Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced today that former U.S. magistrate judge Chad Everingham has joined as a partner in its intellectual property practice in the firm’s newly established office in Longview, Texas. His arrival coincides with that of partner David M. Stein, who joined the firm’s intellectual property practice today in its Downtown Los Angeles office (more…)

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Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble Energy) announced today that it closed the previously announced agreement to create a joint venture partnership with CONSOL Energy, Inc. (CONSOL Energy) for the development of CONSOL Energy’s Marcellus Shale properties in southwest Pennsylvania and northwest West Virginia (more…)

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Partner Steven A. Waters – San Antonio civic leader, 36-year veteran of Haynes and Boone, LLP, and current head of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group – has accepted a position as general counsel and chief legal officer for USAA Real Estate Company effective Oct. 16 (more…)

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