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A Look Inside Pryor’s Latest ‘A Short & Happy Guide to Mediation’

Will Pryor’s new book gives you a simple, entertaining guide to mediation.

March 13, 2014 Mark Curriden

A Look Inside Pryor’s Latest ‘A Short & Happy Guide to Mediation’

Will Pryor’s new book gives you a simple, entertaining guide to mediation.

March 13, 2014 Mark Curriden

V&E and Sidley Advise in Energy XXI – EPL Oil Deal

The gusher of large oil and gas deals keeps coming, as Houston companies announce $2.3 billion acquisition.

March 12, 2014 Mark Curriden

V&E and Sidley Advise in Energy XXI – EPL Oil Deal

The gusher of large oil and gas deals keeps coming, as Houston companies announce $2.3 billion acquisition.

March 12, 2014 Mark Curriden

V&E and Sidley Advise in Energy XXI – EPL Oil Deal

The gusher of large oil and gas deals keeps coming, as Houston companies announce $2.3 billion acquisition.

March 12, 2014 Mark Curriden

Mark Cuban to ETP: Big Trials Often Focus on Confidential Emails

(March 12) – Juicy email messages have been at the heart of two of the biggest trials in Texas during the past six months. Mark Cuban’s emails supported his claim that he didn’t violate federal securities law on insider trading, but emails in the Energy Transfer Partner case against Enterprise Products led the jury to award ETP $319 million in damages.

Emails can undercut inconsistent trial testimony or buttress the credibility of testimony that is consistent with the electronic record. A collection of such messages can frame the chronology of a dispute and take the jury back in mind from the time of trial to the time when the controversy arose. This article explains in detail how good trial lawyers see past the discovery headaches and spend appropriate time in trial preparation planning for their admissibility and effective use.

March 12, 2014 Mark Curriden

Legal Recruiter to Host Free Poker Tournament for Dallas Attorneys, with Special Guest Randy White

Which attorney is the best poker player in Dallas?

The answer will come on Saturday, April 26th at a free Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament presented by Performance Legal Placement and Heritage Auctions.

March 12, 2014 Mark Curriden

Akin Gump Nabs Michael Byrd

The lateral recruiting wars between Houston law firms seem to be heating up.

March 10, 2014 Mark Curriden

Breen Haire Jumps to Simpson Thacher

Simpson Thacher is expanding its corporate energy practice in Houston with the addition of a new partner that sat across from the firm in a $700 million M&A deal in 2012.

March 10, 2014 Mark Curriden

The Behind-the-Scenes Story in Mark Cuban’s Insider Trading Trial

As Tom Melsheimer gave his closing argument to the jury last October, his client slipped him a piece a paper. “He wanted me to tell something to the jury,” Melsheimer said. “He’s Mark Cuban, so I told it to the jury.”

Melsheimer’s comments were part of a 90-minute CLE program hosted Thursday evening by The Texas Lawbook, SMU Dedman School of Law and the General Counsel Forum.

The program, which also featured Cuban Companies General Counsel Robert Hart, litigation consultant Jason Barnes, Bell Nunnally white-collar defense expert Jeff Ansley and SMU Dedman law professor Linda Eads, focused on behind-the-scenes moments involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s insider trading trial against Cuban.

March 7, 2014 Mark Curriden

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GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Paul Hastings Continues TX Growth Play with Energy M&A Hire - Peter Hays has had a career-long focus on onshore and offshore energy and a practice spanning both domestic and international markets.
  • Sorrels Law Adds Veteran Houston Litigator
  • Fisher Phillips Adds Houston Litigator
  • Bradley Adds Partner in Dallas
  • Meet the New Head of Litigation at J.D. Silva & Associates
  • Dorsey & Whitney’s New Managing Partner Has Texas Ties and Big Plans
  • Vartabedian Hester & Haynes Hires Richard Roper to Launch New White Collar, Investigations Practice Group
  • Willkie Continues to Expand its Dallas Office with Veteran Dealmakers
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  • Beck Redden Bolsters Appellate Group With Hire From Troutman Pepper Locke
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