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Did a newlywed couple turn ‘bridezilla’ and purposely damage their wedding photographer’s career and reputation after not getting their way? Or did they simply express their opinions publicly about their negative experience with the photographer?

A group of primarily Texas-based lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright said Tuesday that they are advising Charles Schwab in the development of its new campus in North Texas, which is projected to bring at least 1,200 jobs to the area.

Riverstone Holdings said Monday that it is selling its Permian Basin-focused oil and gas company, Rock Oil Holdings, to Denver-based SM Energy for $980 million.

The Corporate Deal Tracker rankings for the first half of 2016 are official. The usual law firms and individual lawyers rank in the top 20 for M&A and securities offerings, but there are a few surprises. The numbers show that, despite the oil and gas slow down, Houston transactional lawyers are still busier than their Dallas counterparts. The bottom line is that competition among M&A and capital markets lawyers is fiercer than ever, even as deal activity remains slow.

Delaware recently adopted amendments, effective August 1, 2016, to an oft-used statute that streamlines the acquisition of a Delaware public corporation structured as a tender offer followed by a back-end merger. Since its adoption, this statute has been welcomed by buyers, targets and their stockholders, as well as the lawyers who work on these transactions. The effectiveness of the Delaware amendments presents an opportunity to highlight the fact that Texas adopted a statute in its last legislative session that permits the same transaction structure and carries many of the same advantages.

As demand for water grows throughout Texas, there has been an increasing focus on the rights relating to the ownership and use of groundwater in our state. As a result, a number of significant issues relating to groundwater rights have found their way into our state courts, and the Texas Supreme Court has not been shy in its willingness to jump in to clarify these issues as they arise.