Miriam Rozen

December 09, 2002 | Law.com

Despite recent staff cuts and a dramatic restructuring of the legal department, GC Kenneth Randolph is firmly in charge of all legal affairs at Dynegy Inc. With numerous questions from government regulators and plaintiffs' lawyers that the Houston energy company must answer, it needs an authoritative top lawyer. Three Dynegy outside lawyers say Randolph has stepped up to the challenge.

By Miriam Rozen

6 minute read

August 02, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

The Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges will be the venue for the Aug. 4 auction of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Speculation has swirled in the financial and sports media about who will bid. But another question is how U.S. Bankruptcy Judge D. Michael Lynn of Fort Worth will rule on the Office of U.S. Trustee's objection to Weil, Gotshal's application to serve as debtor's counsel for the baseball team's owner, Texas Ranger Baseball Partners (TRBP), in TRBP's bankruptcy proceedings. The trustee's office alleges that "conflicts of interest" should bar Weil, Gotshal from permanently representing TRBP.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

August 30, 2005 | Law.com

Dallas' Godwin Gruber is being hauled into court over allegations involving stock promotion, NASCAR's trademark and a video titled "Race Track Girls Go Nutz" featuring nude women. Consolidated Sports Media Group, the company that distributed the video, alleges that Godwin Gruber partner Phillip W. Offill Jr. arranged for a public relations company to send a blast fax to thousands of prospective investors in CSMG without the knowledge or approval of CSMG's executives.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read

April 28, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Practicing in a smaller city outside of Dallas has some intangible benefits, say some lawyers who moved away from the big city.

By Miriam Rozen

4 minute read

May 21, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

There's no shortage of lawyers on either side of a controversial ordinance that's set to go into effect in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch on May 22. Barring a last-minute court order from a federal judge overseeing litigation challenging the constitutionality of Ordinance 2903, beginning on May 22 landlords in Farmers Branch will be prohibited from renting to most immigrants who cannot prove their citizenship or legal residency status.

By Miriam Rozen and Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

13 minute read

March 29, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

When Scott Sessions, general counsel of On-Target Supply & Logistics, met his company`s entrepreneurial founder, Albert C. Black, for an informal job interview three years ago, the two men talked over breakfast at the Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas.

By MIRIAM ROZEN

9 minute read

July 23, 2008 | Law.com

Defendants in a high-profile Texas trial involving Holy Land Foundation, a now-defunct Muslim charity that federal prosecutors allege funded terrorists in the West Bank and Gaza, have filed a joint motion to postpone a retrial. The defendants allege that the 5th Circuit has not paid most of the legal fees for four of the defendants' court-appointed lawyers since October 2007 when a mistrial in the case was declared, and argue that because of the nonpayment, the defense is not prepared for retrial.

By Miriam Rozen

11 minute read

June 21, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Right up until the judge called out the numbers of the jurors who would decide the case at the recent Arthur Andersen obstruction-of-justice trial, Lisa Wacker says she expected to participate in the deliberations.

By MIRIAM ROZEN

7 minute read

October 17, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

A group of plaintiffs counsel recently decided on a voice vote that W. Mark Lanier of Houston will take the lead at the trial of nine Vioxx cases scheduled for January in New Jersey.

By Miriam Rozen

3 minute read

January 30, 2006 | Law.com

CPS Energy, which serves San Antonio, is the nation's largest municipally-owned energy company providing natural gas and electric service. CPS Energy bills rank among the lowest in the nation's largest cities, and the company has earned the highest financial ratings of any electric system in the nation. CPS Energy Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Milton B. Lee, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel N. Beth Emery provide some of the inside scoop on the company.

By Miriam Rozen

9 minute read