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Thanks to the successful Teach Texas pilot program in Houston-area schools this spring, future seventh graders in Texas will learn about the state’s court system and how the history of the courts is intertwined with the rest of Texas history. Along the way, the professional image of lawyers and judges is likely to be polished as shiny as a teacher’s apple. More than 8,700 seventh graders have been taught this spring by volunteer lawyer-judge teams in the Houston Bar Association presidential initiative.

A $19 million mineral lease fight between the city of Dallas and Trinity East Energy could be impacted by a pair of appeals pending before the Texas Supreme Court that question a municipality’s immunity from breach of contract suits.

In a lengthy report by Bloomberg writers Bryan Gruley, Joe Carroll and Asjylyn Loder, the magazine tracks McClendon’s career and his last few days.

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Lawyers from Baker Botts said Wednesday that they helped Sunnova Energy Corporation, a Houston-based power company, secure a $300 million equity commitment from Energy Capital Partners this week.

Houston-based EP Energy Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell all of its assets in the Haynesville and Bossier shale plays in Texas and Louisiana to the privately-held exploration & production company, Covey Park Energy, for $420 million.