Munsch Hardt announced on Tuesday that it will acquire the four-lawyer Dallas intellectual property litigation boutique McDole Williams on August 1.
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Texas Lawbook Exclusive: Winstead – Troutman Sanders Merger Talks Off
Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders definitely wants to expand into Texas and Dallas-based Winstead clearly wants to partner with an out-of-state law firm, but merger discussions between the two corporate law firms are off. The Texas Lawbook has details.
Kelly Hart Partner to Receive 2018 Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award
David Keltner will be honored at the Annual Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Dinner in Austin in September.
Alistair Dawson Named Fellows Chair of Texas Bar Foundation
Beck Redden partner Alistair Dawson, who recently completed his service as president of the Houston Bar Association, has been elected the Fellows Chair of the Texas Bar Foundation.
CDT Weekly Roundup: 14 Deals Worth $5.37B at a Time of $1.09T in Private Equity Money Out There Looking for a Home
There’s a whole lot of private equity money out there. At the end of June, according to data from Preqin, alternative investment firms worldwide had $1.8 trillion in “dry powder.” All that available cash has slowed down capital raisings in the first half of this year. But investment activity continues, a chunk of it creating work for transactional lawyers in
Updated – Texas Corporate Law Firm Steps Up on Immigration
In the past two weeks, more than 140 lawyers for the corporate law firm Haynes and Boone in Austin, Dallas, Houston and beyond have volunteered thousands of hours to represent and advise detainees from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador for free. The firm represents 13 mothers and fathers – all of them with younger children – who fled their homelands in fea
How a Partner-Associate Duo in Houston Helped Change Alabama Tenant Law
Winston & Strawn partner Paula Hinton has a multitude of achievements under her belt to be proud of. She’s cleared a Waste Management subsidiary from 99 percent of a $3.8
DBJ: U.S. government appeals AT&T, Time Warner decision
According to legal filings submitted Thursday, the government is appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after it lost the case last month that sought to block the tie-up of the two companies.
Houston Chief Federal Judge Issues First TRO in Parent Deportation
U.S. Chief Judge Lee Rosenthal of Houston issued a temporary restraining order Thursday prohibiting federal immigration officials from deporting a Honduran woman who came to the U.S. last month with her daughter after being tortured and persecuted in her homeland. While the case is technically about only one mother, who is being held in a detention center in South Texas, and her 12-year-old daughter, who is housed in a facility in Florida, lawyers involved in the litigation believe that the impact could be far-reaching.
Orsinger Nelson Promotes Two to Partner
Chris Oldner and Holly Rampy Baird received their law degrees at Texas Tech.