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Love it or hate it, the President’s current tax proposal could have a substantial impact on the alternative asset industry. The authors of this article highlight a number of the President’s proposed reforms, with the aim of providing a measured analysis of the potential real-world implications for certain taxpayers and, specifically, the alternative asset industry.

The two chemicals giants hired three two Swiss law firms and three U.S. law firms to handle the “merger of equals.” One firm is Texas-based, but its deal team is unknown. The Texas Lawbook has the details.

Katy-based Bryant United Capital Funding and its CEO are operating an illegal real estate mortgage investment scheme that defrauded more than 100 investors out of millions of dollars, according to SEC documents that were unsealed Friday in federal court in Sherman. The SEC accuses BUCF and its leader, Thurman Bryant III of Frisco, with securities fraud and making false statements to investors.

Katy-based Bryant United Capital Funding and its CEO are operating an illegal real estate mortgage investment scheme that defrauded more than 100 investors out of millions of dollars, according to SEC documents that were unsealed Friday in federal court in Sherman. The SEC accuses BUCF and its leader, Thurman Bryant III of Frisco, with securities fraud and making false statements to investors.

The US Supreme Court reversed a 27 year-old ruling Monday that had allowed great freedom for plaintiffs in their choice of venues for intellectual property disputes. The high-anticipated ruling threatens to put a damper—if not an end—to the thriving intellectual property “rocket docket” in the Eastern District of Texas. Last year, nearly four in every ten IP lawsuits filed were filed in the EDTX. But lingering questions about the high court ruling in TC Heartland v. Kraft leave some really smart lawyers wondering if it changes anything at all. Read their perspectives in The Texas Lawbook.