Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

April 18, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Two Jones Day lawyers have devoted much of their time to working on Texas Instruments Inc.'s pending $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor Corp. Jones Day has handled litigation and intellectual property work for TI for many years, but it didn't represent the Dallas-based company in transactions until one of the team members joined the firm in January.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

June 26, 2001 | Law.com

Andrews & Kurth and Mayor, Day, Caldwell & Keeton have agreed to merge, creating a 335-lawyer firm with offices in eight cities in the largest-ever merger of two Houston firms. Andrews & Kurth's Howard Ayers says he first approached Mayor Day's Jonathan Day about three or four years ago. "It always seemed to Andrews & Kurth that both firms were so compatible in a cultural and economic sense," Ayers says.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

December 03, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

Although the 5th Circuit Judicial Council has reprimanded and admonished U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of Galveston, on Nov. 26 the woman who alleges he sexually harassed her filed a motion asking the council to take further action by reconsidering its decision not to refer her complaint to the Judicial Conference of the United States. She also wants the U.S. Department of Justice to consider criminal charges against Kent.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys and John Council

11 minute read

June 21, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

On June 16, almost exactly two years after the verdict in the Arthur Andersen obstruction-of-justice trial, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of conviction. A three-member panel of the 5th Circuit found no reversible error on the part of Harmon, who sentenced Andersen to the maximum of five years' probation and a $500,000 fine.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

December 12, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

Houston's Steven Smoot, the Arce v. Burrow plaintiffs' lawyer, is back at the Harris County Courthouse with some litigation that could create new perils for mass-tort settlements. Smoot represents six former clients of Houston lawyer Shelton Smith who allege that the defendants who paid them money to settle their silicosis personal-injury suits conspired with Smith to breach his fiduciary duty.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

December 23, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon of Houston has been a key figure in 2002. She presided over Arthur Andersen's obstruction of justice trial, a trial that kicked off the Enron Task Force's attempt to determine who is responsible for the downfall of the formerly high-flying energy company. Harmon also presides over the class-action securities litigation lodged against Enron and a long list of related defendants by disgruntled shareholders.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

9 minute read

June 23, 2004 | Law.com

Despite a dearth of trials since the Arthur Andersen one, Andrew Weissmann, who heads the Enron Task Force, contends the prosecution has made considerable progress in the past two years, including the high-profile pleas of former CFO Andrew Fastow and his wife. The next big step in the prosecution may be the Nigerian barge trial, set for Aug. 16. The results could be a bellwether of the strength of the prosecution's other cases.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

11 minute read

April 05, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

If asked, Vinson & Elkins would not have been able to conduct a truly independent investigation into Sherron Watkins' allegations of accounting irregularities at Enron Corp., because the Houston-based firm had such a close relationship to its largest client, a V&E partner testified for the defense on April 5 at the criminal trial of former Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

6 minute read

April 30, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

The state district judge overseeing the Texas Vioxx multidistrict litigation granted a summary judgment on April 20 that dismisses the failure-to-warn cause of action in a Vioxx suit set for trial in May.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

November 15, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

By Brenda Sapino jeffreys

6 minute read