Around the world, some in-house legal departments are beginning to wonder what their expertise is worth outside the company. Could traditional law firms survive competition from in-house legal departments that set up their own “mini law firms”?

Mergers and acquisitions in Texas reflect the state’s business success. With energy companies leading the way, almost $60 billion of deals were announced during the first half of 2013, with a slightly larger amount during the same period of 2012, according to Mergermarket.

In two same-sex divorce cases before the Texas Supreme Court, the justices questioned whether Texas courts have jurisdiction to hear same-sex divorce cases in the first place, whether the state has a right to intervene in such cases, and the effect of declaring a same-sex marriage as void versus granting a divorce. Here’s a closer … Read More »

In his second attempt to seal records and prevent their release to the public by Nov. 12, Judge Carlos Cortez has involved yet another appellate court–Fort Worth’s Second Court of Appeals–in hopes of obtaining emergency relief.

It is hard for most attorneys to imagine how they would deal with a situation involving suspicions that a partner or an associate has a substance abuse problem. What would you do if you suspected that someone in your firm was abusing either alcohol or drugs?