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Updated: It was the ‘Right Time and Place’ for Amy Yeager to Become Children’s New GC
During a break from orientation, Children’s newest GC told The Texas Lawbook why she decided to join the country’s eighth largest pediatric care provider. Litigation writer Natalie Posgate has the details.
DLA Piper Completes Move to Dallas Arts District
DLA Piper recently announced that it has officially moved into its new Dallas office at 1900 Pearl in the Arts District.
Winston Partner Tom Melsheimer Inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Melsheimer is also a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and an advocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates.
SCOTX Walks Back Hyder
Saying a lower court misconstrued its 2015 decision in Chesapeake Exploration v. Hyder, the Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the deductibility of production costs from energy company royalties is a matter commanded by contractual language. Janet Elliott, who has followed the controversy, explains.
Shonn Brown Joins Kimberly Clark as Deputy GC
Dallas trial lawyer Shonn Brown had an interesting Friday. In the early morning hours, she won a 10-digit jury verdict in Dallas County District Court. After lunch, she packed up her office at Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst and moved her litigation practice to Irving-based Kimberly-Clark Corp., where she is now the deputy general counsel over litigation and regulatory.
Navigating Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims After Berry-Helfand
Recent decisions by the Texas Supreme Court have clarified the burden on plaintiffs to produce concrete evidence supporting claims for damages in trade secret misappropriation cases. This article analyzes these cases and tries to predict their influence on future claims for trade secret misappropriation in Texas.
CDT 2018: More Work, More Money, More PE Influence
Lawyers in Texas reported work on 18 percent more transactions last year than in 2017 with $1 billion-plus deals dominating the activity. Claire Poole takes a deep dive into data collected exclusively by The Texas Lawbook’s Corporate Deal Tracker.
Unseated Dallas DA Joins Litigation Firm
Faith Johnson, who lost the Dallas County District Attorney’s race in November to John Creuzot, has landed in private practice at a Dallas litigation boutique.
Texas Lawbook Hits 11K Subscribers, Launches Insider Newsletter
Buoyed by partnerships with the DFW and Houston chapters of the Association of Corporate Counsel, The Texas Lawbook now has more than 11,000 paid subscribers, including 2,470 corporate in-house counsel. To celebrate, we are launching The Texas Lawbook Insider, a free newsletter that provides insider details about the inner workings of The Lawbook team and offers behind-the-scenes descriptions on how specific stories came together. Here are the details.