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From In-House Texas: New Deals
Frank Russell, then-general counsel for San Antonio-based TXCO Resources Inc., used attorneys at Cox Smith Matthews for assistance in the Feb. 11 sale of TXCO's assets in the Maverick Basin of Southwest Texas to Newfield Exploration Co. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. And in another deal, John Harvey, then-general counsel for Dallas-based i2 Technologies Inc., used attorneys from Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr to advise his company in its merger with JDA Software Group Inc.Deferred Associates Stay Busy Before Starting at Their Firms
Many incoming first-year associates at large law firms are dealing with months of unexpected free time because their firms have delayed their start dates from the fall of 2009 to January 2010 or later. While some are vacationing or relaxing after taking their bar exam, others have found jobs, either on their own or with the assistance of their firms. Here are five "What I Did on My Deferral" stories from incoming first-year associates at Texas firms.GSP Finance alleges that if it hadn't been for KPMG's cover-up of the true condition of the Rangers' owner's finances, the team's lenders would have taken control before the Rangers went into bankruptcy.
Understanding social media evidence
Pew Research reports that more than 65 percent of all adults used social media every day in 2011 - up from 61 percent in 2010.Some Firms May Be Rethinking Retirement Policies
Mandatory retirement policies at law firms are a hot topic both because the baby boom generation of lawyers will soon hit retirement age and because of the ongoing federal age discrimination suit against Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. Currently, some firms with a mandatory retirement age already allow individual attorneys to negotiate exceptions. And as retirement-age attorneys continue to show their worth, there are predictions that firms in general will move away from mandatory retirement policies.Commentary: Fighting Water Law Prosecutions
Don't mess with Texas: That's advice Texas lawyers and their clients must take seriously regarding the possibility of criminal environmental prosecution. Marla Poirot and Tom Hagemann list some points Lone Star State lawyers need to know about keeping their clients out of trouble with the law. They write that environmental investigations typically begin with a complaint from a disgruntled employee or a neighbor or a simple drive-by ? a criminal investigator, police officer or prosecutor happens to drive by a client's facility and notices something that doesn't look quite right.Unlocking the Power of Early Case Assessment Workflows
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