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Lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright and Vinson & Elkins said they advised on a $1.2 billion deal involving the Alpha Crude Connector System, which is the first large-scale crude oil gathering system in the northern Delaware Basin region of the Permian.

Lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright and Vinson & Elkins said they advised on a $1.2 billion deal involving the Alpha Crude Connector System, which is the first large-scale crude oil gathering system in the northern Delaware Basin region of the Permian.

Houston-based Targa Resources Corp. said Monday that its subsidiary, Targa Resources Partners, will acquire assets in the Delaware and Midland regions of the Permian Basin for $565 million in cash. Lawyers from Locke Lord and Vinson & Elkins advised on the deal, which entails Targa acquiring 100 percent of the membership interests of Outrigger Delaware Operating, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating and Outrigger Midland Operating from Denver-based Outrigger Energy.

Houston-based Targa Resources Corp. said Monday that its subsidiary, Targa Resources Partners, will acquire assets in the Delaware and Midland regions of the Permian Basin for $565 million in cash. Lawyers from Locke Lord and Vinson & Elkins advised on the deal, which entails Targa acquiring 100 percent of the membership interests of Outrigger Delaware Operating, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating and Outrigger Midland Operating from Denver-based Outrigger Energy.

The media law gurus at Jackson Walker told a gathering of Texas journalists Tuesday that Pres. Trump’s campaign promise to loosen libel laws to make news operations more vulnerable to defamation lawsuits will be nearly impossible for him to achieve. But the First Amendment lawyers worry that Trump’s constant bashing of journalists could seep into decisions made by politically motivated judges and juries.

In what is believed to be one of the largest cattle fraud cases in Texas history, a jury has found that a North Texas cattle farming family perpetrated a check-kiting fraud scheme involving the purchase and sale of 50,000 head of cattle valued at $87 million.