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Twenty-eight months later, the online business law publication surged well past 5,300 this week thanks to several new group subscriptions from a handful of business law firms and corporate in-house legal departments.
To some corporate general counsel, such as AT&T’s Wayne Watts and CenterPoint’s Scott Rozzell, the billable hour is a deplorable beast needing to be slain. Other GCs, such as Stephen Coats at Riverstone Holdings, are okay with the billable hour structure but seek flexibility depending upon outcome.
Here are five law firms – Ross Joyner, Schiffer Odom, The Willis Law Group, Skiermont Puckett and Munsch Hardt – that are catering to the growing demand for alternative fee arrangements.
Norton Rose Fulbright is opening its 55th office in Rio de Janeiro, the firm announced last week.
If you don’t get a flu shot, you’re not just risking your health; you might also be risking your job. Labor and employment law experts explain why.
The gift from Ray and Nancy Ann Hunter Hunt will create a new advocacy center to help women who have been abused and targeted for crimes.
As large national law firms continue to move into Texas to create a foothold in Dallas’ diverse business climate and Houston’s energy sector, a separate but related shift is occurring within the real estate markets. Availability for ideal law office space is shrinking and leasing rates are rising. Law firm management needs to stay attuned as the legal industry continues to be a key driver of two of the hottest real estate markets in the country.
© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 17) — K&L Gates’ growing Houston office added litigator Brett Young as a partner to
© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 17) — K&L Gates’ growing Houston office added litigator Brett Young as a partner to
Two national financial lenders have sued Dallas-based NexBank Securities and its investment banking subsidiary, one of its clients and the client’s accountants and a lawyer for conspiring together to commit a $66 million fraud.
Regions Bank and MCG Capital Corp. claim that NexBank Securities, NexBank Capital Advisors and its officials worked with Color Star, a now bankrupt greenhouse and nursery company with large operations in Sanger, Texas, to procure a $66 million loan “through a massive accounting fraud” scheme. A third major bank is expected to file its own lawsuit soon.
© 2014 The Texas Lawbook. By Brooks Igo Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (February 17) — Pittsburgh, Pa.-based K&L Gates promoted 52 lawyers to partner, three of which are
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