A lawsuit by a North Texas businessman who alleged that North Carolina banking giant BB&T Co. was involved in a scheme to defraud an arm of the federal government out of millions of dollars has been thrown out of court.
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Dallas Federal Judge Tosses Whistleblower Claims Against BB&T
A lawsuit by a North Texas businessman who alleged that North Carolina banking giant BB&T Co. was involved in a scheme to defraud an arm of the federal government out of millions of dollars has been thrown out of court.
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Texas Lawyer: Revenues Flat, PPP Up for Elite Firms
Half of the 25 largest Texas firms saw their gross revenues climb in 2013, led by Susman Godfrey, Akin Gump and V&E
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Kirkland & Ellis Opens Outpost in Houston
The Chicago-founded firm has announced the lateral hire of corporate law partner Andrew Calder of Simpson Thacher.
Kirkland & Ellis Opens Outpost in Houston
The Chicago-founded firm has announced the lateral hire of corporate law partner Andrew Calder of Simpson Thacher.
Ogletree Deakin’s Ron Chapman, Jr. Wins Two Client Choice Awards
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The Judge and the Advocate: Meet the Lynns
As a Dallas jury read its verdict, Mike Lynn pulled his iPhone from his pocket and sent one email: “We won. $319 million.”
A few blocks away, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn was on the bench in the middle of her own trial when the message arrived. “I wanted to be there in court with Mike when he won such a huge victory for his client,” she says.
Barbara and Mike Lynn are Dallas’ undisputed legal power couple. She has shattered gender barriers her entire life and is the only lawyer to ever chair both the ABA’s Litigation and Judicial sections. Now a federal judge, Barbara Lynn has presided over some of the most controversial and important trials in North Texas during the past 15 years.
Mike Lynn is a pit bull trial lawyer who left the comforts of a large silk stocking law firm 20 years ago to start one of the most successful and respected litigation boutiques in Texas. His biggest court victory – the $319 million win for Energy Transfer Partners – is the largest judgment ever issued by a state court jury in Dallas.
N. Texas Opportunity Fund Sues Hammerman & Gainer
A Dallas private equity fund is taking officials of a Louisiana company to task over allegations that it secretly set up a “shell” company to funnel money out of the business when the fund owned a piece of that company.