Senior reporter Brenda Sapino Jeffreys covers the business of law in Texas. Contact her at [email protected] On Twitter: @BrendaSJeffreys
May 21, 2003 | Law.com
Texas Tech Law Prof Alleges University DiscriminatedTexas Tech University School of Law Professor Daisy Hurst Floyd, who claims she was passed over as a candidate for interim dean because she is a woman, filed suit against the university earlier this month alleging a pattern of discrimination at the university, failure to follow procedures and intolerance of dissent. Floyd says she wants the university to examine its conduct with regard to patterns of discrimination.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
6 minute read
May 09, 2011 | Texas Lawyer
Texas' Top Deals of 2010The biggest deals announced in 2010.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
4 minute read
July 19, 2007 | Texas Lawyer
Language Not in Fee Contracts Costs John M. O�Quinn�s Firm More Than $35.7 Million�There�s no guidance from a Texas appellate decision, so the lawyers who do these cases just try to find some way to spread them [general expenses] out among the clients. You can�t do anything perfect. The way my firm does it is the way other major firms do,� says O�Quinn.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
7 minute read
October 08, 2003 | Texas Lawyer
Brobeck Sues Its Former Chairman and Clifford ChanceOn Oct. 8, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, the defunct California firm that once had offices in Austin and Dallas, sued its former chairman, Tower Snow Jr., and Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells, the firm he joined in May 2002.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
3 minute read
April 25, 2006 | Texas Lawyer
Lay Proclaims Innocence, Blames FastowIn his first day on the stand, former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay blamed his company�s downfall on criminal acts by former CFO Andrew Fastow, activities of short sellers who would benefit from a decline in Enron�s stock price, and negative reporting about Enron in "The Wall Street Journal."
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
7 minute read
July 26, 2004 | Texas Lawyer
Texas Firms' Fees for Their Enron-Related WorkA chart listsTexas firms, their fee requests and a brief description of their work in the bankruptcy of Houston's Enron Corp.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
3 minute read
March 26, 2001 | Law.com
More Diverse In-House ExperiencesMore and more minority lawyers in Texas are going in-house these days for a variety of reasons, among them greater chances for advancement and more sensitivity to diversity issues. According to the State Bar of Texas, about 10 percent of Texas' 66,000 active lawyers consider themselves in-housers. Of that number, 8 percent are minorities. Meet five who've found their niche.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
16 minute read
March 30, 2005 | Texas Lawyer
Bracewell Gets New Name and New York Office With Addition of GiulianiHouston firm Bracewell & Patterson will open a New York office in May and change its name to Bracewell & Giuliani when Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, joins the firm Thursday.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
2 minute read
May 25, 2007 | Law.com
Locke Liddell Merger With Lord Bissell Will Form 700-Lawyer FirmLocke Liddell & Sapp, based in Houston and Dallas, and Chicago-based Lord, Bissell & Brook have agreed to merge and will form a 700-lawyer firm named Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. Locke Liddell is the larger firm with 399 lawyers, but Lord Bissell, which has about 300 lawyers, has a wider range of offices. "To my knowledge, this is the first time a large Texas firm merges with a law firm from outside Texas with offices outside the United States," says Jerry Clements, managing partner of Locke Liddell.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
4 minute read
August 23, 2004 | Law.com
True Crime, Texas-StyleBecause truth is often stranger than fiction, true-crime novels are really the perfect beach book. They contain all the elements of a good escapist read -- murders, the law, courtroom antics, police investigations and often peeks into the troubled minds of criminals. Texas has no shortage of bizarre and unusual crimes, so there's no dearth of true-crime novels set in the Lone Star State. Here are some recently published picks.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
6 minute read
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