A West Texas prosecutor has asked the Office of the Attorney General for an opinion on the authority of a State Fire Marshal’s Office workgroup to investigate and make findings on old arson cases, including the case of a woman convicted of murder in connection with a 1991 death.

Vinson & Elkins and Baker Botts each had a piece of an initial public offering that closed Monday as the largest of the year so far. On Oct. 21, Plains GP Holdings of Houston raised a net $2.73 billion in the offering, which sold at $22 a share.

Texas Indigent Defense Commission Executive Director Jim Bethke says the agency will work in tandem with the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University on a weighted-caseload study next month to determine guidelines for maximum allowable caseloads for attorneys to represent indigent defendants effectively.

MetroPCS Communications Inc.’s legal department, led by Mark Stachiw, cleared numerous hurdles to complete the merger of a subsidiary with T-Mobile USA Inc. Stachiw says the deal was valued at about $32 billion, making it the largest U.S. business combination announced in 2012.

The legal department at TPG, a global private investment firm with an office in Fort Worth, has worked closely with Locke Lord, its primary outside counsel for contract reviews, to improve the reviewing process.