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Cumulus Media Hires Paul Weiss, Porter Hedges for Restructuring - Atlanta-based Cumulus Media Inc. and 40 of its affiliated companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday in the Southern District of Texas. March 5, 2026Mark Curriden
Senate Judiciary Committee Confirms 2 WDTX Judges - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved an Austin litigator and a Fort Worth judge for the federal bench Thursday morning. Tarrant County Judge Christopher Wolfe will be serving in the Waco Division, and Andrew Davis will be in Austin. March 5, 2026Alexa Shrake
Paul Weiss Adds Another Kirkland Veteran to New and Growing Houston Office - Paul Weiss is adding an energy infrastructure partner to its new Houston office as Jennifer Gasser joins the Wall Street firm’s M&A Group within the Corporate Department.

Gasser comes to the growing Paul Weiss Houston office from Kirkland & Ellis. She advises private equity sponsors and public companies in the energy and infrastructure industries on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. March 3, 2026Jason Philyaw
King & Spalding Adds Three More Litigation Partners in Dallas - The Dallas office of King & Spalding is expanding again.

Exactly one month ago today, the Atlanta-founded corporate law firm dramatically grew its Dallas operations by adding prominent trial lawyer Tom Melsheimer, litigator Steve Stodghill and five other partners from Winston & Strawn.

Today, King & Spalding announced that three additional former Winston partners — LeElle Slifer, John T. Sullivan, and Katrina Eash — have joined Melsheimer and Stodghill. March 3, 2026Mark Curriden
Thoma Bravo Acquires Dallas Parcel and Freight Logistics Firm WWEX Group - Chicago tech investment firm Thoma Bravo said Tuesday that it agreed to acquire WWEX Group, a parcel and freight services logistics provider headquartered in Dallas. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Bloomberg reports that the deal values WWEX at $5 billion.

Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins advised on the deal. March 3, 2026Jason Philyaw
DOJ Concedes Loss on EOs to Susman, Other Firms - The Trump administration filed court documents late Monday stating that it will no longer seek to enforce the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump last spring against Susman Godfrey and a handful of other law firms. March 2, 2026Mark Curriden
San Antonio Litigation Firm Adds Longtime Fulbright Partner - Lauren Valkenaar announced Monday that Michael O’Donnell has joined her firm as a name partner to form Valkenaar O’Donnell PLLC. O’Donnell is the former partner-in-charge of Norton Rose Fulbright’s San Antonio office. March 2, 2026Brooks Igo

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DOJ Flip-Flops Again, Seeks to ‘Withdraw Motion to Withdraw’ in President’s EO Litigation - Less than 15 hours after telling a federal appeals court that it no longer planned to fight to enforce the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump last spring against Susman Godfrey and three other corporate law firms, the U.S. Justice Department filed new motions today seeking to “withdraw their motion to voluntarily dismiss these consolidated appeals.”

The same two senior DOJ lawyers who last evening told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the federal government would no longer fight to reverse orders from lower court judges declaring that the EOs targeting four law firms were illegal and blocked them from being enforced signed a six-page filing today saying that the fight is back on.

Justice Department lawyers gave no explanation for the government’s sudden reversal. March 3, 2026Mark Curriden
Litigation Roundup: Fight Between Boeing, SWA Pilots Union Returns to Dallas - In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Stone Hilton helps X Corp. defeat a proposed class action lawsuit in North Texas, and a group of South Texas doctors agree to pay millions to settle False Claims Act allegations.  March 2, 2026Michelle Casady

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A Review of February’s Business Court Decisions - The Business Court had a historic February. It presided over its first-ever jury trials, resulting in wins on both sides of the “v.” The Court also penned five opinions, including the first interpretation of its intellectual property jurisdiction. This month will be remembered as a culmination of the Court’s first chapter. March 5, 2026Zack Ewing & Austin Lesch
AI After the Strikes: What Texas Lawyers Need to Know About Digital Replica Clauses - Following the post-strike AI provisions negotiated by SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, the entertainment industry is entering a new phase of grappling with artificial intelligence. Performers and writers demanded meaningful limits on the use of AI to replicate their voices, likenesses and performances and now the burden shifts to lawyers to operationalize them with clarity and foresight. Updating contract templates to include boilerplate AI clauses is the easy part; the real challenge is drafting for a technology that is moving faster than the law can keep up with. March 2, 2026Natalie LeVeck

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