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I can fly it for fun—why not for profit? Proposed FAA Rules For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Every week it seems another business is using unmanned aerial vehicles. So why is your company still grounded? That could change soon. This article takes an in-depth look at the FAA’s proposed rules for small UAS and how they might affect companies eager to monetize this promising new technology. The FAA’s comment period ends April 24.

April 14, 2015 Mark Curriden

Is Mike Wortley Having a (Very Late) Mid-life Crisis? No, Just Retiring from V&E and Becoming a GC

During the past 37 years, Mike Wortley crafted billion-dollar deals involving radio stations and dress pants, semi-conductors and oil companies. He was the lead lawyer in more than 120 major mergers, acquisitions and IPOs that had a combined value of more than $250 billion.

“Simply put, Mike Wortley is a legend,” said Rick Lacher of investment bank Houlihan Lokey.

Last week, Wortley retired and became the chief legal officer at Reata Pharmaceuticals.

April 13, 2015 Mark Curriden

Is Mike Wortley Having a (Very Late) Mid-life Crisis? No, Just Retiring from V&E and Becoming a GC

During the past 37 years, Mike Wortley crafted billion-dollar deals involving radio stations and dress pants, semi-conductors and oil companies. He was the lead lawyer in more than 120 major mergers, acquisitions and IPOs that had a combined value of more than $250 billion.
“Simply put, Mike Wortley is a legend,” said Rick Lacher of investment bank Houlihan Lokey.
Last week, Wortley retired and became the chief legal officer at Reata Pharmaceuticals.

April 13, 2015 Mark Curriden

Commission Supports Veterans’ Access to Justice

The Champions of Justice Gala Tuesday in Austin raised $401,000 to support legal aid for veterans. That’s the good news. The bad news: Texas has nearly 1.7 million veterans, and resources are not sufficient to meet their demand for legal services. “Getting aid can make the difference between life and death,” said Harry Reasoner, chair of the Texas Access to Justice Commission. And while the gala brought together diverse groups of the legal community, the Vinson & Elkins attorney encouraged the state’s lawyers to do more.

The Texas Lawbook has the scoop and photos from the gala.

April 10, 2015 Mark Curriden

Commission Supports Veterans' Access to Justice

The Champions of Justice Gala Tuesday in Austin raised $401,000 to support legal aid for veterans. That’s the good news. The bad news: Texas has nearly 1.7 million veterans, and resources are not sufficient to meet their demand for legal services. “Getting aid can make the difference between life and death,” said Harry Reasoner, chair of the Texas Access to Justice Commission. And while the gala brought together diverse groups of the legal community, the Vinson & Elkins attorney encouraged the state’s lawyers to do more.
The Texas Lawbook has the scoop and photos from the gala.

April 10, 2015 Mark Curriden

What Baseball Can Do for Lawyers

Former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh admits that, when his beloved Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series, it changed his life for the better. Bill Mazeroski’s dramatic walk-of home run to end Game Seven allowed Dick to begin moving back into the stream of life and out of the grief that arose when his wife died suddenly and infant son suffered a brain injury in a car wreck earlier that year.

Baseball also has the capacity to generate solid friendships among those with a like-minded passion for the game, like mine with Dick Thornburgh.

April 9, 2015 Mark Curriden

Greenberg Traurig Prevails in $6.4 Million Health Care Billing Technology Case

A Dallas judge on Wednesday ordered two local companies and its owner to pay Austin-based Growtheorem $6.4 million for wrongfully cutting the consulting company out of a deal that caused it to lose out on commissions it claimed the defendants had promised it.

April 8, 2015 Natalie Posgate

Polsinelli Adds First Patent Litigators to Dallas Office

Michael Pegues and Jason Wietjes said the Kansas City-based firm’s platform is more conducive to serving their existing clients and to develop new business.

April 6, 2015 Mark Curriden

Corporate Deal Tracker: V&E, Andrews Kurth and Latham Lead Q1 Transactional Work in Texas

Three law firms in Texas dominated the corporate transactional marketplace during the first three months of 2015.

April 5, 2015 Mark Curriden

Corporate Deal Tracker: V&E, Andrews Kurth and Latham Lead Q1 Transactional Work in Texas

Three law firms in Texas dominated the corporate transactional marketplace during the first three months of 2015.

April 5, 2015 Mark Curriden

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  • P.S. — Gray Reed Managing Partner Shares Cancer Survival Story in Fundraising Campaign - In this edition of P.S., Gray Reed Managing Partner Kyle Sanders opens up about his three bouts with blood cancer in an effort to fundraise for blood cancer research, patient services and advocacy. The nonprofit Blood Cancer United has named Sanders a candidate for its Visionary of the Year. May 15, 2026Krista Torralva & Elle Grinnell
  • Plains All American GC Richard McGee — Pole Vaulting into a Lifetime of Achievements - In the world of oil and gas, Richard McGee has seen it all — and he’s done most of it. As a corporate transactional lawyer for Vinson & Elkins, he represented some of the biggest players in the oil patch, including Enron. In 2001, he joined Duke Energy, first as a lawyer and then as president of its international operations. Houston-based Plains All American hired McGee in 2009 and became its general counsel in 2012. Along the way, he led or was heavily involved in more than 100 M&A transactions totaling in the tens of billions of dollars. This month, he is working to close the $3.8 billion sale of Plains’ natural gas liquids business to Canadian-based Keyera.

