Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
The battle to represent Texas corporations in their largest mergers, acquisitions and divestitures is being won by a half-dozen law firms with offices in Texas and more than a dozen that have no presence in the state at all.
New data from independent research firm Mergermarket: shows Texas-based businesses are turning to national law firms headquartered outside of the state to handle the crème de la crème of mega-mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in 2016.
Students from South Texas College of Law Houston won the university’s 124th and 125th national advocacy titles this month.
His judicial tenure, as a whole, was the longest of any Texas Supreme Court justice.
A group of Texas Vinson & Elkins lawyers advised Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates on a $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe, a Colorado-based global provider of high-resolution Earth imagery products and services.
A group of Texas Vinson & Elkins lawyers advised Canada-based MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates on a $3.6 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe, a Colorado-based global provider of high-resolution Earth imagery products and services.
Should law clerks for federal judges be allowed to work on cases involving law firms that have previously employed them or plan to employ them in the future? Gruber Elrod says that’s exactly what happened in their $20 million breach of contract case against Goldman Sachs and that one of the most prominent corporate law firms in America knew about the conflict but kept quiet. Now, the litigation has become bitterly contentious. The Texas Lawbook has exclusive details about this extraordinary story.
The Atlanta-based firm lured four partners from Andrews Kurth and two partners from Bracewell to its Houston office, which has nearly 100 attorneys.
The Atlanta-based firm lured four partners from Andrews Kurth and two partners from Bracewell to its Houston office, which has nearly 100 attorneys.
Austin bankruptcy lawyer Russell Munsch, one of the founding partners of Dallas-based Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, was one of five people who were killed Tuesday in a small plane crash in Australia. Munsch Hardt officials issued a public statement Tuesday morning that confirmed the lawyer’s death. The Texas Lawbook has the details.
Wainwright, who is leaving Bracewell, will lead GT’s Texas appellate group. The Texas Lawbook will have comments from the former justice later today.
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