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Judge: Wyly Bros. ‘Committed Tax Fraud’
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barbara Houser, in a 425-page opinion, ruled late Tuesday that Dallas entrepreneurs Sam and Charles Wyly committed tax fraud when they created a series of offshore trusts in the Isle of Man in the 1990s to shield more than $1 billion for the family tax-free.
The Texas Lawbook Supports Education is Freedom and Dallas’ Brightest Scholars
Education is Freedom works to ensure that students from school districts in the Dallas area have a roadmap to complete high school and access college. EIF’s programs can help improve the diversity of the legal industry pipeline.
The Texas Lawbook Supports Education is Freedom and Dallas’ Brightest Scholars
Education is Freedom works to ensure that students from school districts in the Dallas area have a roadmap to complete high school and access college. EIF’s programs can help improve the diversity of the legal industry pipeline.
Federal Trade Secrets Bill May Offer Little Relief to Industries in Texas
Congress last week passed the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), a bill that many believe shows promise as a useful tool for companies in combatting trade secret misappropriation. President Obama is expected to sign the DTSA into law. But legal experts say companies in Texas may do better seeking relief in state court. This article examines the new bill.
Weil Advises Oracle on Two Deals Worth $1.2B
Dallas partner Jim Griffin is co-leading two Weil deal teams that are advising Oracle’s $532 million acquisition of Opower and $663 million acquisition of Textura.
Update – Exclusive Data: Texas M&A & Securities Offerings Continue to Plunge in 2016
If merger and acquisition activity for Texas-based companies looked bad in 2015, it got even worse in the first three months of 2016.
Update – Exclusive Data: Texas M&A & Securities Offerings Continue to Plunge in 2016
If merger and acquisition activity for Texas-based companies looked bad in 2015, it got even worse in the first three months of 2016.
Tom Vick Elected State Bar President
Nearly 18,000 lawyers in the State Bar of Texas voted to elect family lawyer Tom Vick of Weatherford as the next president-elect of the State Bar of Texas. Meanwhile, the Texas Young Lawyers Association elected Baili Rhodes of College Station to serve as its president from June 2017 to June 2018.
Sympathy for the Plaintiff: 5th Circuit Relaxing Twombly Pleading Standards?
The Fifth Circuit recently reversed the dismissal on the pleadings of a products liability claim, noting the difficulties faced by plaintiffs who lack access to critical information in the defendants’ files.