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September 10, 2012 |

Big D and Diversity

According to a new Dallas Diversity Task Force report, the number of minority lawyers at the 20 largest Dallas firms has risen from 8.4 percent in 2006 to 11.94 percent in 2012.
7 minute read
December 20, 2000 |

The Texas Firm That Stepped it Up

Faced with mounting market pressure from East Coast and West Coast firms, large Texas firms gave their associates mind-boggling raises in 2000. It was a free-for-all of riches that may not have occurred without Howard T. Ayers, managing partner of Houstons Andrews & Kurth, which raised first-year salaries to $104,000 form $86,000. But sometimes it takes a little gumption to take the first step.
4 minute read
September 03, 2012 |

Drilling Down Into Texas Electronic Discovery

Texas courts have outlined a step-by-step process for requesting extraordinary electronic discovery and responding to such requests.
5 minute read
January 04, 2007 |

Morgan Lewis Opens Houston Office

Five lawyers from litigation boutique Edwards, Burns & Krider, including Brady Edwards and Sandra Thourot Krider, joined Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to launch the 1,353-attorney firm's 22nd office Tuesday. Francis Milone, chairman of Morgan Lewis, says the firm has for some time been eyeing Houston, where he hopes to expand such practice areas as litigation, energy, labor and intellectual property. Edwards Burns partner Randolph Burns is going solo in Port Aransas, Texas, where he moved about three years ago.
2 minute read
September 02, 2013 |

Are Directors Prepared to Hand Over Personal Email?

Directors' communications present one of the most significant data-security and electronic-discovery risks. Wise general counsels are thinking critically not only about how to prevent security breaches but also about preparedness for litigation involving information in directors' custody.
5 minute read
Susan Beck's Summary Judgment: Whatever Happened to the N.Y. AG's Case Against BofA?
Publication Date: 2012-05-02
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Then-New York Attorney Andrew Cuomo announced the state's case against Bank of America over its Merrill Lynch acquisition more than two years ago, promising with great fanfare to hold the bank and two of its executives accountable for an "enormous fraud" to conceal Merrill losses. So why has the case been all-but stalled ever since in New York state court?

August 30, 2005 |

How a Small-Firm Attorney Took On Merck and Won

It wasn't supposed to be this way: The nation's first Vioxx-related personal injury suit was supposed to be a winnable case for Merck & Co. The pharmaceutical multinational had unlimited resources, tapping the prowess of four legal giants to defend the company against claims it failed to warn patients of Vioxx's health risks and concealed the painkiller's dangers. Instead, the jury awarded the plaintiff $253 million. Just how did Houston attorney Mark Lanier score such a big lick against Merck?
15 minute read
January 03, 2005 |

Two Years After SOX, GCs Stay Busy Meeting Requirements

In-house counsel from four Texas companies participated in a roundtable discussion in Dallas to talk about corporate governance issues and the role lawyers play in addressing them. This is the first installment of that discussion.
19 minute read
April 30, 2012 |

BigTex Roots: Some Large Firms See the Lone Star State as a Hot Hub For Economic Growth

Fewer than half the lawyers at the 25 largest firms in the Lone Star State actually work in Texas offices. And only five of those 25 firms are 100 percent Texas-based, meaning all their lawyers work in Texas offices. Jackson Walker, with offices in six Texas cities — Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo and San Antonio — is the largest of the Texas-only firms.
12 minute read
September 24, 2012 |

Offer Rates Rise for Next Fall's First-Year BigTex Associates

As autumn begins, many large Texas firms already have made permanent job offers for the fall of 2013 to students who worked at the firms during the summer.
9 minute read

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