A group of Texas lawyers, including four past presidents of the State Bar of Texas, filed a complaint asking bar regulators to suspend or disbar Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for actions supporting efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election.
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Kirkland & Ellis partners Sean Wheeler and Debbie Yee recently closed three deals within four business days—a record for the Houston M&A attorneys, who have worked together for most of the last decade. And they did it while on vacation.
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There are many changes to the Texas Family Code and other laws impacting parents, grandparents, children and families beginning Sept. 1, 2021.
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Instead of facing a disciplinary investigation, Harris County Civil Court Judge George Barnstone voluntarily resigned from public office, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced.
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How I Won the Case: Houston lawyers trace the path to a nearly $114 million verdict and $1.6M in fees.
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The Texas Supreme Court will allow three human trafficking victims to move forward in litigation against Facebook that alleges the platform enabled their abusers to groom them into a life of prostitution.
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Balch & Bingham opened a second Texas office in Austin, hiring Holland & Knight energy partner Todd Kimbrough to launch the Texas expansion, as the Birmingham, Alabama-based firm adds its energy regulatory focus to another office.
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Summer is known for being a slow news cycle, but there was no shortage of news and discussion topics over the last few months. Here are some of Texas Lawyer’s most-read pieces, both news and columns, that ran from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Get caught up on any you might have missed here, and enjoy the rest of your summer—which, despite what advertisers would have you believe, goes on for another a week, according to the calendar.
