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Bankruptcy practitioners may see the 5th Circuit revisit its 1998 controversial decision in Pro-Snax Distributors, Inc., which required professionals to show their services resulted in an “identifiable, tangible, and material benefit to the estate” before those services would be compensable under Section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Judge Higginbotham has authored more than 400 opinions during four decades on the federal bench. His decisions have redrawn Congressional election maps, transformed securities litigation, altered bankruptcy proceedings, and allowed monks to continue selling cheap caskets. But his opinion in the UT admissions case may be his most monumental.

“It was a brave decision,” says former ExxonMobil GC Charles Matthews. “This case is another example of Pat laying out a roadmap for the future. He again demonstrated that he has no political agenda.”

Bill Moore’s wife of 52 years still wasn’t speaking to him. Two days before, a federal jury had unanimously sided against Moore, proving that getting what you want — even after spending $2 million and 25 years to get it — can be a miserable experience.

Breitburn Energy Partners’ acquisition of Houston-based QR Energy will make Breitburn the largest oil-weighted upstream MLP with a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $7.8 billion.

Breitburn Energy Partners’ acquisition of Houston-based QR Energy will make Breitburn the largest oil-weighted upstream MLP with a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $7.8 billion.

Diamondback Energy, Inc. will acquire additional acreage in the Midland Basin from Rio Oil & Gas, LLC and Bluestem Energy Partners, LP.

Gerry Pecht and Peter Stokes successfully secured two dismissals in the Southern District of New York for both LINN Energy/LinnCo and Magnum Hunter Resources.

Legal experts say it is the largest civil judgment ever awarded by a Dallas state court judge.