MPC has signed an agreement to acquire some of BP’s integrated refining and marketing assets located in Texas and the Southeast.
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Robert Dedman Ethics Award Goes to Mark Berg of Pioneer
Berg has handled some of the most complex legal transactions in the global energy sector during the past few years. The energy deals, which valued in the billions and completely transformed the large, independent oil and gas exploration and production company and its investments.
“We hire lawyers who know our company and want to partner with us. We still see this as a legal profession, not as a commodity and we treat it as such,” says Berg. “The law firms that will survive in this new environment are those who go back and look at how the practice of law used to be.”
Wal-Mart Seeks Dismissal of Texas Class Action
Lawyers for Wal-Mart asked U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Dallas to reject a class action employment discrimination lawsuit claiming to represent more than 50,000 women who have worked at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in Texas. The suit by seven women who worked at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores during the past 14 years, claims that the company demonstrated gender bias by denying them promotions and paying them less than their male counterparts. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief as well as financial damages. Dallas employment and labor lawyer Hal Gillespie represents the plaintiffs, while Gibson Dunn partners Karl Nelson and Veronica Lewis are defending Wal-Mart.
Gibson Dunn Leads Complex MetroPCS – T-Mobile Deal
Lawyers for Richardson-based MetroPCS have worked on a highly complex agreement for several weeks.
No Lawyer has had a Bigger Impact on the North Texas Economy than Ray Hutchison
The senator’s husband and municipal bond lawyer has been intricately involved in the creation, development and construction of the most important economic drivers in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, including DFW Airport, DART, the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, the AT&T Performing Arts Center and every major professional sports facility built during the past 45 years.
“Ray is truly one of the great lawyers ever to practice in Texas – he’s an architect who takes the dreams of our local leaders and makes it come true,” says Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Two weeks ago, Hutchison turned 80. But he shows few signs of slowing down. This is his story.
Four UT Classmates Launch Litigation Boutique in Austin, Houston
A lifelong friendship is now the foundation of a new litigation boutique.
Tax Attorney James Howard Moves to Gardere
James Howard is transferring his award-winning practice to Gardere.
Indian Minister Visits Dallas as Texas Business with Country Flourishes
S.M. Krishna, India’s Minster of External Affairs and a 1959 graduate of the SMU Dedman School of Law, is returning to his alma mater Wednesday. The highest-ranking Indian official to ever visit Dallas, Krishna’s presence comes at a time when Texas-based companies are doing more and more business with their counterparts in India.
During the past two years, businesses in Texas, including Fluor Corp, Pioneer Natural Resources, Atlas Energy and ConocoPhillips, have inked more than a dozen deals with companies in India. In addition, Indian-based companies are hiring Texas-based law firms, including Thompson & Knight, Vinson & Elkins and Akin Gump, to handle their complex legal transactional work in Texas and globally.
Edith Jones Resigns as 5th Circuit Chief Judge
Chief Judge Jones is stepping away from the leadership role for “various family reasons,” but she will stay on the court as a judge. Her resignation means that Judge Carl Stewart, a 1994 Clinton appointee, will become the first African-American to serve as chief judge of the Fifth Circuit. The timing of Judge Jones’ announcement is not without controversy on the court.
Winstead Adds Four New Lawyers, Invades The Big Easy
Winstead is expanding – both firm-wise and attorney-wise.