As summer began, deal-making activity among Texas lawyers began to slack, at least in terms of total values, with $8.8 billion worth of transactions last week versus $14.2 billion the previous week. However, there were 15 deals — two more than the prior week – and 97 lawyers involved, versus 80 the previous week. Thirteen firms were represented versus 14 in the prior period.
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SCOTX Delivers Blows To Xerox, Dentists in Medicaid Fraud Cases
The Texas Supreme Court Friday delivered a one-two punch to a group of dentists and a state contractor who were pointing fingers at each other over allegations of massive fraud in the state’s Medicaid orthodontic program.
SCOTX: Did Someone Interfere with your Inheritance? Too Bad.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that there is no cause of action in Texas for intentional interference with inheritance, a ruling that will not allow the heirs of a wealthy oilman to invalidate a will change that gave a bulk of their inheritance to charities.
SCOTX Trashes Laredo’s Plastic-Bag-Ban Ordinance
The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the City of Laredo’s plastic-bag-ban ordinance is invalid and cannot be enforced because it directly conflicts with a superseding state law passed in 2015.
Jury Awards Former Glazer’s Liquor Executives $2.4M in Lost Compensation
A Dallas County jury has awarded $2.4 million to two former executives of Glazer’s liquor distribution company, finding they were owed compensation when the company combined with Southern Wine & Spirits in 2016.
Akin Gump Lures Houston Tax Expert
Jocelyn Tau was previously at Hunton Andrews Kurth, where she made partner in April.
VLS to Honor Locke Lord as Pro Bono Champion
The Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas (VLS) is honoring Locke Lord as a Pro Bono Champion at the Judge Suzanne Covington Pro Bono Service Awards Reception Thursday night.
Austin Lawyer Named GC of State Bar Board of Directors
Ross Fischer of the Gober Group is the newly-elected general counsel to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors.
Meet the Locke Lord Employee Who Inspired an Award-Winning HBA Initiative
Cindy Johnston is one of the most beloved employees in Locke Lord’s Dallas office. She also helped shape former Houston Bar Association President Alistair Dawson’s vision for Project TRAIN, a program that is being recognized this week at the State Bar Annual Meeting in Houston with a Star of Achievement Award.
SEC Charges Texas Coastal Energy, CEO with Fraud
Dallas-based Texas Coastal Energy Company and its CEO committed federal securities fraud by lying to investors and misappropriating $2.6 million of their money, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday.