Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Four prominent Texas attorneys are teaming up with author John Grisham to meet a critical need — making sure that Texas children have enough to eat during this time of great trial and uncertainty. Learn how you can help in this article.
Lawyers who were hoping for a wave of litigation to emerge from COVID-19 should perhaps grab a cold one before changing into their wetsuits. Legal experts and recent data suggest that pandemic-related lawsuits are yet to generate the amount of work that some had predicted. Natalie Posgate explains.
Fresh out of bankruptcy, Dallas-based Eco-Bat Technologies has hired former Stream Energy general counsel and Baker Botts special counsel Daniel Terrell as the company’s first chief legal officer.
On Tuesday, Michelle Larson officially traded her law office at Carrington Coleman for black robes as the newest federal bankruptcy judge in the Northern District of Texas. But instead of a small, usually private ceremony in the courthouse, Larson was joined by 90 of her closest colleagues, friends and family on Zoom to celebrate the milestone. Natalie Posgate tuned in and has details on the momentous occasion and the Dallas bankruptcy bench’s newest jurist.
U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman has served on three different courts in six years. His cases and issues run the gamut. Central to his judicial philosophy is to acknowledge what he doesn’t know. In a wide-ranging interview with Haynes and Boone appellate lawyer Chris Knight, Judge Pittman told his story and shared his judicial preferences.
While bankruptcy will result in a period of change, it doesn’t have to be feared. Instead, bankruptcy often may be more appropriately seen as a strategy to obtain a fresh start. This article identifies four strategic options for distressed or insolvent companies.
Texas judges will be permitted to conduct jury trials remotely and sometimes in-person as long as they develop a plan that follows the social distancing guidelines and other safety provisions established by the Texas Office of Court Administration, according to a new order issued Wednesday by Texas Chief Justice Nathan Hecht.
On Page 15 of J.C. Penney Company’s bankruptcy filing Friday late afternoon, there is the signature of the corporation’s general counsel and corporate secretary, Brandy Treadway. “Attached hereto is a true, complete, and correct copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company.” Here is a profile of J.C. Penney's GC, who will play a critical role in the retailer's restructuring.
The court rejected the effort by a group of protestors to curb the coronavirus curbs by filing directly to the state's highest court. In rejecting In Re Salon a La Mode, et al. the court showed sympathy for both sides, but ordered them to begin their legal protest with the lower courts.
Roxanne Almaraz was four when she told her parents that she planned to be either a lawyer or a cardiothoracic surgeon. Thirty-five years later, she is the general counsel of a multibillion-dollar philanthropic and public policy-oriented LLC in Houston. Along the way, Almaraz worked on some major energy M&A transactions. This is her story.
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