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August 03, 2001 |

Join the Club

Texas megafirms are prompting small to mid-size firms -- those with fewer than 50 attorneys -- to turn to networks to keep from getting swallowed up by the giants. The networks function mainly as a way for firms to refer clients to attorneys in other jurisdictions while remaining independent and unexposed to the malpractice liability of the firms they've sent clients to.
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August 05, 2002 |

Number of Big-Firm Minority Lawyers in Austin Increases

Austin, Texas' largest firms continued to show gains this year in the number of minority lawyers employed. Of the almost 1,200 attorneys employed by the city's 26 largest firms, 126 -- or 10.6 percent -- are black, Hispanic, Asian or Native-American, according to figures compiled by the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin and the Austin Black Lawyers Association. That's up from 9.8 percent in 2001.
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March 12, 2007 |

Court Urged to Take Generic Drug Case

In a dispute that may soon reach the Supreme Court, several groups are asking the Court to end lucrative deals struck between pharmaceutical patent pioneers and later manufacturers.
8 minute read
March 15, 2007 |

High Court urged to take generic drug case

In a dispute that may soon reach the Supreme Court, several groups are asking the justices to end lucrative deals in which large "pioneer" pharmaceutical manufacturers pay small labs to refrain from bringing cheaper generic versions of their blockbuster drugs to the market.
8 minute read
June 27, 2011 |

Tax Act and Revenue Proposals

On Dec. 17, 2010, in a surprising last-minute move, President Barack Obama signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. The Department of the Treasury also has released its General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2012 Revenue Proposals (the 2012 revenue document). Reading the two creates a number of action items for lawyers to discuss with their high net-worth clients.
5 minute read
May 01, 2007 |

Big Tobacco Companies Battle over Altria-Backed Bill to Impose FDA Regulation

Altria, which owns tobacco giant Philip Morris International, is one of the perhaps surprising backers of a bill that would give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco. Critics say Philip Morris' motive may be less than altruistic, and that their real goal is to squeeze out competitors. The issue has created a fissure between Philip Morris and the rest of Big Tobacco -- the industry's lobbyists, sans Philip Morris, are pushing to block the measure through the time-honed tactics of doubt and delay.
7 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
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
April 19, 2010 |

TWo firms fall below $2 Million

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