Skyview is a Los Angeles-based private equity firm that recently opened a new office in Dallas, one of several PE firms that have set up shop in Texas. The Lawbook’s Claire Poole had a chance to chat with Darryl Smith, who heads the new Texas outpost, about the company’s market outlook and what their presence might mean for lawyers in the Lone Star State.
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Administrative Law Judge Joins McGinnis Lochridge
Travis Vickery, a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, will be a member of the firm’s electric energy practice.
Bell Nunnally Wins Texas Appleseed Pro Bono Leadership Award
The firm, led by Dallas partner Ben Riemer, and Texas Appleseed represent the Cameron County Housing Authority (CCHA) in the matter, which is expected to go to trial in March 2019.
T&K Partner Demetra Liggins Named American College of Bankruptcy Fellow
Liggins will be officially inducted into the College with the 30th class of fellows on March 15, 2019 at a ceremony in Coronado, California.
FBI Charges AriseBank CEO with Fraud
Federal prosecutors in Dallas announced Wednesday that they have charged AriseBank CEO Jared Rice Sr. with multiple counts of fraud related to a North Texas cryptocurrency scheme that used former heavy weight boxing champion Evander Holyfield as a spokesman.
Texas A&M Law Professor Receives University Presidential Impact Fellows Award
Lisa Alexander is one of 21 recipients of the second annual Presidential Impact Fellows award, which was launched by the university last year to recognize faculty members in the Texas A&M system who “embrace grand challenges, commit to core values and embody the unique ‘can-do’ spirit that distinguished Texas Aggies.”
Removal to Federal Court After the November 2018 Elections: More Incentive, But Less Receptiveness?
Could the swing of Texas’s big courts of appeals to Democratic majorities lead to more removals from state to federal court? Despite the hurdles federal courts have raised to removal jurisdiction over the years, the addition of five new judges to the Fifth Circuit certainly creates an opening.
CDT Roundup: 15 Deals, 11 Law Firms, 110 Texas Lawyers, $4.5B
Heading into the thick of the holiday season, as well as the year’s end, two separate trends may be emerging: first, middle market deals are beginning to thin; second, PE is gaining influence fast enough to account for half the M&A market in the next five years. The Lawbook’s Claire Poole explains in her weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup.
Judge Reopens Forest Park Bankruptcy to Investigate Contempt of Party
It started with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy tied to an Austin affiliate of the Forest Park hospital. It ended with a revelation in a separate case in Dallas of multiple potentially illegal transfers of millions of dollars during the bankruptcy proceeding. The bankruptcy case has now reopened to determine whether a Dallas private equity manager, the recipient of these millions, should be held in contempt and hit with six-figure sanctions. The Lawbook has the story.
Kerstin Arnold – A GC & Public Servant on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis
Texas Pharmacy Board GC Kerstin Arnold may be the most influential public health attorney in the U.S. and definitely is the single most important lawyer in Texas involved in the opioid crisis. Arnold, recently honored by the Texas GC Forum, has spent two decades “trying to change the world for the better.” This Lawbook profile shows how she’s done it.