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DHLF Nets More than $106K at Annual Luncheon

More than 200 lawyers, judges, law school deans and law students were in attendance at the Belo Mansion Thursday to celebrate the future generation of Hispanic lawyers and veteran Hispanic lawyers at law firms and corporate legal departments that have “paid it forward.”

May 28, 2015 Mark Curriden

Liberty Invests $5 Billion in Charter-TWC Merger, Bright House Acquisition

No Texas lawyers were on the deal, but New York and Washington, D.C. attorneys from Houston-based Baker Botts advised Liberty.

May 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

SCOTUS Awards Gruber Hurst Client Precedent-setting Victory

In 2005, a Chicago man filed a lawsuit against Plano-based Wellness International, a maker of nutritional products. For a decade, the case alleging fraud bounced around. Nearly every court that review the case tossed it for lack of evidence.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court may have finally ended the litigation by issuing a precedent-setting decision stating that federal bankruptcy judges are able to decide legal issues outside of their normal authority if the parties in the case consent. This article examines the decision and the history behind it.

May 26, 2015 Mark Curriden

Texas Supreme Court Removes Obstacle to Corporate Cooperation in DOJ and SEC Investigations

Texas justices, in its recent opinion in Shell Oil v. Writt, provide comfort that information shared with the government will not form the basis of a defamation claim by an individual identified in that information (at least in Texas), thus alleviating the potentially untenable position faced by companies that ostensibly had to choose between seeking cooperation credit and defending related defamation claims. The opinion also serves as an important reminder that concrete steps should be taken to preserve claims of privilege during the course of the FCPA investigation.

May 25, 2015 Mark Curriden

Munsch Hardt Turns 30 and has a Story to Tell

In March 1985, six fourth year associates at Winstead decided to start their own firm. They had no clients, no management experience and minimal business development training. “Just about any law firm consultant would say that’s crazy and stupid,” says Dallas business litigator Steven Harr.

At a time when most smaller middle market full service law firms are struggling for survival or seeking a merger, Munsch Hardt has witnessed steady growth by creating a niche in the Texas legal market.

May 25, 2015 Mark Curriden

Texas Businesses Oppose ‘Crazy, Wacky Bill’ Protecting Insurance Companies from Property Owners

Texas legislators are on the verge of passing a new law that could encourage out-of-state insurance companies to sue Texas property owners for making coverage claims regarding damage caused by severe weather. Business leaders opposing the legislation, which legal experts say places expensive and time-consuming burdens on business and individual property owners who want to legally challenge their insurance carriers for wrongly denying their claims, flooded state legislators with letters, emails and phone calls this week in an effort to kill the proposed law, which is expected to come up for a final vote before the legislative session ends Tuesday.

May 22, 2015 Mark Curriden

Hogan Lovells Brings On IP Expert Jeffrey Whittle

At his prior firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, Whittle served as head of its Technology and Intellectual Property Law Section.

May 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

Wilson Elser’s Dallas Office Adds Mitchell Milby

Milby represents design professionals and will practice in the firm’s Architects & Engineers Professional Liability group.

May 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

Wilson Elser's Dallas Office Adds Mitchell Milby

Milby represents design professionals and will practice in the firm’s Architects & Engineers Professional Liability group.

May 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

UNT Dallas College of Law Announces Four New Professors for 2015-2016 School Year

Jonathan Bridges, Michael Maslanka, Brian Owsley and Reynaldo Valencia will join the faculty in its second full-year of classes.

May 21, 2015 Mark Curriden

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