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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
February 25, 2013 |

Lateral Hiring Charts

13 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
March 15, 2001 |

Shell Shareholders Grab Legal High Ground

Royal Dutch/Shell Group was clearly ready for a fight when it began talking to Barrett Resources Corp. about a merger two weeks ago. Within four business days, Shell made its offer public, filed one lawsuit seeking to neutralize Barrett's defenses, commenced a hostile takeover bid and filed a second suit to ensure that any court battles will be fought on friendly turf.
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April 25, 2011 |

Headcount Numbers Flat at Largest Firms in Texas

In 2010, one Texas firm grew due to an oil rig explosion and another shrank due to the timing of birthdays. Godwin Ronquillo increased its lawyer count by almost 50 percent during the last eight months of 2010, primarily to meet the needs of one client, says Donald E. Godwin, chairman and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based firm. The firm represents Halliburton Energy Services Inc. of Houston in litigation related to the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig operated by BP PLC of London.
6 minute read
February 03, 2003 |

Rules Mean Lawyers Must Report Corporate Shenanigans

Lawyers doing securities work for public companies now have a greater obligation to report suspicions of violations of securities laws to corporate executives and boards under new rules approved on Jan. 23 by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
10 minute read
April 29, 2013 |

Who's Hiring Lawyers? Texas Law Firms Growing, Shrinking

Rising client demands and a market offering abundant lateral hiring opportunities helped swell the number of lawyers at two Texas firms by more than 40 percent during 2012. Meanwhile, percentage drops at firms losing lawyers were much lower than they were two years ago in 2010.
10 minute read
December 05, 2011 |

Expanding Domains: A Primer on the New gTLDs

Attorneys Robert C. Scheinfeld and Parker H. Bagley look at what confronts a company registering a new generic top-level domain name -- and the ensuing legal rights involved.
6 minute read
May 01, 2009 |

Big Suits

USA/UBS; Citibank Shareholder Derivative Litigation; Congoleum Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; FTC vs. Whole Foods; Parmalat Securities Litigation; SEC v. Automated Trading Desk Specialist, et al.
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