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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

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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
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
CDT Roundup: Industrial Air and Power, Deepwater, Health and Hospice - For the week ended Feb. 28, the CDT Roundup saw 11 deals reported with a total value of about $7.3 billion. The deal count sits at par with the prior week's 11 and the year-ago 11, while last week's valuations up slightly from $7.1 billion the week before and more than double last year's $3 billion.

The M&A shortlist included two billion-dollar-plus transactions. Others were energy-adjacent, involving the sale of deepwater vessels and power generation assets.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup. March 1, 2026Jason Philyaw
In Texas Business Court’s First Jury Trial, Litigants Overcame a Flood and Five Courtroom Changes - At 7:04 a.m. Feb. 11, about two-and-a-half hours before testimony was set to resume in the first jury trial in the Texas Business Court, Judge Sofia Adrogué received a text message from a bailiff. 

“Good morning Judge,” Deputy James Williams’ text began. “Hate to bring you bad news this morning. ...”

The trial, intended to showcase the new court, suddenly became an exercise in crisis management. This is the behind-the-scenes story of the court’s inaugural jury trial that was filled with other unexpected firsts.  February 25, 2026Michelle Casady
Asked & Answered with Hilgers’ David Sillers: Defamation, AI & Asylum - In this edition of Asked & Answered, Hilgers partner David Sillers talks about his First Amendment practice and shares his most memorable moments in his career so far. Sillers recently joined the firm and reunited with managing partner Grant Schmidt and partner Cynthia Schmidt, whom he met while clerking alongside them for former U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. February 25, 2026Alexa Shrake
CECO Environmental, Thermon Group Merge in $2.2B Cash, Stock Deal - CECO Environmental Corp. and Thermon Group Holdings announced an agreement to merge in a stock and cash transaction valued at about $2.2 billion.

Gibson Dunn and Sidley advised on the deal. February 25, 2026Jason Philyaw
Judge: Plano Surgeon Sentenced to 8.5 Years ‘More Involved’ Than Admitted in $196 Million Scam - A federal judge sentenced a Plano orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Taba, to 8.5 years in prison for his role in one of the biggest healthcare fraud cases in Texas history that prosecutors said bilked the U.S. government out of nearly $200 million through unnecessary compound drug prescriptions.

U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay handed down the sentence on Tuesday in Dallas after a jury convicted Taba more than two years ago of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and three counts of aiding and abetting healthcare fraud. February 24, 2026Mark Smith

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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
Bracewell, Shackelford Lawyers Team Up for Pro Bono Deal to Turn Former Convent into Foster Care Transition Home - Savannah Hostetter Benac, a partner at Shackelford, McKinley & Norton, and her husband, Dylan Benac, a corporate lawyer in Bracewell’s Houston office, found a rare opportunity to work together professionally on a pro bono matter for a client they care deeply about. The litigator and deals lawyer helped lead a real estate transaction that allowed Radiate Coalition to acquire a seven-acre property near Houston valued at approximately $2.5 million, which the nonprofit plans to redevelop into a transitional home for girls aging out of the Texas foster care system. February 26, 2026Krista Torralva

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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
New DOJ Rule Makes Immigration Judge Decisions Final in Most Cases - A significant regulatory change by the U.S. Department of Justice is quietly reshaping how immigration decisions become final within the nation’s removal adjudication system. Under a new rule, most appeals from immigration judge decisions to the Board of Immigration Appeals will no longer receive routine appellate review. The rule has immediate relevance for Texas practitioners, courts, and policymakers. February 23, 2026Daniel H. Weiss

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