Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
Giant energy conference CERAWeek by IHS Markit is in full swing in Houston. About 5,000 are expected to attend. What there isn’t a lot of at the conference, however, is lawyers. Senior M&A writer Claire Poole is there and has the details.
The sale preempts Goodnight's plans to go public, although Bloomberg reported in November that Tailwater was also looking at a possible sale of the company that would value it at $2 billion.
On the eve of SXSW, it seems like a good time to explore the venture capital business in Texas, especially since some major firms are using the festival’s venues in Austin to court some of the emerging VC stars. The Lawbook’s Claire Poole takes a look at some of the names to look for, along with her weekly chronicle of Texas-inflected transactions.
No president in U.S. history is having as much impact on the federal courts in Texas as President Trump. On Friday, President Trump nominated Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Brown and Texas Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Brantley Starr to the district court bench. The Texas Lawbook has details.
Bill Powers served three years in the Navy and taught jurisprudence and legal process to thousands of students over three decades. He was dean of the UT School of Law for five years and president of UT for a decade. Powers, 72, died Sunday morning from complications from a fall he experienced in September. The Texas Lawbook looks at Powers' career.
Roger Townsend and Austin lawyer Dana Livingston have left Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend for Cokinos Young.
Year-to-date, there have been 136 deals valued at $42.58 billion - about the same number of transactions at this time last year but 46 percent less in terms of value ($78.8 billion). Capital markets activity continued to build this past week, with six transactions valued at $1.262 billion versus 14 M&A/private equity/venture capital deals worth $1.771 billion. Texas Lawbook Senior M&A Writer Claire Poole has the inside details.
An email newsletter is an effective and inexpensive way to showcase your firm's expertise and to stay top-of-mind with the people most likely to send work your way. Amy Boardman Hunt of Muse Communications addresses some of the practical and rule-compliance issues to consider before you hit “send.”
Lawyers for a business co-founded by Tony Romo told a three-judge panel in Dallas Wednesday that the issues behind the former Cowboys quarterback’s dispute with the National Football League should have been treated as matters of fact instead of being tossed by the trial judge in a 2017 summary judgment.
During a break from orientation, Children's newest GC told The Texas Lawbook why she decided to join the country's eighth largest pediatric care provider. Litigation writer Natalie Posgate has the details.
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