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Court Stays Susman’s Challenge to President’s EO During Gov’t Shutdown; Trustee Seeks Same Against Jackson Walker - Citing the shutdown of the federal government, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued an order Wednesday staying all proceedings in the litigation brought by U.S. law firms related to presidential executive orders seeking to punish them for representing clients that President Donald Trump opposes. Meanwhile, 1,400 miles southwest, the U.S. Trustee in Houston has asked the federal court to issue the same order in the government’s litigation against the Jackson Walker law firm related to the romance scandal involving former bankruptcy judge David Jones in the Southern District of Texas. October 9, 2025Mark Curriden
ARM Announces $2.3B FID on Mustang Express Pipeline - Vinson & Elkins advised ARM Energy Holdings on the decision, which will link Texas gas fields with Sempra's Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project on the Texas Gulf Coast. October 9, 2025Allen Pusey
Midwest Law Firm with Texas Offices Merges with Northeast Firm - Cincinnati-based Frost Brown Todd, which has operations in Dallas and Houston, announced Wednesday that it is merging with the Newark-headquartered law firm Gibbons. The merged firm will be called FBT Gibbons and will have about 800 lawyers in 25 offices across the country. October 8, 2025Mark Curriden
SCOTX Hears Arguments in Nicotine Pouch Tax Appeal - The justices fired off questions about olive oil, wine, banana bread and podiums in trying to suss out where the line should be drawn on what constitutes a product “made of tobacco or a tobacco substitute.” The decision on whether nicotine pouches can be taxed as a tobacco product could have wide implications as the popularity of the products continues to grow.  October 8, 2025Michelle Casady
Blackfin Tells Conroe It Will Move Location of Challenged Compressor Station  - The lawyer representing the owners of a luxury home furnishings store in Conroe who argued the facility next door violated a restrictive covenant called the decision a “complete victory” for his clients. The 193-mile long Blackfin Pipeline is intended to ship gas from Colorado County, just west of Houston along Interstate 10, to Jasper County, just north of Beaumont.  October 8, 2025Michelle Casady
GWG Bankruptcy Litigation Trustee Strikes Proposed Deal with Beneficient  - The court-appointed litigation trustee overseeing the GWG Holdings bankruptcy has asked a federal judge to approve a settlement with its subsidiary Beneficient that would clear the way for the parties to jointly go after Beneficient’s former director and chief executive officer, Brad Heppner.  October 7, 2025Michelle Casady
Dallas-Based DOBS Gets Whopping $966M Verdict Against J&J in California  - Dean Omar Branham Shirley, which has racked up numerous wins on behalf of clients who allege Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder caused their mesothelioma, has done it again. 

In a verdict returned by a California jury Monday evening, jurors determined Mae Moore, who died in December 2021 of mesothelioma, was exposed to Johnson’s baby powder or Shower to Shower, a body powder product, that contained asbestos, that the company was negligent in selling the product and that it was a substantial cause of Moore contracting mesothelioma. October 6, 2025Michelle Casady
Litigation Roundup: Fifth Circuit Revives Securities Fraud Suit - In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Jerry Jones takes an “L” in his latest bid to bring an early end to a sexual assault lawsuit, American Airlines is hit with a permanent injunction in an ESG-related investor suit, and a Houston-based furniture company secures a $2.1 million final judgment. October 6, 2025Michelle Casady

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Whataburger CLO, Norton Rose Fulbright Partner Honored with San Antonio Lee Cusenbary Award - The Lee Cusenbary Award is presented to one in-house lawyer or legal department and one private lawyer or law firm that exemplify exceptional ethical behavior in the practice of law. This award has been a proud chapter tradition since 2008. October 9, 2025Mark Curriden
Asked & Answered with White & Case’s Sean Gorman: Lawyering and Life - White & Case partner Sean Gorman grew up in the small town of Wharton, Texas, which has a population of less than 9,000. 

One day, when he was in middle school and visiting Houston, he pointed to a skyscraper under construction and said he would work there one day. And one day, after graduating from the University of Houston Law Center in 1988, he did.

The Texas Lawbook's Alexa Shrake caught up with Gorman to discuss his career, memorable cases and post-trial celebrations. October 8, 2025Alexa Shrake

Expert Voices

The Top 10 Trial Mistakes That You Didn’t Know Were Mistakes - Many trial-centric CLEs set forth the traditional top 10 tips for a successful trial presentation. Examples include: Don’t ask a question to which you do not know the answer, be honest and ethical, tell a compelling story, make sure your witnesses are prepared, don’t fight with opposing counsel, etc. These are worthy tips. But there are many other mistakes to avoid that stem from the evolution of juror behavior over the last 20 years — and especially in the five years since COVID. October 6, 2025John Zavitsanos

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