Free Speech, Due Process and Trial by Jury
A three-judge panel heard oral arguments Tuesday in a contentious noncompete dispute that is currently deadlocked in an interlocutory Texas Citizens Participation Act battle. Although, a new bill passed by the Texas House might make the debate irrelevant soon. Natalie Posgate has the details.
Last week, Chevron dropped out of a $33 billion deal to purchase Anadarko Petroleum Corp. when it declined to match or counter a $38 billion offer by Occidental Petroleum. In her weekly roundup of deal activity, Claire Poole looks at why that happened and what it means along with other deal news.
To celebrate the completion of this renovation, the Magnolia Denver is offering special incentives for groups including the Wall Street of the West meeting package and “The Reclaim Your Weekend” package for guest travelers. This story has the details.
After a 23-month stint at Kirkland & Ellis, Samuel Peca is back at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he spent more than five years as an associate before joining Kirkland in July 2017. Peca worked on some big deals for Kirkland, including TPG’s purchase of a majority stake in Tailwater Capital-backed Goodnight Midstream in March for $930 million.
Reed Smith officially opened its Dallas office with 16 lateral hires from three firms. The newest law firm in Dallas says more laterals are on the way. Natalie Posgate has the details.
The Supreme Court of Texas has tossed out a defamation lawsuit against the Dallas Morning News, reversing two lower courts that declined to do so despite it involving a situation that the Texas Citizens Participation Act was actually designed to protect a media outlet in.
The Texas Supreme Court has ended part of a long-running inter-governmental battle over a coastal navigation district’s exclusive lease with an oyster-farming business; the rest, not so much. The case, which began in 2014, will continue, but with one less party. The Texas Lawbook has the story.
UPDATED 4:10PM – Eight lawyers from Perkins Coie and two from Bracewell are joining Reed Smith's new Dallas office. Bracewell and Perkins Coie adamantly denied Texas Lawbook's report that more lawyers are departing for Reed Smith. A senior lawyer at Bracewell told The Lawbook on Wednesday that the firm’s public finance group is not leaving Bracewell. This updated Texas Lawbook article has new details about Reed Smith’s plans for Dallas and statements from Bracewell and Perkins Coie that clarify and correct information from a prior version of our story.
It looks like the 2019 session of the Texas Legislature will likely enact a variety of changes to the state's business entity laws. Texas lawyers can find out what these changes could mean at the 17th Annual “Choice, Governance & Acquisition of Entities” course to be held on May 24, in Dallas at the Park Cities Hilton.
A Tarrant County jury determined Monday that Plano-based CommTech Sales unlawfully used Fort Worth telecom company XIP LLC’s trademarks and trade secrets and awarded damages that could total $31 million.
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