83 Jackson Walker Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2016
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Eighty-three Jackson Walker attorneys from Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo and San Antonio were recognized in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
A Refresher on Term Sheets and Commitment Letters
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Term sheets and commitment letters differ with respect to what is required of, and whether the terms are binding on, the parties.
Entrepreneurship, Business Contracts and Self-Awareness
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Well written contracts are business gold. They put everyone on the same page from the beginning of the relationship and they outline how the parties will deal with problems when they occur.
Traveling Coaches Announce New Law Firm Training Product
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Traveling Coaches has announced the launch of Springboard, a suite of consulting and talent development services designed for law firms.
65 Gardere Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2016
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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP announces that 65 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, including a Dallas partner who earned a “Lawyer of the Year” distinction.
Quarles & Brady Attorneys Named Best Lawyers’® 2016 “Lawyer of the Year”
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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that 13 of its attorneys have been selected by their peers as “Lawyers of the Year” in The Best Lawyers in America®.
Foley Adds Two Accomplished Life Sciences Litigators in Boston
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Foley & Lardner LLP announced that James Matthews and Katy Koski have joined the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice and Life Sciences Industry Team as partners in the Boston office.
Latham & Watkins Advises Leonard Green Partners on Acquisition of Majority Stake in Ellucian
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Ellucian, TPG Capital and Leonard Green Partners have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which TPG and Leonard Green will acquire a majority interest in Ellucian, the leading global provider for higher education software and services.
Best Lawyers in America Honors Beck Redden Lawyers
NEWSBest Lawyers in America® has recognized 14 Beck Redden LLP attorneys in its 2016 ranking of the nation’s top legal talent.
Three Organizations Bestow Honors on AZA
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Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing, also known as AZA, has received recognition from three organizations, including being cited as one of the nation’s “most feared law firms.”
How to Determine What is a Breach of Contract
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One of the more common forms of business disputes is a dispute over the failure to perform certain obligations set forth in a contract, writes Robert Fojo of Fojo Dell’Orfano.
LOIs Are Nothing to LOL About: A Primer on Letters of Intent
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Parties must be careful in drafting LOIs if they want to avoid having a judge later hold that instead of a precursor to an agreement, the LOI became an enforceable agreement.
Seamlessly Implementing Safety in the Oil & Gas Industry
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Industrial Safety & Hygiene News has posted a complimentary on-demand webinar on the challenging demands of maintaining safety in the oil and gas industry as it involves operators or lease owners, drillers and oil-field service companies.
Joseph Ceccarelli Joins Wilson Elser’s NYC Office
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National law firm Wilson Elser announces that Joseph J. Ceccarelli has joined the firm’s New York City office as a partner.
iManage Leadership Completes Buyout of Business Unit from HP
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The iManage leadership team has completed a buyout from Hewlett-Packard (HP) for the purchase of the complete iManage business, including its brand, products and services.
Corporate Legal Operations: PepsiCo Configuration Optimization
EVENT, August 18, 1 p.m. EDT
LexisNexis Software Solutions will present a complimentary webinar on enterprise legal management (ELM) using a case study that shows how a system resent enhanced PepsiCo’s ebilling efficiency.
TCP to Pay $3.9 Million in Settlement With Former General Counsel
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The former general counsel of TCP International Holdings of Aurora, Ohio, has reached a settlement with the company in her lawsuit alleging the company’s former CEO of physically assaulting her.
$19.9 Million Jury Verdict in Houston Securities Fraud Case
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The verdict included actual and punitive damages, and after pre-judgment interest and attorney’s fees and expenses are added, the total judgment could exceed $25 million.
Real Estate Development and Construction Contracts: What You Need to Know
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Matthew DeVries of Burr & Forman offers a few items to think about when drafting contracts, relying on a book titled “Courses on Drafting Contracts.”
California Upholds Controversial Arbitration Clause Within Consumer Contract
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The California Supreme Court ruled recently in a case involving an arbitration clause in a consumer contract that because the buyer could not negotiate the provisions of the sales contract, he had established ‘”ome degree of procedural unconscionability.”
