Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

December 20, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

5 minute read

November 07, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Houston lawyer who won a $253.5 million verdict in August in the nation's first Vioxx pharmaceutical suit, wants another shot at a big win. But W. Mark Lanier wants to do it in state � not federal � court, and on his own � not as part of a multidistrict litigation pool.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

November 21, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

When Houston plaintiffs lawyer W. Mark Lanier bought a 15-foot piece of art at a charity auction held at Christie's in New York in 2003, he says he didn't have a clue where he would display it. But Lanier found the perfect location for the paint, pencil and charcoal drawing created by U2 frontman Bono and the singer's two daughters — Lanier had it installed in the elevator lobby of his firm's brand-new New York City office.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

September 14, 2009 | Law.com

Jury selection begins today in a case that pits intellectual property litigator Eric Albritton against tech company Cisco Systems. Albritton alleges in his June 16, 2008, federal court complaint that Richard Frenkel, a one-time in-house lawyer at Cisco, defamed him in anonymous postings on Frenkel's Patent Troll Tracker blog in October 2007. The suits have attracted considerable attention due to the popularity of the Patent Troll Tracker blog, which is currently "open to invited readers only."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

8 minute read

July 24, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

An arbitration panel has ordered the firm of Houston plaintiffs lawyer John M. O�Quinn to pay $35.7 million in damages to a class of 3,450 former breast implant clients who allege the firm overcharged them for expenses.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

7 minute read

May 09, 2003 | Law.com

If an in-house lawyer has anything to say about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, it's usually a complaint. But when faced with potential wrongdoing at her small Texas-based company, Karen Austin found that the year-old corporate governance law was her new best friend.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

May 25, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

A federal court jury in Houston Thursday morning found former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay guilty of all six charges against him and former Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling guilty on 19 out of 28 charges that he faced. Jurors found Skilling not guilty of nine insider-trading charges against him.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

March 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

Gregory S. Coleman, head of Weil, Gotshal & Manges' national appellate litigation practice, has left the firm's Austin, Texas, office to join 23-lawyer litigation boutique Yetter & Warden. Coleman joined Weil Gotshal's Austin office in 2001. Before that, he was Texas' first solicitor general, a post he assumed in 1999 after having been an associate at Weil Gotshal in Houston. He said that during the time he led the national appellate practice, he built the group to about 10 full-time appellate lawyers.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

4 minute read

January 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Houston's Vinson & Elkins, longtime outside counsel for Enron Corp., has been dismissed from a massive shareholder securities class action. In an order signed Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon of Houston noted that many class members may be angered by the dismissals of V&E and Enron executives, including the estate of former Chairman Kenneth Lay. However, she wrote that the court recognizes the right of the lead plaintiff to streamline the trial and pursue the "deepest pocket."

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read

December 15, 2005 | Law.com

Former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay used a public speech Tuesday to exhort other former Enron employees to come forward to "speak the truth" about Enron as witnesses at his criminal trial. Lay said the Enron Task Force has identified 100 individuals as unindicted co-conspirators, an action that makes them fearful of testifying at trial or even talking to defense lawyers in the case. But Lay's lead criminal defense attorney says he believes some will come forward before the trial begins on Jan. 17, 2006.

By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

3 minute read