An earthquake occurred in the early hours of Dec. 9 in Mineral Wells, the same general North Texas area where news reports say more than a dozen other minor earthquakes have been recorded in the past six weeks. As a result, C. Christopher Cowan’s phone started ringing more persistently.

Houston-based food-service company Sysco Corp. turned to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Arnall, Golden & Gregory for its pending acquisition of US Foods in a deal valued at about $8.2 billion.

Texas Lawyer reporter Miriam Rozen emailed litigators around the state two questions to ponder about the year gone by: What was the most challenging litigation you worked on this year? What did you learn new this year about litigating?

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg will stay in her post. Visiting Judge David Peeples on Dec. 11 denied the state’s petition to remove her from office. While Peeples didn’t provide the reason for his ruling, he did reproach Lehmberg for her extent of intoxication and her behavior the night of April 12, when she … Read More »

Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that Kenneth Stewart, managing partner of Fulbright & Jaworski, the U.S. member firm of Norton Rose Fulbright, will take a temporary leave of absence as managing partner for up to six months, effective immediately.