For generations technology has been replacing human manual labor. But today’s innovations are capable of doing increasingly complex “intellectual” tasks. Technology has already reshaped the practice of law, but will it ever make lawyers obsolete? Randy Gordon of Crowe & Dunlevy provides an analysis.
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Hiersche Hayward Promotes Chris Summers to Shareholder
Summers represents clients in corporate and complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.
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Three partners from Foley Gardere have lateraled to Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Houston. The energy litigation trio held various leadership positions at Gardere.
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CDT Weekly Roundup: 15 Firms, 60 Lawyers, 13 Deals Worth $2.13B
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Two Litigation Partners in Dallas
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Locke Lord Partner Thomas Connop Named Chair-Elect of ISUAA Board
Connop has been named chair-elect of the Iowa State University Alumni Association Board of Directors.
TX Businesses File Legal Brief Supporting DACA, Opposing Texas AGs Assault on Immigration Program
A federal lawsuit by Texas state officials seeking to order the end of the federal immigration program called the Deferred Act for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, will have “immediate, irreparable injury” to Texas businesses and cost the state’s economy billions of dollars, according to a coalition of pro-business organizations.
Porter Hedges Wins $46M Defense and puts $28M in Westcon’s Pocket
Porter Hedges lawyers won a $28 million payment for construction client Bilfinger Westcon from Austria-based Voestalpine for wrongful termination during construction of a $750 million hot briquette iron plant. The arbitration ruling is just the first in a series of legal actions pending against the Austrian technology giant. The Texas Lawbook has details.
Corporate Lawyers Lateral = Billions of Dollars of Legal Work on the Move
When star Houston corporate lawyer Sean Wheeler moved his law practice to Kirkland & Ellis last week, he likely took his book of business with him. During the past 18 months, Wheeler led or co-led 29 M&A and capital markets deals worth a combined $14.3 billion.
A Texas Lawbook investigative report found that at least 84 prominent dealmaking lawyers in Texas jumped to new law firms since Jan. 1, 2017. Those lawyers handled hundreds of deals valued at nearly $200 billion, according to the Corporate Deal Tracker. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details.