Haynes and Boone, LLP client TransData Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced solid-state electricity meters has announced it has licensed its wireless smart electric meter patent portfolio consisting of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,181,294; 6,462,713; and 6,903,699 (the “Smart Meter Patents”) to a leading smart grid solutions provider (more…)
Akin Gump served as U.S. legal counsel to Alliance Data Systems and its LoyaltyOne business in the acquisition of a 60 percent ownership stake in Netherlands-based BrandLoyalty (more…)
The business and entertainment law firm Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, is pleased to announce the addition of former Pronske & Patel, P.C., attorneys Rakhee Patel, Wande Elam andChristina Stephenson to the firm’s Dallas bankruptcy group (more…)
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP has added attorney K. Brian Joe as an associate. Brian joins the firm from the New York City office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (more…)
The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Timothy J. Cournoyer as an Associate in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group of the Firm’s Dallas office (more…)
Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Celeste R. Yeager as a shareholder to the firm’s Dallas office. Yeager, previously a partner with Gardere and vice chair of its Hospitality Industry Team, brings a comprehensive labor and employment litigation and counseling practice to Littler (more…)
On October 21, 2013, Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) (“Devon”), Crosstex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XTXI) and Crosstex Energy, L.P. (NASDAQ: XTEX) (collectively “Crosstex”) announced the signing of definitive agreements to combine substantially all of Devon’s U.S. midstream assets with Crosstex’s assets to form a new midstream business (more…)
EXCO Resources, Inc. (NYSE:XCO) (“EXCO”) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, EXCO Operating Company, LP (“EOC”), and an affiliate of BG Group plc (“BG Group”) have entered into a definitive agreement to convey 100% of the equity interest in TGGT Holdings, LLC(“TGGT”) to Azure Midstream Holdings LLC (“Azure”) for an aggregate sales price of approximately $910 million (more…)
Wick Phillips, a full-service business law firm with offices in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, announces that Austin Pennington has joined the Dallas office as an Associate. Pennington will specialize in civil, property tax and business litigation, in addition to providing counsel to clients on civil appellate law matters. Prior to joining Wick Phillips, Pennington worked with Myers Hill in Fort Worth (more…)
Edwin Buffmire rejoins the Litigation group as an associate in the Dallas office. He has worked in federal trial and appellate courts across the country. He has federal jury trial experience, representing a client indicted by the federal government for wire fraud. He has also represented clients in complex civil RICO actions, assisting them in obtaining complete defense verdicts by preparing jury instructions, dispositive motions, and assisting with trial strategy. Mr. Buffmire also has experience arguing white collar criminal sentencing and presenting expert testimony on economic losses (more…)
Polsinelli welcomes Dallas attorney Alexis L. Angell as an associate in the firm’s Health Care Litigation Practice. Angell brings experience in handling a variety of litigation matters on both sides of the docket to Polsinelli, having represented major insurance carriers at trial and arbitrations in matters involving medical necessity issues, breach of contract and interpretations of various insurance regulations (more…)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that R. Jay Tabor has joined the firm as a partner in the Dallas office. Formerly a partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, he will continue to focus his practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions (more…)
