Former Haynes and Boone partner Greta Cowart has joined Winstead in Dallas as a shareholder in the firm’s taxation, employee benefits and private business practice group. Cowart, a graduate of
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Texas Law School Applications Slide
Texas’ nine law schools have seen their combined incoming first year classes drop by more than 10 percent during the past two years.
Latham Advises in $1 Billion Acquisition
This big-buck deal involves oil and gas assets in the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shales.
Holland & Knight Opens in Dallas with 23 Lawyers, Now Eyeing Houston
The Florida-based firm’s new office at 300 Crescent Court Towers is open and additional hires are expected soon.
Holland & Knight Opens in Dallas with 23 Lawyers, Now Eyeing Houston
The Florida-based firm’s new office at 300 Crescent Court Towers is open and additional hires are expected soon.
Baker Botts Advises in $435 Million Acquisition
Mounds of Houston lawyers are involved in this deal, expected to close in 3Q 2013.
Fifth Amendment Privilege: Shield or Sword in White-Collar Cases?
A shotgun, a getaway car and a double homicide—how could a case with these facts affect general counsels and business lawyers across Texas? Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a little noticed decision that could impact scores of SEC and Department of Justice prosecutions. Every GC needs to be aware.
Chief Justice Jefferson: Texas Supreme Court Libel Decision “Collides Violently with the First Amendment”
A splintered Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that an Austin television station and its reporter should be forced to stand trial against libel allegations even if the media reports in question were substantially true – and possibly literally true. Chief Justice Jefferson, writing a blistering dissent, states that the court’s decision “abridges the freedom to report on a matter of public concern.”
“It collides violently with the First Amendment,” he wrote.
Chief Justice Jefferson: Texas Supreme Court Libel Decision “Collides Violently with the First Amendment”
A splintered Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that an Austin television station and its reporter should be forced to stand trial against libel allegations even if the media reports in question were substantially true – and possibly literally true. Chief Justice Jefferson, writing a blistering dissent, states that the court’s decision “abridges the freedom to report on a matter of public concern.”
“It collides violently with the First Amendment,” he wrote.
Norton Rose Fulbright Prevails in 12-Year Death Penalty Case
The firm was able to remove an intellectually challenged man off of death row in exchange for life in prison, thus ending 12 years of litigation.