• August 19, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    2013 Litigation Departments of the Year

    Several months ago, Texas Lawyer invited firms across the state to tell us what makes their litigation departments the best. Following the example set by Texas Law

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  • May 20, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Summer Associate Survey: 1L Pipeline Power

    Texas' largest firms are bringing in about the same number of summer associates as they did last year, but a larger proportion of those summer associates are 1Ls.Baker Botts, Locke Lor

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  • May 20, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Summer Associates - charts

    By the NumbersTexas Lawyer invited the 25 firms with the largest operations in the state to participate in the 2013 Summer Associate Hiring Survey. The size and mix of summer associa

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  • April 29, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    The Texas 100 - 2013

    Related:• Energy Work Drives Firms' Financials• a h

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  • April 29, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Energy Work Drives Firms' Financials

    Energy work, both transactional and litigation, is a main driver behind strong 2012 financials at large Texas firms, although firm leaders also cite lateral hiring, a strong Texas economy, at

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  • March 26, 2013 | FC&S Insurance

    Expanding Content

    Expanding ContentRegular readers of the Insurance Coverage Law Report, which is available both in print and online at http://www.fcandslegal.com/, will…

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  • February 25, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

    Are You Packed? A Q&A on Making the Big Move

    The stakes are high for partners who make a lateral move. Texas Lawyer research editor Jeanne Graham emailed questions to three partners who left their firms to join new firms in 201

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  • November 6, 2012 |

    Exclusion that Bars Coverage for Sherman Act Claims Also Bars Coverage for Other Claims Relying on Same Facts, Circuit Says

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has affirmed a district court’s decision dismissing an insured’s claim against its professional…

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  • Wright v. Cofield

    Publication Date: 2012-08-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adamson Starr Locke Lord LLP and John Williamson Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Coppedge, Joseph Evans, Stephen Michmerhuizen Coppedge & Evans PC, Dalton, Peter Boyce, Duluth, Catherine Packwood The Lambros Firm LLC, Johannes Kingma Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, and William Keith, Chatsworth, for appellees.

    Case Number: A12A0080

    A question of fact remained as to whether an oral contract promising the plaintiff 15 percent of the net proceeds of a business's sale was enforc

  • July 30, 2012 |

    OFAC's global reach

    The enforcement of U.S. sanctions is increasingly extending into foreign countries

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