Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
The world of white-collar criminal prosecutions and federal government enforcement actions is in turmoil or at least evolving significantly. Then, there is the so-called “Trump Effect” on government regulation and prosecution of businesses.
Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge announced Tuesday it was buying what it didn’t own of Enbridge Energy Partners and Enbridge Energy Management for $3.5 billion in stock. Texas lawyers from three firms were involved.
Houston and Dallas lawyers from Gray Reed & McGraw have secured a $3.15 million appellate win for a cleaning franchisor that had a contract dispute with its partner in the United Kingdom.
In this chapter of their recently-released book, Tom Melsheimer and Judge Craig Smith argue that closing arguments, while important and dramatic, aren’t necessarily the most important phase of a trial.
The dispute involves high-risk surplus lines insurance commonly purchased by drillers, and is being closely watched for its impact on that market.
The transactions of the past week were generated in more varied sectors than the usual oil and gas industry. Rental, healthcare, tradeshow, food and real estate deals all made a showing – evidence that Texas is no one-trick pony.
The Woodlands-based chemicals and plastics distributor Nexeo Solutions announced Monday it had agreed to be purchased by Univar of Illinois for $2 billion, including debt.
Friends, family and colleagues were there to celebrate the remarkable career of a lawyer who has done it all: from convicting a famous serial killer to winning confirmation from a highly partisan U.S. Senate, 96-0.
Thomas Caufield was not a character in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says he has been up to no good nonetheless.
The jury found that church leaders violated a legally binding commitment it made to its former executive pastor of 20 years and his wife.
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