At the request of an anonymous donor who led with a $3 million contribution, The Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law and Leadership is named in honor of the owner and chairman of TRT Holdings Inc., the holding company for the Omni Hotels and Resorts chain and Gold’s Gym International. Rowling is a 1979 graduate of the law school.
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Bell Nunnally Boosts Litigation and White Collar Practices
The three new additions are headlined by partner David Walton, an appellate guru who was previously at Parsons McEntire McCleary & Clark, and senior counsel Craig Warner, who was an assistant attorney general of Texas.
Seyfarth Shaw Adds Houston Labor and Employment Partner
Scott Nelson was previously at Baker McKenzie.
Supreme Court Approval of Class-Action Waivers Will Benefit Oil Field Employers and Other Industries
The Supreme Court’s decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis puts to rest one of the most publicized and debated legal issues affecting employees and employers this decade. Now that the Court has spoken, the question for these employers is whether arbitration agreements with class-action waivers is an appropriate and desirable employment practice for their business.
Supreme Court Provides Roadmap for Employers to Eliminate Their Largest Employment Law Risk
The U.S. Supreme Court has settled the contentious class action waiver issue that has riled courts and confounded employers for the past six years, thereby providing a roadmap for employers to eliminate their largest employment law risk – a class action. In short, until Congress elects to change the law, courts are to enforce arbitration agreements as written, even if they include class action waivers.
Reed Smith Opens in Austin, Expands in Houston with Team of NRF Lawyers
Two of the Norton Rose partners joining, Jeff Layne and Ben Koplin, will launch Reed Smith’s Austin office, which is the firm’s second office in Texas and 28th worldwide.
AmLaw 200 Firm Absorbs Dallas Litigation Shop To Open First Texas Office
The Dallas litigation firm of Lackey Hershman has agreed to combine with Stinson Leonard Street.
HBA Announces New President
Warren Harris, chair of Bracewell’s appellate practice, succeeds Alistair Dawson of Beck Redden in leading the 11,200-member bar.
UNT Dallas College of Law Librarian Named AALL Awards Program Winner
UNT also received three other awards.
Locke Lord Partner Frank Stevenson Elected to Two Leadership Positions
Stevenson is the immediate past president of the State Bar of Texas.