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Morgan Lewis Strengthens Dallas Office with Two Ex-Bracewell Practice Group Leaders
Janice Davis co-led Bracewell’s technology transactions practice, while Rob Sheeder chaired the firm’s labor and employment practice.
Houston Chronicle: Lawsuit Accuses Businesses of Fraud in Harvey Relief Work
Houston mayoral candidate and attorney Tony Buzbee has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two companies that allege they were fraudulently listed as subcontractors by two companies that later secured millions of dollars for Hurricane Harvey relief work from the city of Houston.
Houston Chronicle: Hurricane Harvey Trial Takes a Road Trip
The federal judge handling lawsuits from victims of Hurricane Harvey flooding took the trial on a road trip Wednesday that began with an off-road trek along the narrow earthen crest of the Barker dam, 30 feet above the reservoir. Trial participants tramped through sticky, squishy mud to look down at the floodgates. An egret waded in the pooled up brown water. A warm wind ruffled the judge’s hair as he swore in Capt. Charles Ciliske, the Houston project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Updated – Reed Smith Opening in Dallas; Bracewell’s Public Finance Group Stays Put
UPDATED 4:10PM – Eight lawyers from Perkins Coie and two from Bracewell are joining Reed Smith’s new Dallas office. Bracewell and Perkins Coie adamantly denied Texas Lawbook’s report that more lawyers are departing for Reed Smith. A senior lawyer at Bracewell told The Lawbook on Wednesday that the firm’s public finance group is not leaving Bracewell. This updated Texas Lawbook article has new details about Reed Smith’s plans for Dallas and statements from Bracewell and Perkins Coie that clarify and correct information from a prior version of our story.
Expect More Changes in Entity Laws from the 2019 Texas Legislature
It looks like the 2019 session of the Texas Legislature will likely enact a variety of changes to the state’s business entity laws. Texas lawyers can find out what these changes could mean at the 17th Annual “Choice, Governance & Acquisition of Entities” course to be held on May 24, in Dallas at the Park Cities Hilton.
Fort Worth Jury Awards Local Telecom Co. Millions in Trade Secret Battle
A Tarrant County jury determined Monday that Plano-based CommTech Sales unlawfully used Fort Worth telecom company XIP LLC’s trademarks and trade secrets and awarded damages that could total $31 million.
T&K Associate Jasmine Wynton Elected to Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Board
Wynton is based in Dallas and practices in the firm’s trial group.
Houston Chronicle: Hurricane Harvey Flooding Victims Get their Day in Federal Court
Residents and business owners whose properties upstream of the Barker and Addicks reservoirs were flooded after Hurricane Harvey argued in Houston federal court Monday that authorities knew for decades that the lakes would likely not be contained during a major flooding event and did nothing to prevent it, resulting in property damage for which they should now be compensated.
Josh Bammel of Kratos: Busy, Busy, Busy
Dallas investment banker Josh Bammel left Generational Equity in 2007 to form Kratos Capital. He hasn’t looked back. Specializing in transactions between $20 million and $75 million, Bammel just closed his 121st deal. He shares his perspectives on the business with Claire Poole.