    The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook have named McGee as the recipient of the 2026 Houston Corporate Counsel Award for Lifetime Achievement.
    May 14, 2026Mark Curriden

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Houston Commercial Litigation Partner Moves from Kirkland & Ellis to Latham & Watkins - Carson Young, a commercial litigation partner, has joined Latham & Watkins in Houston from Kirkland & Ellis. He will focus his practice on complex commercial disputes and high-stakes litigation matters.
  • Buffey Klein Takes Her BR Practice to Blank Rome
  • Dallas Commercial Litigation Partners Move from Spencer Fane to BakerHostetler
  • Baker Botts Adds Dario Mendoza to Executive Compensation, Employee Benefits Team in Dallas
  • Talen Energy’s GC Change is ‘Getting the Band Back Together’
  • P.S. — Hilgers’ Cynthia Schmidt Trades Partner Role for Nonprofit Calling
  • Willkie Adds Dallas Executive Compensation Partner
  • Dallas Assistant GC Moves from JPMorgan to Squire Patton Boggs
  • Longtime Litigator-Turned GC Returns to Private Practice in BakerHostetler’s Dallas Office
  • Clifford Chance Continues to Grow with Two More Houston Partners
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Chip Babcock
Chris Bankler
Jamie B. Beaber
David J. Beck
Bill Benitez
Jessica Berkowitz
Brent Bernell
Tyler Bexley
Shawn Blackburn
Michael Blankenship
Jeffrey Brill
Anita Brown
Ian Brown
Stuart Campbell
Jack Chadderdon
Paul Clement
Erin Nealy Cox
Scott Craig
Kevin Crews
Shamus Crosby
Hannah M. Crowe
Geoffrey Culbertson
Sean Cunningham
John Daywalt
Rajiv Dharnidharka
James Ducayet
Brian K. Erickson
Scott Everett
Weiru Fang
Elizabeth Freeman
Tad Freese
Melanie Fry
Geoff Gannaway
Paul Genender
John J. Gilluly III
Rodney Gilstrap
Andrew Gorham
John Greer
Joseph Grinstein
Matthew Haddad
Colleen Haile
Breen Haire
Shahmeer Halepota
Dionne Hamilton
Troy Harder
Rusty Hardin
Michael Hawes
Nathan Hecht
Stephen Hessler
Hillary Holmes
Marc Jaffe
Lauren Jenkins
David Jones
Atma Kabad
Susan Kennedy
David Kinder
Justin King
Allan Kirk
Melanie Koltermann
Doug Kubehl
Joe Laurel
Sang Lee
Steven Lockhart
Arthur Lotz
Barbara Lynn
Mike Lynn
Nora McGuffey
Stephanie McPhail
Mark Melton
Jeri Leigh Miller
Kimberly A. Moore
Mark Moore
Shelby Morgan
Alia Moses
Davis Mosmeyer III
Darren Nicholson
Eamon Nolan
Ivy Nowinski
Holland O’Neil
George Padis
Ian Peck
Jonathan Platt
Chase Proctor
Doug Rayburn
Joel Reese
Kevin Richardson
Andrew Rodheim
Seth Rubinson
Mazin Sbaiti
Ana Sanchez
Vincenzo Santini
Jeffrey Scharfstein
Robert Schroeder III
Scott Seidel
Steven Sexton
Ahmed Sidik
Robert Slovak
Emily Smith
Melissa R. Smith
Jonathon Soler
Robert Soza
Lande Spottswood
Craig Stanfield
Justin Stolte
Josh Teahen
Kelly Tidwell
Linda Tieh
Rafael B. de Toledo
Monica Uddin
Rhett Van Syoc
Rahul Vashi
Gabe Vazquez
Patrick Venter
Sarah Walden
Kandace Walter
Kyle Watson
Mikell Alan West
Noël Wise
Meng Xi

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The Bandas Law Firm
Beck Redden
Boies Schiller Flexner
Bracewell
Bradley Arant
Burns Charest
Clement & Murphy
Condon & Forsyth
DLA Piper
Dykema
Foley & Lardner
Gibson Dunn
Gillam & Smith
Haynes Boone
Holland & Knight
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Latham & Watkins
Lynn Pinker
Mayer Brown
MoloLamken
Pamela Welch PLLC
Patton Tidwell Culbertson
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
The Probus Law Firm
Reese Marketos
Rusty Hardin & Associates
Sbaiti & Company
Sidley Austin
Simpson Thacher
Skadden
Squire Patton Boggs
Sullivan & Cromwell
Susman Godfrey
Troutman Pepper Locke
Vinson & Elkins
Weil
Willkie
Winston & Strawn

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