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Schick & Copeland Bolt V&E to Start Houston Firm

Come to find out, old dogs do learn new tricks. Bob Schick and Morgan Copeland have opened a business litigation boutique.

February 5, 2014 Mark Curriden

Marcy Hogan Greer Joins Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 4) — Austin-based appellate boutique Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend recently added Marcy Hogan Greer

February 4, 2014 Mark Curriden

Marcy Hogan Greer Joins Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 4) — Austin-based appellate boutique Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend recently added Marcy Hogan Greer

February 4, 2014 Mark Curriden

Patton Boggs Adds Bankruptcy Expert Dan Stewart

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 4) — Patton Boggs recently strengthened its bankruptcy practice by adding Daniel Stewart to its

February 4, 2014 Mark Curriden

Affordable Housing Expert Antoinette Jackson Joins Jones Walker

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 4) — New Orleans-based Jones Walker added affordable housing and real estate expert Antoinette “Toni”

February 4, 2014 Mark Curriden

Ford Nassen Adds Construction Law Expert J. Paulo Flores

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 4) — Texas construction law boutique Ford Nassen added construction law expert and former Dallas

February 3, 2014 Mark Curriden

Baker Botts and V&E Close $1 Billion IPO

Pennsylvania-based Rice Energy Inc. this week closed its $1.05 billion initial public offering of 50 million common shares priced at $21 per unit.

February 2, 2014 Mark Curriden

Baker Botts and V&E Close $1 Billion IPO

Pennsylvania-based Rice Energy Inc. this week closed its $1.05 billion initial public offering of 50 million common shares priced at $21 per unit.

February 2, 2014 Mark Curriden

UPDATE: Jury Says ETP and Enterprise Were in a Partnership, Awards $319 Million

A Dallas jury, in a potential landmark verdict that has attracted a lot of attention from energy companies and general counsel, ruled last Tuesday that two businesses can be involved in a legally binding partnership even when one of the parties never intended for the joint venture to be official.

The jury ordered Enterprise to pay ETP $319 million in damages for violating the corporate version of a common law marriage. The victory was the largest for prominent trial lawyer Mike Lynn and one of the largest ever awarded by a North Texas jury.

However, it did not find that Enterprise and Enbridge conspired for Enterprise to breach its duty to ETP for their partnership.

Jurors awarded ETP $319 million in actual damages to ETP, but an additional amount for restitution could be added.

The jury’s conclusion is a landmark decision for Texas business lawyers and their corporate clients for what under State law constitutes a business partnership.

The decision follows four full weeks of intensive testimony from the three oil and gas giants. ETP claimed that Enterprise violated their “Double E” partnership agreement by cutting ties with ETP to pursue a more financially viable pipeline project with Enbridge and that the two conspired to cut ETP out of their new deal.

More details as the story develops.

January 31, 2014 Natalie Posgate

Austin Bar Foundation to Honor Pete Winstead

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (January 30) — The Austin Bar Foundation will honor Winstead PC founder Pete Winstead at its

January 30, 2014 Mark Curriden

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