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May 15, 2013
Jones Day Adds Porter Hedges Patent Litigator In Houston
Jones Day has hired away a veteran litigator from Porter Hedges LLP to join its intellectual property team in Houston, the firm announced Wednesday.
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May 9, 2013
Sidley Austin Nabs Capital Markets Pro In Houston Expansion
Sidley Austin LLP snagged an energy and capital markets expert as part of the firm's efforts to expand its Houston office and its energy practice, the firm said Thursday.
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May 8, 2013
McKool Smith Lands International Trial Wiz From Hogan
McKool Smith PC has landed a veteran trial attorney from Hogan Lovells who specializes in cross-border litigation and international arbitration, particularly in the energy and banking sectors, as a principal in its Houston and New York offices, the firm said Tuesday.
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May 7, 2013
Porter Hedges Nabs M&A Pro From Seyfarth Shaw
Houston law firm Porter Hedges LLP has landed a former Seyfarth Shaw LLP partner who specializes in corporate counseling, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, health care, and finance, the firm said Monday.
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May 6, 2013
Mayer Brown Adds Vinson & Elkins Tax Pro In Houston
Mayer Brown LLP has landed a prominent tax partner from Vinson & Elkins LLP who specializes in energy-related transactions and mergers and acquisitions to join its Houston office, the firm announced Monday.
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May 2, 2013
Winston & Strawn Lands Vinson & Elkins Litigator In Houston
Winston & Strawn LLP has added to its Houston office a former Vinson & Elkins LLP partner who focuses on complex business litigation involving intellectual property, energy contracts, product liability and more, expanding its roster of experienced litigators, the firm announced Thursday.
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May 2, 2013
Reed Smith Nabs Jones Day, Akin Gump Attys In Houston
Reed Smith LLP has hired two new partners in the employment and commercial litigation groups at its newest office in Houston from Jones Day and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, bringing the total number of partners in Houston to 16, Reed Smith announced Thursday.
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May 1, 2013
Shook Hardy Adds 2 Lathrop & Gage Vets To Enviro Team
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP said it has bolstered its environmental and toxic tort practice group by adding two former Lathrop & Gage partners to its Kansas City, Mo., and Houston offices.
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April 30, 2013
Polsinelli Lands Ex-Bracewell Employment Pro In Dallas
Polsinelli PC has landed a seasoned labor and employment partner from Bracewell & Giuliani LLP to join its Dallas office as a shareholder specializing in the energy, health care, financial services and defense contracting sectors, the firm announced Thursday.
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April 29, 2013
Katten Bigger In Texas With New Houston Office, 5 Enviro Pros
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP boosted its environmental practice in Texas with the addition of five partners from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Reaud Morgan & Quinn LLP and Baker Botts LLP, the firm announced Monday.
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April 29, 2013
3rd Haynes And Boone Atty Makes Jump To K&L Gates
K&L Gates LLP has lured another lawyer to its new Houston office from Haynes and Boone LLP as it bolsters its energy practice in a hot Texas legal market, the firm announced Monday.
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April 24, 2013
K&L Gates Adds 2 From Jackson Walker, Haynes And Boone
K&L Gates LLP has hired two new partners from Jackson Walker LLP and Haynes and Boone LLP to serve in its antitrust and bankruptcy practices in Houston, the firm announced Wednesday.
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April 23, 2013
Paul Hastings Adds Capital Markets Pro In Houston
Paul Hastings LLP has landed a master limited partnerships, energy and mergers and acquisitions pro from Andrews Kurth LLP to join its securities and capital markets practice in Houston, the firm announced Tuesday.
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April 22, 2013
Jackson Walker Picks Up 2 Bankruptcy Pros In Dallas
Jackson Walker LLP added two bankruptcy partners to its Dallas office this month, scooping up experts in restructuring and lender representation from Andrews Kurth LLP and Hunton & Williams LLP, the firm said Monday.
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April 18, 2013
Porter Hedges Scoops Trial Pro From Hunton & Williams
Porter Hedges LLP hired away a litigation partner with extensive experience representing lenders in recovery efforts and a growing energy practice from Hunton & Williams LLP to join its Houston office, the firm announced Thursday.
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April 17, 2013
Akerman Lures Dallas Banking Atty From Beirne Maynard
Akerman Senterfitt LLP has boosted its Dallas office with the addition of a former Beirne Maynard & Parsons LLP banking and securities litigation pro, the firm said on Tuesday.
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April 11, 2013
Godwin Lewis Picks Up Glast Phillips Bankruptcy Pro
Texas-based Godwin Lewis PC has boosted its bankruptcy practice with the addition of a Glast Phillips & Murray PC attorney whose clients have included banking heavyweights like Bank of America NA and Wells Fargo Acceptance Corp., the firm announced Thursday.
