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The law firm said Monday it counseled Dallas-based Discovery Midstream Partners II and Discovery Midstream Holdings II management on a $1 billion initial equity commitment from Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. Claire Poole has the details and the lawyers involved.
The Dallas tech-focused law firm has merged with a Los Angeles-based intellectual property and entertainment boutique. It is Munck Wilson's fourth office overall and first outside of Texas.
The midstream energy markets have been difficult, if not volatile, for some time now. In addition to the final deals of 2018, Claire Poole's latest CDT Weekly Roundup discusses a new analysis by Morgan Stanley's Tom Abrams, who suggests 10 things to watch for among midstreams in the coming year.
In Crow v. Lookadoo, the San Antonio Court of Appeals recently interpreted the phrase “lease in existence” – in the absence of any "subject to" language – as creating an ongoing right for the defendants. This case highlights the need for precise drafting.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit has dismissed a lawsuit filed in East Texas against Schiff Hardin charging that the firm had misrepresented facts to an insurance company during its defense of a products liability lawsuit. Most of the claims had already been dismissed, but the appeals court said the trial judge erred in a novel interpretation of Texas case law.
National law firms seeking to open in Texas repeatedly called Dick Sayles and Mark Werbner in recent years, but the duo always chose to stay partners at their Dallas litigation boutique. Until now. After 25 years, Sayles Werbner has closed.
The Eleventh Court of Appeals ended 2018 by tossing $43.1 million of a nearly $50 million West Texas jury award, ruling that a group of West Texas oil and gas investors who called themselves "partners" had no partnership at all. Allen Pusey explains.
As the legal environment becomes more competitive, law firms are expanding into markets that offer lower costs, strong business environments and large, growing millennial populations – including markets like Austin, Dallas and Houston – according to a new report from commercial real estate firm CBRE.
There are lots of reasons for mergers and acquisitions: to simplify corporate structure; to diversify product mix; to extend geographic reach. There is also the need for cash: to pay down debt, to boost shareholder return or to invest in lucrative prospects. In her Top 10 Texas M&A Deals, Claire Poole found an array of those motives on display in 2018.
In yet another show of support for mandatory arbitration, the Texas Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that a duly assigned arbitrator has the power to decide a dispute, even when it involves conflicting court orders. The Lawbook's Janet Elliott explains.
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