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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SABA’s Top Honor Goes to Dykema Cox Smith Senior Counsel Dan Webster
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
(July 31) – The State Bar of Texas has faced significant criticisms during the past two years – much of it from its own ranks. This occurs at the same
Four different law firms advise on two energy-related infrastructure deals worth $2.3B
Texas lawyers from four different law firms were involved in two energy infrastructure-related deals announced Monday that together amounted to nearly $2.3 billion.
DBJ: DOJ wants Bench Discussions between AT&T and Judge Unsealed
The U.S. Justice Dept. wants a federal appeals court in the AT&T case to make public conversations conducted at the bench between the trial judge and lawyers for both sides in the recent antitrust trial. The DOJ asks that all “all non-confidential portions of the trial transcript, including the district court’s bench conferences throughout trial, be unsealed and released to the public,” the filing said. The Dallas Business Journal has the full story.
Former Parkland Hospital GC Joins Dallas Boutique
Paul Leslie, who was executive vice president and general counsel at Parkland Hospital for eight years, has returned to private practice at Estes Thorne & Carr.
M&A H1 Rankings: Shake Outs At The Top
Even for a 2018 characterized by shake-ups – firm mergers, office openings, lateral raids – the changes at the top of the first-half M&A legal advisor charts are remarkable. V&E dropped. Kirkland ascended. And two national firms with no presence in Texas took the top deal value spots.