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April 9, 2013
Polsinelli Lands Ex-Bell Nunnally Health Care Litigation Pro
Polsinelli Shughart PC has landed a health care and commercial litigation wizard from Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP who is experienced in antitrust, real estate and employment matters to join its Dallas office as a shareholder, the firm announced Monday.
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April 8, 2013
K&L Gates Nabs Corporate Pro From Haynes And Boone
K&L Gates LLP has strengthened its Houston office with the addition of a former Haynes and Boone LLP partner who specializes in mergers and acquisitions and a wide range of private equity, venture capital and other corporate transactional matters, the firm announced Monday.
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April 2, 2013
Thompson & Knight Adds Ex-Sutherland Asbill Finance Pro
Thompson & Knight LLP has landed a former Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP partner who specializes in mergers and acquisitions as well as banking industry transactional matters, adding depth to its finance practice group in Houston, the firm announced Thursday.
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Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
The pros of using predictive coding far outweigh the cons. Given the heavy pressure on law firms and in-house counsel to reduce discovery costs, as well as the Justice Department's recent stance on the subject, it appears predictive coding will continue to emerge from the obscure world of legal technology to the mainstream of legal practice, say Michael Moscato and Myles Bartley of Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle LLP.
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The Oil And Gas Operator's Texas Advantage
The interpretation by the Supreme Court of Texas in Reeder v. Wood County Energy LLC grants vast protection to oil and gas operators, but by doing so, it is perceived by some as muddling the differences between tort and contract law, says Michael Bolton and Kate Kalanick of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP.
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Independent Contractors Strike Out — Lessons For Employers
A lesser-known risk among companies that use independent contractor models is the threat of Title VII litigation, which two recent appellate court decisions, Allen v. Radio One and Alam v. Miller Brewing Company, addressed. These cases remind employers of the ways to minimize such litigation risks, such as adopting a policy to not rehire former employees terminated for misconduct, says Douglas Darch of Baker & McKenzie.
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Calif. Chemical Safety Rules Push Constitutional Envelope
Impatience with the pace of Toxic Substances Control Act reform at the federal level is understandable, but substituting individual state action for a perceived lack of federal action may be the classic example of a cure which is worse than the disease. Many think California’s Safer Consumer Product Regulations now prove that, says Ward Benshoof of Alston & Bird LLP.
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A Wake-Up Call For Video Game Developers
The extraordinary relief granted in the Fifth Circuit's recent decision in TimeGate Studios Inc. v. Southpeak Interactive LLC demonstrates that video game developers and publishers should seriously consider what terms and conditions they will agree to, and must do their best to ultimately comply with the language in a development agreement, says Sean Kane of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
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How McBurney V. Young Will Impact State FOIAs
In McBurney v. Young, the U.S. Supreme Court has permitted the still-uncommon practice of state legislatures to restrict use of their freedom of information laws to citizens of the states. But states should not race to adopt citizens-only provisions in their freedom of information laws, say John Borger and Leita Walker of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP.
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E-Commerce Taxation Bill Might Be Unconstitutional
Recent decisions from the federal courts suggest that the constitutionality of the proposed Marketplace Fairness Act, which would permit states to require out-of-state businesses to collect and remit sales taxes on goods sold over the Internet, is open to serious debate, says Michael Abate of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP.
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Applying Absolute Priority Rule — Broad Vs. Narrow Views
Due to conflicting interpretations of Bankruptcy Code Section 1129, debtors in most jurisdictions currently lack a firm grasp on whether the court handling their cases will find that the absolute priority rule has been completely abrogated, or whether it still applies to an individual debtor's prepetition property. To further compound this uncertainly, some bankruptcy courts in the same district have ruled inconsistently on the issue, say Mikel Bistrow and Jennifer Pinder of Foley & Lardner LLP.
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5 Arbitration Assumptions That Aren't Always True
Arbitration is often thought to be preferable to litigating in court, and in some circumstances, it may be. Deciding to arbitrate, however, should be the result of a careful analysis of the benefits and disadvantages. That analysis requires examining some common perceptions, say Frank Emory and Rita Davis of Hunton & Williams LLP.
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Proposed Texas Dental Bill Indicates Greater Regulation
The dental practice management model has become an increasingly popular investment opportunity with management companies and private equity firms. While the DPM model grows in popularity, so does regulation and scrutiny around the industry, which is evidenced by recent investigations and the introduction of SB 151 in Texas, say attorneys with McGuireWoods LLP.