The families’ request was lodged Wednesday in the criminal fraud case the government brought against Boeing in January 2021 in the wake of two plane crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people. The families filed their briefs after the government, on May 29, filed a motion to dismiss and informed the court it had entered a non-prosecution agreement with the aerospace manufacturing company.
Susman Godfrey Leads Lawsuit by ABA Against Trump Administration
The nation’s largest and one of its oldest legal organizations has filed a federal lawsuit seeking a restraining order to prevent President Donald Trump and his cabinet members from implementing a policy of “intimidation and coercion” against law firms that has created a “chill of blizzard proportions [that] continues to grip most of the top law firms and lawyers in the country,” the complaint states. The American Bar Association accuses President Trump of using “the vast powers of the Executive Branch to coerce lawyers and law firms to abandon clients, causes, and policy positions the President does not like.” Susman Godfrey, including Houston partners Justin Nelson, Neal Manne and Harry Susman and Dallas partner Barry Barnett, are leading the litigation for the ABA.
CDT Roundup: The Streak Ends, But It’s Not All Quiet as Key Deals Still Stirring
After five weeks in a row logging transactions valued at $20 billion or more, deal values finally hit the wall. Of course, part of the reason is that all of the M&A and funding deals involved private equity firms, deals whose terms are often undisclosed. Still, there were only six transactions reported. But the deals that were reported were not without importance.
Toyota Motor North America Names New GC, Compliance Officer
DFW-based Toyota Motor North America has named a new general counsel and a new corporate compliance and ethics officer — both will report to chief legal officer Sandra Phillips Rogers. The automaker has named former deputy general counsel Elizabeth Gibson to the GC position and assistant GC Dawn Pittman Collins to the corporate compliance and ethics officer post. Gibson has been a lawyer in the legal department at Toyota for more than 19 years. In her previous position, she oversaw complex litigation, government investigations and regulatory compliance.
Weil Advises PE Firm in Selling Stake as Part of $1.2B Deal
PSG Equity said it completed the sale of a minority stake in SevenRooms on June 16 to DoorDash as part of the food delivery service’s $1.2 billion acquisition of the customer relationship management technology company. Weil acted as legal counsel to PSG, with David Gail leading the transaction from Dallas. Madeleine Carpenter, an associate in Weil’s Dallas office, was also on the team.