A jury has ordered a Dallas couple to pay $1 million to prominent portrait photographer Andrea Polito for conducting a public campaign that defamed the photographer and basically destroyed her business.
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Bell Nunnally Joins Associate Salary Hike, Raises First-Year Pay to $180K
The 54-lawyer firm is matching the first-year pay adjustments made last summer by more than a dozen much larger firms in Texas after New York powerhouse Cravath, Swaine & Moore – considered the precedent setter for BigLaw pay – announced that it would increase its first-year associate salaries to $180,000.
Gibbs & Bruns Partner Barrett Reasoner Inducted as Fellow of International Academy of Trial Lawyers
The IATL has an exclusive membership of 500 active trial lawyers under the age of 70.
DLA Piper Names Co-Managing Partner of Austin Office
John Guaragna focuses his practice on technology and intellectual property counseling and litigation.
Locke Lord Selects Cynthia Timms to Lead Appellate Practice
Most recently, Timms helped protect her client’s multimillion-dollar patent judgment.
Bracewell Partner Elizabeth Bowes Elected President of Women in Public Finance – TX Chapter
Bowes is based in Austin.
Judge Slams Rowdy Girl Farm Owners for Frivolous Lawsuit
A Houston judge has ruled that a $1 million defamation lawsuit filed by the self-proclaimed Queen of Honky Tonk and her husband against a former supporter of their Angleton pro-animal rights farm is frivolous and awarded the couple to pay $57,000 in lawyer fees and penalties to the defendant.
Gibson Dunn Advises in $205M Eagle Ford Deal
Houston-based Penn Virginia Corp. said Monday that it will acquire Eagle Ford Shale assets from Devon Energy Corp. for $205 million in cash. The deal is part of a $1 billion divestiture program that Devon recently announced.
Boutique Investment Banks Making Inroads Among the Top Dealmakers in Texas
The bulge-bracket banks that normally rank at the top of the financial adviser league tables nationally are getting some new and fierce competition in the Lone Star State. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive Mergermarket data with the top 30 financial advisers involved in Texas-based M&A.
Power Market and Associations in Mexico: Synergies in Energies
Synergies, alliances and collaborative arrangements are likely to become the name of the game in Mexico’s power market as a result of new market rules, facts and business structure for the power, transmission and renewable sectors in Mexico.