Texas Lawyer’s Goin’ Mobile

Recognizing the importance of “goin’ mobile” for lawyers, ALM is adopting mobile as a preferred means to keep readers up to date with current legal happenings.

Tell Stories to Handle Client Frustration

Facts don’t clarify, stories clarify. So, here are 10 scenarios of client frustration with the law and lawyers, plus 10 stories that the general counsel can use to educate, ease and explain.

Deal of the Week: Black Gold

John Thomas, general counsel and corporate secretary of Crimson Exploration Inc., is using Vinson & Elkins for the Houston-based company’s pending acquisition by Contango Oil & Gas Co. in a deal valued at $400 million.

Dismissal May Loom for Inactive Silica, Asbestos Cases

House Bill 1325 was an initiative by Texans for Lawsuit Reform, says TLR outside counsel Lee Parsley, noting that TLR worked with plaintiffs’ lawyers on the bill.

Legal-Malpractice Lawsuit Revived in Part Against PI Firm

In September 2011, the trial court granted summary judgment on statute-of-limitations grounds in Richard Alan Haase v. Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend.