Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
There are law firms where just the name denotes prestige and an elite status. Pure financial data indicates there are a dozen firms that stand out from the rest. Only three have roots in Texas. Five of the law firms only opened offices in Texas during the past decade. The Texas Lawbook highlights the 12 and how they became elite.
As oil prices teased $40bbl last week, the market revealed the wary side of itself. But Texas dealmaking for the first week in June matched last year's numbers, even if they involved some unexpected players.
The Association of Corporate Counsel’s Houston Chapter and The Texas Lawbook are honored to announce the 2020 Houston Corporate Counsel Awards recipients. Eleven of the 13 winners are women. One-third are lawyers of color. One is a previous finalist and one is a back-to-back winner. Three winners are from the same business. Six of the in-house counsel work at energy related companies. Pictured: Veronica Foley of Precision Drilling.
The plaintiffs are seeking unpaid overtime compensation, liquidated damages under the FLSA and the other items, according to the lawsuit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday upheld a nearly half-billion-dollar judgment in favor of HP, paving the way for its courtroom opponent, Taiwanese CD-ROM manufacturer Quanta Storage, to pay the computer software company $438 million and begin turning over its assets.
With a filing in Hong Kong, an otherwise routine employment dispute between recruiters Evan Jowers and Robert Kinney gained global dimension. But it always had the one essential element of a feud: they once were friends. Natalie Posgate explains.
Alpha-Dog litigation lawyer Steve Susman is still rehabbing after his horrific bicycle accident in April. His vocabulary remains succinct — until he's asked to sing an old Drifters' tune. Terry Carter reports.
The 7-1 decision is a win for Austin lawyer Kevin Dubose in the first Texas case argued via Zoom. Janet Elliott has the details.
UPDATED: Sonic officials late Thursday apologized directly to the families of seven African-American teenagers for the discriminatory treatment they endured at one of the company's North Dallas drive-in restaurants. The parents included a Dallas judge and several prominent in-house lawyers. Natalie Posgate's update includes the full text of Sonic's public statement.
Lower for longer remains the watchword for producers and their creditors, according to Haynes and Boone's periodic energy bankruptcy reports. Here's what's happened so far this year.
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