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February 07, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

New Deals

Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. to acquire hotel portfolio. IMCO Recycling Inc. merges with Commonwealth Industries Inc. Noble Energy Inc. to acquire Patina Oil & Gas Corp. Southwest Airlines Co. acquires gates, ground facilities at Midway from ATA Holdings Inc.
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July 11, 2005 | Texas Lawyer

His Own Man: If Gonzales Is Nominated to High Court, His Texas Opinions Will Be Under the Microscope

Should U.S. Attorney General Alberto "Al" Gonzales become President George W. Bush's first U.S. Supreme Court nominee, senators reviewing his qualifications will no doubt look at the time Gonzales spent on the Texas Supreme Court.
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August 07, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

New Deals

Texas Pacific Group acquires Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Fortis To Acquire Duke Energy's trading operations. Enterprise Products Partners acquisition Of Cerrito Gas Gathering Co�s assets. Panda Ethanol private placement and merger agreement with Cirracor Inc.
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December 01, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

VerdictSearch

Employee wasn't fired for complaining about co-workers. Flight attendant's termination violated ADA. Phone giants settle patent infringement suit. Driver injured in collision with SUV gets $375,000 settlement. Driver not liable for crash that killed ATV operator. Jury awards $72,905 to woman injured in elevator mishap. Electrician burned by scalding water nets $428,243.
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November 11, 2002 | Texas Lawyer

Look for the GOP Label

In the Nov. 5 general election, Steven Wayne Smith -- a political outsider who turned off Republican financial backers by beating an appointee of Gov. Rick Perry's in the GOP primary last March -- easily defeated Democrat Margaret Mirabal for Place 4 on the high court. Smith's win proves that money and endorsements -- of which he had little -- are less important than the party label in Texas' statewide judicial races, several political analysts say.
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November 17, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Best on the Test: Texas Bar Exam Top Scorers Reveal Secrets to Their Success

For nearly everyone who takes the twice-yearly, two-and-a-half day, four-part Texas Bar Exam, the results are simple: pass or fail. But a handful of people get a bit more information than that because they earned the top three scores. Texas Lawyer has contacted a number of the ace bar-takers who earned the top score on the Texas bar exam.
22 minute read
June 16, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Today Texas, Tomorrow the World

An analysis by Texas Lawyer, based on lawyer counts as of Jan. 1 at the 100 largest firms in the state, shows that 10 Texas-based firms now have 21 percent or more of their attorneys in offices outside the state. Dallas-based Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld &#151 with 14 offices and 1,023 lawyers &#151 leads the pack with 71 percent of its lawyers outside of Texas. Roughly 27 percent of Bracewell & Giuliani's 418 lawyers are in out-of-state offices, says Mark C. Evans (pictured), managing partner.
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