A 72-year-old man wrongfully convinced his terminally ill second wife of 24 years to revise her will on her deathbed to favor him over an earlier version that favored her three children, a Dallas jury ruled Tuesday.
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Texas Law Grads Struggle to Land Lawyer Jobs
Despite paying as much as $200,000 for their legal education, nearly one-fourth of the 2,072 Texas law school graduates of 2015 are unemployed or underemployed, according to new data compiled by The Texas Lawbook. More than 13 percent of newly-minted Texas lawyers are unemployed, which is actually worse than the nine percent of 2010 Texas law school graduates who could not find a job after graduation – the year the Great Recession impacted the Texas legal industry the most. This article has all the details.
FuelFix: Feds Charge Houston Oil Trader & Outside Consultant with Bribery
A federal grand jury in Houston has charged that a Chevron oil trader and a Houston energy consultant engaged in international commercial bribery scheme and funneled the money they received from kickbacks into offshore bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Thursday.
FuelFix: Feds Charge Houston Oil Trader & Outside Consultant with Bribery
A federal grand jury in Houston has charged that a Chevron oil trader and a Houston energy consultant engaged in international commercial bribery scheme and funneled the money they received from kickbacks into offshore bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Thursday.
FuelFix: Feds Charge Houston Oil Trader & Outside Consultant with Bribery
A federal grand jury in Houston has charged that a Chevron oil trader and a Houston energy consultant engaged in international commercial bribery scheme and funneled the money they received from kickbacks into offshore bank accounts, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Thursday.
Federal Judge Rejects Exxxotica’s Plea
U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater Thursday morning rejected efforts by Three Expo Events to override the City of Dallas’ prohibition of a three-day exhibition called Exxxotica at the Dallas Convention
ETP & Enterprise Battle before the Dallas Court of Appeals
Oral arguments took place Wednesday regarding the 2014 landmark Texas jury verdict that legally established a business version of common law marriage and resulted in a $500 million judgment against Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise asked the Dallas Court of Appeals to reversed the trial court, saying there were “serious legal flaws with this verdict.”
Not true, argued lawyers from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, who noted that, “This is a big dollar case because Enterprise stole a big dollar opportunity from us.”
ETP & Enterprise Battle before the Dallas Court of Appeals
Oral arguments took place Wednesday regarding the 2014 landmark Texas jury verdict that legally established a business version of common law marriage and resulted in a $500 million judgment against Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners. Enterprise asked the Dallas Court of Appeals to reversed the trial court, saying there were “serious legal flaws with this verdict.”
Not true, argued lawyers from Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, who noted that, “This is a big dollar case because Enterprise stole a big dollar opportunity from us.”
Environmental Expert Returns to Private Practice at Gardere
Laura Whiting was most recently in-house at Occidental Chemical Corp., where she was senior counsel for the Houston-based oil and gas exploration company’s environmental, health, safety, process safety, product stewardship, quality assurance and security functions.
Hermes Law Promotes Gino Rossini to Partner
Rossini, a University of Texas School of Law graduate, focuses his practice on handling post-trial and appellate matters in state and federal court.