More Stories

Capital markets lawyers mostly sat on the sidelines through the better part of the recent energy slump, watching their M&A partners at least get some deals done. New data from the Corporate Deal Tracker, however, shows CapM practitioners are back in the starting lineup and busier than ever (particularly for the S-1 process) as oil companies rebound in a stabilizing commodity environment. They may even score more three-pointers as IPOs make a comeback. The Texas Lawbook has the details.

Porter Hedges represented Noble Energy in its $1.2 billion Marcellus Shale divestiture as well as Oildom Publishing Company in its sale to Gulf Publishing Company.

Sam Baxter of McKool Smith led a trial team in East Texas to a $43 million antitrust verdict over industrial giant GE. Fundamentally, the trial played out in the usual grind of evidence and narrative. But the case turned on a dramatic admission made from the witness stand. The Texas Lawbook broke first details on the GE verdict Friday. This update tells how the case went down.