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Texas Pulse
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Paxton-Tied Developer Pleads Guilty In Bank Fraud Case
A real estate developer whose ties to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton were central to his 2023 impeachment case pled guilty Wednesday to unrelated charges of making false statements to a mortgage lender.
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Paxton Seeks To Nix Ethics Case After Deputy Beats Suit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to toss an ethics case against him over a lawsuit challenging 2020 election results, saying the matter fails on the same separation of powers grounds that the court recently cited in nixing a similar case against his first assistant.
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Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts
President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.
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Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Corporate Pros In Texas
Greenberg Traurig LLP is expanding its Texas corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP dealmaker and a Kirkland & Ellis LLP private equity pro as shareholders in Dallas and Austin, respectively.
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GCs Express Fear Of Giant Verdicts, Expect More Litigation
General counsel in a new survey increasingly fear the rise of "nuclear verdicts" — unexpectedly high jury awards — and they are expressing growing support for the use of artificial intelligence to save resources and spot risk.
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V&E Taps 3 Biz Leaders In London And Houston For C-Suite
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced a trio of promotions on Wednesday, appointing new leadership for the firm's non-U.S. operations and the team in charge of supporting practice group and legal department heads.
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Quinn Emanuel Taps Houston Leader To Co-Chair Trial Group
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has named a co-managing partner of its Houston shop as co-chair of the firm's national trial practice.
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Attys Name Evolving Legal Tech As Industry's Top Challenge
Adjusting to ever-evolving technology including artificial intelligence, automation and emerging legal tech is the biggest challenge facing the legal industry in 2025, according to a new survey by peer-review publication company Best Lawyers.
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Orrick Elevates Partnership Class With 17 Attorneys
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has promoted 17 senior associates to partner, marking a 70% increase over the 10 promoted to partner a year ago, the firm announced Monday.
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Spencer Fane Gains IP Ace From K&L Gates In Texas
Spencer Fane LLP announced Tuesday that it has strengthened its intellectual property and litigation groups with an Austin, Texas-based partner who came aboard from K&L Gates LLP.
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NFL Plan On Hook For Atty Fees Despite 5th Circ. Win
The NFL retirement plan must cover up to $1.86 million in attorney fees and expenses for a former running back who said the plan mishandled his disability benefits application, a Texas federal judge ruled, saying the Fifth Circuit's reversal of his bench trial win didn't discredit his exposure of the plan's systemic issues.
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El Paso Firm Failed To Pay Overtime Wages, Paralegal Says
An El Paso, Texas, law firm required a paralegal to respond to emails and text messages outside her working hours but refused to pay her overtime wages, she told a federal court Tuesday.
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King & Spalding Trial Lawyer Goes Solo In Houston
A litigator with decades of BigLaw experience announced Tuesday that she is leaving King & Spalding LLP to open a trial boutique in Houston, a move she said will allow her to avoid conflicts and offer competitive rates while continuing to work on cases with other law firms.
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Why Law Firms Are Seeing 'Profit Leakage'
Even as many law firms see rising profitability, a number of factors are still negatively affecting their profit margins, including write-offs and discounts, according to a new report out Tuesday.
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Microsoft, Patent Firm Ramey Lose Dueling Sanctions Bids
A Texas federal judge denied dueling sanctions motions Monday in a post-litigation spat between Microsoft and prolific patent firm Ramey LLP, holding that neither party met the standard to win disciplinary fees from the other.
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Sheppard Mullin Lands 6-Atty Bradley Arant White Collar Team
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Monday that it has added the managing partner of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Dallas office and five others to bolster its governmental practice and enhance its white collar defense, corporate investigations and healthcare enforcement services.
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V&E Brings On Former Texas Enviro Agency Leader
Vinson & Elkins LLP announced Monday that the former chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has joined the firm as a partner in Austin, boosting the firm's offerings to clients with environmental considerations.
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US Attorney In Texas' Eastern District Stepping Down
The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas has said that he will leave his position next week, the latest in a wave of resignation announcements that coincide with the beginning of a second Trump administration.
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Abbott Taps Military Vets For Judicial Conduct Commission
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday announced two new appointments to the state's 13-member Commission on Judicial Conduct, an unpaid board that investigates claims of judicial misconduct and incapacity and recommends discipline for judges found to have committed wrongdoing.
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Bradley Arant Promotes 17 Attorneys To Partner
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has announced that it promoted 17 of its attorneys from various practice groups and offices nationally to partner.
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J&J Talc Claimants Seek Sanctions Over Morelli No-Show
A group of attorneys representing talc claimants in Johnson & Johnson unit Red River Talc's Chapter 11 case has urged a Texas bankruptcy judge to sanction Morelli Law Firm PLLC's founding partner, Benedict Morelli, for allegedly failing to appear in person at a December hearing and falsely claiming to have resolved a dispute with the talc group.
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Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work
Parker Poe's work on the sale of a majority stake in a $575 million real estate portfolio and Keker Van Nest's handling of a first-of-its-kind challenge under a new California gaming law lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight on Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 1 to 10.
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Butler Snow Grows In Austin With 14-Atty Boutique Pickup
Butler Snow LLP announced a major expansion of its Austin, Texas, office by hiring 14 attorneys from area boutique Enoch Kever PLLC, which the firm said increases its capabilities in areas such as advocacy and appellate.
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American Airlines Legal Chief Takes Off For Warner Bros.
American Airlines is on the hunt for a new chief legal leader following an announcement Friday that its top lawyer would be leaving next month to join Warner Bros. Discovery.
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US Legal Sector Sheds 1,200 Jobs In December
After three months of steady recovery, the U.S. legal sector's job growth reversed course in December, with a loss of 1,200 positions, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
Expert Analysis
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Strategies For Associates Seeking Jobs Amid Hiring Slump
Law firms will be hiring conservatively well into 2021 and beyond, but associates eyeing a new firm or market can successfully make a move if they are pragmatic about their requirements, say Rebecca Glatzer and Kate Reder Sheikh at Major Lindsey.