongoing fight.
Jones Walker Picks Up Two Houston Litigators through Merger
The New Orleans-based Jones Walker announced on Thursday that a group of 11 attorneys – headlined by Fowler Rodriguez founder George Fowler, III – have joined three of the firm’s offices. The sizeable lateral group includes Houston partners Luis Enrique Cuervo and Michael McCoy.