It’s an energy-fueled transactional heyday for the large Texas firms that were on the short list of the nation’s busiest deal-making firms in 2011. A total of eight Texas firms appear on charts in The American Lawyer’s Corporate Scorecard 2012, which ranks firms on the volume and value of transactional work in 2011.

An alleged debtor who prevailed in a 2010 collection suit sued a Carrollton firm and its client, alleging violations of consumer debt-collection laws and more. On May 4, the firm and the business denied all the allegations.”They didn’t show up for trial, and even though they lost, they filed an abstract of judgment saying they … Read More »

Lawyers at Seton Healthcare Family in Austin have been busy since the federal government enacted major healthcare reforms, and general counsel Teresa Burroff is excited about the changes.

A Houston solo who represents The Greater Houston Football Coaches Association, a non-profit, which won a favorable final judgment on May 7 after defending against a breach-of-contract suit and pursuing a counterclaim. The jury forewoman, a litigation partner in Houston’s Porter Hedges, called him after her panel issued a favorable (but not high-dollar because the … Read More »

Two Republican Texas Supreme Court Justices — Don Willett and David Medina — face challengers from their own party in the May 29 primary. An open question for both of their contests: Will the incumbents’ campaign war chests, which far exceed the coffers of the challengers’ campaigns, play a significant factor in the outcome?