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Halliburton GC Robb Voyles: Four years of Extraordinary Challenges, Successes

HOUSTON (Nov. 30) – Since becoming the GC of Halliburton in 2014, Robb Voyles has successfully guided the oilfield services giant through treacherous legal waters that included a mountain of lawsuits with billions of dollars at stake related to the Deepwater Horizon deadly explosion, a global securities class action lawsuit, a nine-figure tax dispute with its former KBR subsidiary and a $28 billion merger with Baker Hughes that went bad.

In this exclusive interview with The Texas Lawbook, Voyles looks back at the last four years and discusses his wins, losses and the reason the Texas GC Forum recognized him in November for his accomplishments.

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V&E _________________________ Steve Gill Lande Spottswood Connor Long David Peck Wendy Salinas Stephen Jacobson Jason McIntosh Katherine Mull Curt Wimberly Gina Hancock Boyd Carano Alan Alexander Brandon Tuck Brian Moss

Pinkston Program Shows Students Many Sides of the Law

Students from a West Dallas high school are seeing a side of the law they might never have known existed were it not for a group of dedicated lawyers at two Texas firms. The program, aimed to expand the horizons of at-risk students shows them that the law involves more than traffic court and that there are a multitude of ways they can forge a career path. Natalie Posgate has details on this remarkable program.

Corp. Deal Tracker Weekly Round-Up: 8 Firms, 76 Lawyers, 7 Transactions, $3.85B and One Busy Steve Gill

A large oil and gas merger and some good-sized asset deals kept activity chugging during Thanksgiving Week, with seven deals announced worth $3.85 billion, versus eight transactions valued at $11.05 billion the previous week. Eight law firms and 76 Texas lawyers were involved, compared with nine firms and 62 Texas attorneys the previous week. The Texas Lawbook has the names and the numbers behind the numbers.

House Bill Proposes Big Changes to Personal and Corporate Taxes

After years of blueprints, frameworks and speeches, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee recently released the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a bill that attempts – for the first time in 30 years – a complete overhaul of the Internal Revenue Code. The bill, which undergoes markup this week, proposes major changes to individual, corporate, pass-through and international tax provisions. This article provides the detailed specifics every Texas GC and CEO needs to know about the new tax bill.

Feds Drop Charges Against Ex-Marine in Seizure-Inducing Tweet

Federal prosecutors in Dallas have dismissed the criminal case against John Rayne Rivello, a former U.S. Marine who allegedly sent a seizure-inducing Twitter message to a Newsweek journalist who published negative articles about then President-elect Donald Trump. Defense attorney David Gerger told The Texas Lawbook in an exclusive interview that the federal charges simply did not meet the facts alleged.

Trump Making Mark in Texas Federal Judiciary

Eleven federal courtrooms in Texas have sat empty for years amid political wrangling, including a judgeship in Corpus Christi that has been vacant since 2011. Texas also has two appeals court seats empty since 2012 and 2013. The Trump administration has been moving swiftly to fill these Texas vacancies, which could end up being his most enduring legacy.

Corp. Deal Tracker Weekly Round-Up: 9 Firms, 62 Lawyers, 8 Transactions, $11.05B

The corporate deal world in Texas saw fewer transactions the week before Thanksgiving, but capital markets activity caused deal value for Nov. 13-20 to jump to $11.05 billion. Activity ranged from private equity commitments and exits to a slew of public notes offerings as Wall Street marches toward year-end.

The biggest deal transaction of the week was Marathon Petroleum’s $8.1 billion asset drop-down to affiliate MPLX followed by Energy Transfer Partners’ $1.5 billion sale of preferred units. Baker Botts’ Josh Davidson led three of the transactions. The Texas Lawbook has all the names and details.

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