The Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Restaurant Association and eight other pro-business groups and companies filed federal court papers late Wednesday joining 13 other organizations opposing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit seeking a court order ending the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, continues to increase.
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State Bar Announces Hankinson Award Winners for Commitment to Access to Justice Efforts
The Houston Bar Association, Smith County Bar Association and L. Clifford Davis Legal Association received the 2018 Hankinson Awards.
Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Veteran Jumps to Spencer Fane
The former partner at Scheef & Stone is joining Kansas City-based Spencer Fane as the firm’s 20th lawyer in Dallas.
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Dan Webster will be recognized at the San Antonio Bar Foundation’s annual Gala Benefit & Awards on Sept. 15 as the winner of the 2018 Joe Frazier Brown, Sr. Award of Excellence.
TBLS Names William Frank Carroll Board Chair
The Texas Board of Legal Specialization also appointed three new board members.
For Law Librarians and Firms, LexisNexis Dispute Could Have Serious Ramifications
Last summer, LexisNexis began tying access to standalone products such as Law.com to subscriptions to its Lexis Advance platform. In response, the American Association of Law Librarians has argued that these tactics are anti-competitive and violate AALL guidelines. Greg Lambert, past president of the AALL executive board and chief knowledge services officer at Jackson Walker, explains what is at stake.
CDT Weekly Roundup: 13 Firms, 95 Lawyers, 15 Deals Worth $15.1B
Deal activity this past week came close to the 2018 record. Helped along by BHP Billiton’s massive sale of its U.S. shale assets to BP and Merit Energy for $10.8 billion, the deal activity reached $15.1 billion.
Q&A with State Bar of TX Chair Laura Gibson on Future of the Bar & the Legal Profession
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