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Corporate Counsel

Bell Tolls on Mandatory Retirement for Exxon Mobil GC

Exxon Mobil's mandatory retirement age of 65 forced the oil giant's prior two general counsel into retirement. Will current GC Craig Morford be next when he turns 65 on Feb. 10?
7 minute read

Law.com

Class Action Claims Major Oil Producers Conspired With OPEC to Drive Up Prices

"Defendants agreed with OPEC to constrain production of crude oil worldwide, with the purpose and effect of fixing, raising, and maintaining the price of crude oil in and throughout the United States of America and worldwide," the complaint said. "Defendants are not sovereign nations, and they are not immune to U.S. antitrust law."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Baker McKenzie Picks Up Eversheds Sutherland Energy Litigation Team in Houston

Five energy litigators from Eversheds Sutherland in Houston jumped to Baker McKenzie's Houston office, attracted in part by the firm's extensive global network and its Texas strategy.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Nikola: Gridlock With Insurers Is Stalling Settlements With Shareholders

"Because settlements of derivative actions are not indemnifiable by the nominal company defendant in Delaware, this would defeat a key function of D&O insurance."
3 minute read

Law.com

'So Hot You Can't Breathe.' Rare Damages Trial Begins for Oregon Wildfire Victims

A second trial over wildfires that ravaged Oregon over Labor Day 2020 began Tuesday, this time focused on economic and noneconomic damages of nine class members.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Circuit Consensus: Climate Claim Suits Against Big Oil Belong in State Courts

U.S. appeals court have uniformly rejected the companies' reference to a federal common law of interstate air pollution.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Patent Challenge Fails at Claims Construction Stage for Oil Field Equipment Vendor

The Sidley Austin team argued the claim for Canatex's patent was not clearly articulated and therefore "indefinite," Sidley Austin attorney Phillip Aurentz said.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Houston Immigration Attorney Accused of Defrauding Petrochemical Engineering Firm

The new firm found significant gaps in information that could result in certain employees of Audubon accruing unlawful presence status. The firm disagreed with the attorney's procedures and, although it took some cases, the firm declined to take others.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Paul Weiss Targets Houston Entrance, Approaching Lawyers at Peer Firms

The firm has approached lawyers at several of its Am Law 50 competitors—Baker Botts, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins and Vinson & Elkins.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Power Generator Companies Get Landmark Decision in Winter Storm Uri MDL

A class of defendants represented by virtually every major commercial litigation law firm in Texas was granted a reversal against claims brought by consumers affected by Winter Storm Uri.
5 minute read

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