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Pillsbury Poaches ECVC Partner From Ashurst Perkins Coie in Austin

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:59:14 EST

]]>Valeska Pederson Hintz joins Pillsbury as the firm works to expand its offering for startups.

$9.4M Verdict Awarded in Texas Business Court

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:50:31 EST

]]>SmartDisk won a roughly $9.4 million Texas Business Court verdict against Lexitas after jurors accepted its claim that Lexitas breached a long-running court reporting services agreement, a result John Zavitsanos says reflects post-COVID skepticism toward large institutions and a defense strategy stuck in the past.

'Windfall Verdict' Wiped: 5th Circuit Undoes $124M Award Over Judge-Lawyer Friendship

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:01:18 EST

]]>The Fifth Circuit said the magistrate judge did not share that she and the plaintiff's attorney had a personal friendship that spanned nearly 40 years and that the attorney had served as a groomsman in her wedding in 1989.

Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Holland & Knight IP Litigation Partner in Dallas

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:59:59 EST

]]>Norton Rose Fulbright has been expanding its intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution team this year.

Quinn Emanuel Removed From $5 Million Defamation Suit

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:13:44 EST

]]>A Texas federal magistrate judge disqualified Quinn Emanuel from representing Techtronic Industries in its defamation suit against Muddy Waters, finding a partner's prior work for the short seller was substantially related to the claims and created an appearance of impropriety.

Shipman & Goodwin Opens in Dallas, Adds 2 Ferguson Braswell Restructuring Shareholders

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:59:59 EST

]]>One of the Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta shareholders who joined Shipman & Goodwin has worked with lawyers from her new firm on restructuring matters for a number of years.

Baker Botts Taps 4 Leaders, Each With Key Roles in Energy, Infrastructure Work

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:59:59 EST

]]>Baker Botts managing partner Danny David said the firm is "organizing our leadership the way clients are investing."

Back to School, With a Healthy Serving of Legal Weirdness

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:59:59 EST

]]>The steady stream of legal craziness lawyers are exposed to these days can pass along important lessons for even the most jaded among us.

Newsmakers: Polunsky Beitel Green Adds 2 Associates

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:29:59 EST

]]>Also: Kean Miller adds associate in Houston; Thompson Coe partner elections; and more.

5 Texas Lawyers Resign Amid Pending Complaints, 2 Justices of the Peace Suspended

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:54:56 EST

]]>Texas judicial and attorney oversight bodies suspended two justices of the peace, accepted five attorney resignations in lieu of discipline, imposed multiple attorney sanctions and saw the state Supreme Court reverse a five-year lawyer suspension.