Texas Lawyer’s editorial department is pleased to announce the winners of our first annual Legal Departments of the Year awards. The awards bestowed are not based on scorecards or data-driven metrics but rather on success stories.

Texas Lawyer’s editorial department is pleased to announce the winners of our first annual Legal Departments of the Year awards. The awards bestowed are not based on scorecards or data-driven metrics but rather on success stories.

A grand jury has declined to indict Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg based on a citizen’s complaint, which alleged she committed a crime by threatening jailers while in jail after her April arrest for driving while intoxicated.

Average general counsel compensation at large Texas companies ballooned in 2012, according to Texas Lawyer’s annual Corporate Roster, which reports on general counsel pay packages.

What is an in-house counsel to do when a controlling shareholder seeks to enter into a transaction with the corporation? Establishing a special committee of the board of directors to negotiate the deal may provide some defense to the company’s directors and controlling shareholder against other shareholders’ lawsuits. That step alone, however, may not be … Read More »