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Orrick's M&A, Private Equity Practice Leader Jumps to Gibson Dunn

M&A partner Ed Batts moved to Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Palo Alto office, while Charles "Chuck" Walker joined the Houston office.  
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Lex Machina's Legal Analytics Moves Into State Courts

Lex Machina's Legal Analytics platform is entering Los Angeles Superior Court and Texas' Harris County District Court and Harris County Court. However, the company doesn't plan to stop there.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Locke Lord Loses Another Practice Head as Partner Joins Mayer Brown

Philip Lau, who was co-chair of Locke Lord's construction practice, sees an opportunity to expand his energy practice globally at Mayer Brown.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Too Soon? Texas-Led Coalition Asks SCOTUS to Reject Appeal on Obamacare

The state of Texas has asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up an appeal of litigation over the Affordable Care Act, and instead give a Texas district court the chance to determine if the entire health care act is unconstitutional.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Wachtell's Suit Against CVR Energy Dismissed

Wachtell Lipton and CVR have now litigated themselves to a draw, with the suit each filed against the other having been dismissed.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Gold-Plated Toilets and SCOTUS Curtains: Federal Circuit Questions Proper Use of PACER Fees

The judges offered up hypotheticals about when PACER fees could be used by the federal judiciary, like the redecoration of judges' chambers.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Baylor Law Grad Receives Honorary Bar Admission Five Months After His Death

Ty Drury didn't pass the Texas bar exam, which he took in 2018 while undergoing treatment for stage four colon cancer, but his legal employer lobbied for the law grad's honorary inclusion on the official rolls of Texas attorneys.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Sirius XM Settles Texas TCPA Class Action for $32.4M

Under the terms of the settlement approved by a federal judge in Texas, claimants are entitled to a share of a $25 million settlement fund or three months of premium Sirius XM programming.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Balch & Bingham Launches in Houston With Lateral Partner Pair

Balch & Bingham, a 200-lawyer firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, hired two energy and M&A partners in the Texas expansion.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Ranks of Texas Judges Grew More Diverse After 2018 Partisan Sweep

The statistics show that the biggest gains in judge diversity, which came after the 2018 partisan sweep when Democrats ousted Republican judges in Texas' major metro areas, happened at the trial-court level.
6 minute read

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