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V&E Advises Dyno Nobel in $850 Million Capital Expenditure
Lots of Houston lawyers are involved in the deal for the new $850 million plant will produce 800,000 metric tons of ammonia per year.
V&E Advises Dyno Nobel in $850 Million Capital Expenditure
Lots of Houston lawyers are involved in the deal for the new $850 million plant will produce 800,000 metric tons of ammonia per year.
Sidley’s Houston Office Receives United Way Highest New Dollar Award
In its first year in Houston, Sidley Austin is already making its presence felt in the community. The United Way of Greater Houston awarded the firm the Law Firm Initiative
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In its first year in Houston, Sidley Austin is already making its presence felt in the community. The United Way of Greater Houston awarded the firm the Law Firm Initiative
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Upon completing its 24-year campaign commitment to United Way of Greater Houston, Weil’s Houston office was named the 2012-13 recipient of the Law Firm Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award. The office
Jones Day and T&K Assist with $1 Billion Transaction
The big-dollar acquisition will give Atlas access to assets in the Eagle Ford shale.
Jones Day and T&K Assist with $1 Billion Transaction
The big-dollar acquisition will give Atlas access to assets in the Eagle Ford shale.
GCs Added to Expanded Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee
Texas’ two U.S. Senators have named a 35-member commission to review and evaluate candidates interested in filling six open federal district judgeships and two openings on the federal circuit court of appeals.
The Federal Judicial Evaluations Committee, appointed by Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, is stacked with high-profile Texas lawyers from the state’s largest and most prestigious law firms. New on the list, however, are four corporate general counsels, including chief legal officers or lawyers-turned-executives at JC Penney, Apache Corporation, Pride and Goldcrest Investments and Valley Baptist Health Systems.
The panel will advise the two senators regarding the qualifications of federal judicial candidates nominated by President Obama for federal judicial positions that are currently open or become open during the next four years.
Texas Law School Job Placement: The Bleeding Has Stopped
Texas’ nine law schools report that nearly 79 percent of their 2012 graduates found permanent, full-time jobs as a lawyer or another professional position – much lower than the 95-plus percent levels that law schools bragged about just a couple years ago. This exclusive report examines actual law school placement statistics school-by-school (Hint: the 79 percent is deceivingly high) and studies how Texas law schools are reacting.