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Texas Lawyer

Jackson Walker Alleges US Trustee's Effort Seeking Fee Forfeiture in Bankruptcies Is Flawed

Jackson Walker alleges in court filings that former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones directed the firm to use a disclosure statement for representation requests that the firm considered "insufficient, adequate, and misleading" to describe his relationship with a partner at the firm.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Wachtell, Kirkland Advising on Pending $22.5B Texas Energy Acquisition

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is representing ConocoPhillips in its pending acquisition of Marathon Oil Corp., which turned to Kirkland & Ellis.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Elon Musk Lawyer Avoids Sanction, Granted Admittance in Defamation Case

Judge Maria Cantu Hexsel denied sanctions motions hurled by both sides of the Elon Musk defamation case, and denied Musk's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'I Was Looking for an Act III': Richard Parr Retired From Aspen Dental, but He Isn't Retiring

"This is perfect, because it gives me the opportunity to continue my career at the top of my game," said Parr, who's joined AEG Vision as general counsel.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Relocations Accounted for More Than Half of US Law Firm Leases in Q1, Bucking Prior Trend

Overall U.S. law firm leasing activity during Q1 of 2024 was higher than Q1 during the last four years, a new report from Savills Law Firm Tenant found.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

McCormick: No Current Need to Formally Block Tesla Shakeup in Chancery

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick said she's holding defense counsel to their word and will leave the door open for the motions to be raised again if they don't keep it.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

These Judges Just Lost Their Seat: Incumbents Ousted in Tuesday Runoffs

Seven judicial district court seats were also still up for grabs in Democratic and Republican runoffs, but there were no incumbents in contention.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Serious Wrongs': Judge Reports Lawyers to State Bars in $500M Samsung Case

The judge ordered unredacted versions of his opinion go to the chief disciplinary counsel for the New York and California state bars, "in light of the indefensible conduct" of the attorneys involved in the Samsung patent case.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Sidley Hires Partner in Houston Who Led Akin's US Oil and Gas Practice

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Stephen Boone Jr. has moved to Sidley Austin as a partner in the energy, transportation and infrastructure group.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigation Leaders: Angela Zambrano of Sidley Austin on Co-Leading 750-Plus Litigators While Having 5 Potential Trials on Her Docket

"Nothing makes me happier than trying cases with my Sidley colleagues so I am committed to maintaining an active trial practice while I serve in this role," said Zambrano, who joined Bruce Braun as co-leader of the practice in January.
16 minute read

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