NEXT
Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'Baker Botts'

You can use to get even better search results
March 15, 2001 | Law.com

Shell Shareholders Grab Legal High Ground

Royal Dutch/Shell Group was clearly ready for a fight when it began talking to Barrett Resources Corp. about a merger two weeks ago. Within four business days, Shell made its offer public, filed one lawsuit seeking to neutralize Barrett's defenses, commenced a hostile takeover bid and filed a second suit to ensure that any court battles will be fought on friendly turf.
4 minute read
April 25, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

Headcount Numbers Flat at Largest Firms in Texas

In 2010, one Texas firm grew due to an oil rig explosion and another shrank due to the timing of birthdays. Godwin Ronquillo increased its lawyer count by almost 50 percent during the last eight months of 2010, primarily to meet the needs of one client, says Donald E. Godwin, chairman and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based firm. The firm represents Halliburton Energy Services Inc. of Houston in litigation related to the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated by BP PLC of London.
6 minute read
October 15, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Benefits at Large Firms in Texas

15 minute read
February 03, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

Rules Mean Lawyers Must Report Corporate Shenanigans

Lawyers doing securities work for public companies now have a greater obligation to report suspicions of violations of securities laws to corporate executives and boards under new rules approved on Jan. 23 by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
11 minute read
April 29, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

Who's Hiring Lawyers? Texas Law Firms Growing, Shrinking

Rising client demands and a market offering abundant lateral hiring opportunities helped swell the number of lawyers at two Texas firms by more than 40 percent during 2012. Meanwhile, percentage drops at firms losing lawyers were much lower than they were two years ago in 2010.
10 minute read
December 05, 2011 | Legaltech News

Expanding Domains: A Primer on the New gTLDs

Attorneys Robert C. Scheinfeld and Parker H. Bagley look at what confronts a company registering a new generic top-level domain name -- and the ensuing legal rights involved.
7 minute read
May 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Big Suits

USA/UBS; Citibank Shareholder Derivative Litigation; Congoleum Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; FTC vs. Whole Foods; Parmalat Securities Litigation; SEC v. Automated Trading Desk Specialist, et al.
17 minute read
U.S. Chamber, Burford CEO Square Off over Litigation Finance
Publication Date: 2013-02-26
Practice Area:
Industry:
Court:
Judge:
Attorneys:
For plaintiff:
For defendant:
Case number:

A Q&A we published earlier this month with Burford Group CEO Christopher Bogart sparked a testy exchange of letters to the editor from Bogart and Lisa Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform.

April 19, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Firm Believer: Baron & Budd Fires Back At Lawyer in Battle Over Alleged Misrepresentations

A Dallas County jury began hearing testimony in a suit in which a former Baron & Budd lawyer alleges Russell Budd, a founder of the well-known asbestos litigation firm, made negligent and fraudulent misrepresentations to induce him to join the firm in May 2006. Jim Hartnett Jr. (pictured, left) represents plaintiff Gary Cruciani.
11 minute read
December 12, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

The Measure of a Plan

After six years tracking diversity at large Dallas firms and no appreciable progress increasing minority representation among lawyers, Gerald "Jerry" Roberts, chairman of the Dallas Diversity Task Force, sees a need for a broader discussion on diversity.
8 minute read

More from ALM

More from ALM

Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

Resources

  • Strong & Hanni Solves Storage Woes--Learn How You Can, Too

    Brought to you by Filevine

    Download Now

  • Meeting the Requirements of California's SB 553: Workplace Violence Prevention

    Brought to you by NAVEX Global

    Download Now

  • The Benefits of Outsourcing Beneficial Ownership Information Filing

    Brought to you by Wolters Kluwer

    Download Now

  • The Top 10 AI Use Cases in Private Equity

    Brought to you by Ontra

    Download Now