Haynes and Boone, LLP client American Airlines has moved closer to spinning off its American Eagle regional carrier as a separate company.
Dr Pepper Bottling Company of Dublin, Texas, the world’s oldest Dr Pepper bottler, has issued a response to a federal lawsuit filed against the family-owned company by the corporate entity controlled by Plano, Texas-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE: DPS).
In the lawsuit filed June 30, Dr Pepper Snapple has asked a federal court to terminate its licensing agreement with Dublin Dr Pepper, and to prevent the small bottling company from using the iconic Dublin Dr Pepper name. The lawsuit also seeks to prevent sales of the one-of-a-kind soft drink on Dublin Dr Pepper’s website and toll-free number, in addition to asking for attorneys’ fees. The federal court claim came as a surprise to the independent bottler following decades of support, endorsement and encouragement from its corporate partner (more…)
A team of Akin Gump attorneys advised oilfield services company Great White Energy Services in its recent $742 million sale to Archer Limited, a global oilfield service company specializing in drilling services and well services. The deal was announced on August 1, 2011 and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011.
Nationally Recognized Partner to Chair DLA Piper’s Health Care Compliance and Enforcement Practice; Addition Strengthens Firm’s Complex Health Care Litigation and Regulatory Compliance Capabilities
DLA Piper announced today that Frank E. Sheeder III has joined the firm as a partner and chair of the Health Care Compliance and Enforcement practice, resident in the Dallas office working with the Litigation practice and Health Care Sector. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Sheeder was a partner in the Dallas office of Jones Day. He is also president of the Health Care Compliance Association (more…)
Dan A. Fleckman has joined Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell’s Houston Office as a Partner in the Firm’s national Corporate and Energy Practices, effective immediately. Fleckman has more than 30 years of experience in all types of transactions and represents publicly held and private companies in corporate finance, governance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and more (more…)
The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Dan J. Hopper has joined the Firm’s Real Estate and Banking Practice Group in the Dallas office. He joins Thompson & Knight as an Attorney (more…)
The highly regarded, Chambers-rated, Houston intellectual property trial firm of Slusser Wilson & Partridge, L.L.P. has joined forces with the internationally regarded firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Bill Slusser, Mike Wilson and Jayme Partridge have extensive jury trial experience in patent cases. Each has an engineering degree and excels at making technical issues understandable (more…)
Earl M. (Chip) Jones, III has returned as a shareholder to Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, in its growing Dallas office. Jones, with a background in both in-house and law firm environments, will join Littler’s robust Corporate Compliance and Ethics practice. Jones was previously an attorney at Littler from 1994–2002 (more…)
Morgan Lewis today announced that J. Todd Culwell—a transactional attorney with nearly 20 years of experience advising clients on electric power, LNG and other infrastructure projects—has joined the firm as partner in its energy transactions practice, resident in Houston. He focuses his practice on the development financing, acquisitions and divestitures of energy infrastructure projects in the United States and internationally (more…)
Adams and Reese welcomes Benny C. Pace to the firm’s Houston office and as the new Banking and Finance Team Leader in Texas. Pace previously served as the former head of the banking and finance section at several Texas law firms, including Ross, Griggs & Harrison, the Houston office of Kelly Hart & Hallman, and also the former head of the financial entities section at Chamberlain Hrdlicka (more…)
