The Dallas Bar Association’s bi-annual judicial evaluation poll is out and there are only two explanations for the results: Dallas lawyers are very tough graders or the city has a bunch of poor and mediocre civil court judges. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
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DBJ: Dallas’ Jacobs to buy Denver-based Rival in $3.27B Deal
Global engineering firm Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has decided to buy one of its rivals — Denver-based CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. — in a deal valued at $3.27 billion, which will give the Dallas-based firm a much-needed foothold in the United Kingdom. No Texas lawyers are on the deal.
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