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• Paul Hastings launches Houston office after hiring local talent

  Apr 26 2012 Paul Hastings has launched a new office in Houston after the hire of three energy-focused transactional partners from local firms. Greg Nelson joins Paul Hastings... more

• Akin Gump hires energy and global transactions expert from Vinson & Elkins

  Mar 21 2012 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its energy and global transactions team in Houston with the hire of partner Stephen Davis from Vinson & Elkins. Davis is... more

• Sidley Austin to launch in Houston, US

  Feb 15 2012 International law firm Sidley Austin is set to launch a new office in Houston. The office will be led seven partners hired laterally from other Houston firms including... more

• Goodwin Procter and Fulbright & Jaworski announce staff layoffs

  Nov 02 2011 Some law firms are still in cost cutting mode, with many making significant staff layoffs and outsourcing legal support services. Since August O’Melveny & Myers... more

• Vinson & Elkins and Wachtell Lipton lead $1 billion hostile takeover of Tulsa-based SemGroup

  Oct 28 2011 Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline is intent on the acquisition of rival Tulsa-based company SemGroup. but when its $1 billion offer was rejected by the board... more

• Baker Donelson set to launch office in Texas

  Oct 25 2011 Tennessee-based law firm Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz is set to launch a new office in Texas after the acquisition of Houston firm Spain Chambers.... more

• High merger activity between law firms is set to continue

  Sep 07 2011 Interesting article here in the Wall Street Journal, which anticipates more merger activity for law firms in the near future. According to reports, firms are now... more

• Law firms make Houston-Mexico alliance

  Aug 22 2011 Houston-based law firm RAB Law Firm has formed an alliance with Mexico City-based practice L&T Law Firm. The agreement allows RAB to pursue civil litigation and... more

• Fulbright & Jaworski merges with Houston IP boutique

  Aug 03 2011 Fulbright & Jaworski has announced a merger agreement with Houston intellectual property boutique Slusser Wilson & Partridge. The merged firm will operate under the... more

• Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett set to launch in Houston after Vinson & Elkins Hire

  Apr 12 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is set to launch a new office in Houston after the hire of Vinson & Elkins capital markets partner Robert Rabalais. "Opening in Houston... more

• Winston & Strawn launches in Houston with 40 Howrey recruits

  Mar 18 2011 Winston & Strawn has launched its Houston office after the hire of 40 intellectual property and commercial litigation lawyers from the failed firm Howrey. The... more

• Howrey partners vote to dissolve firm

  Mar 10 2011 Howrey’s partners have voted to dissolve the partnership, a decision that will take effect on 15 March 2011 and put the 55 year old firm out of its misery. The... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf ‘pauses’ summer program in three US offices

  Jul 28 2010 Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced that its 2011 summer program will be ‘paused’ in Chicago, Los Angeles and Houston. The number of people affected by the decision is... more

• Haynes & Boone Partner Donates Kidney to Staffer’s Son

  Feb 01 2010 A 39-year-old partner at Haynes & Boone in Houston is donating a kidney to the son of a longtime staffer at the law firm. Labor and employment partner Matthew... more

• Latham & Watkins moves into Texas with Houston launch

  Jan 12 2010 After massive layoffs in 2009, Latham and Watkins LLP is reportedly expanding its operation with a new office in Houston, Texas. Bloomberg reports that Michael... more

• More layoffs at Baker Botts, but how many?

  Aug 28 2009 US law firm Baker Botts has laid off more lawyers, but isn’t disclosing how many are affected by the job cuts. The layoffs are the result of market conditions and... more

• Thelen Departures Cloud Prospects for Possible Merger Partner

  Aug 18 2008 The path to merger appears a little rockier for Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner after the departure of another one of its name partners. Last week, Richard... more

• Hunton & Williams grabs Akin Group as Part of Expansion in California, Texas

  Jul 01 2008 Hunton & Williams is opening a San Francisco office with a trio of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld labor attorneys -- part of an eight-lawyer group that's also... more

• Vinson & Elkins loses 13 health care lawyers to King & Spalding

  Jun 03 2008 Thirteen health care lawyers left Vinson & Elkins officially Monday and began practice at the Houston and Washington, D.C., offices of Atlanta-based King & Spalding.... more

• DLA Piper launches in Houston

  Mar 12 2008 DLA Piper announced the opening of an office in Houston, Texas with three lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Howrey. Two of the new partners, Jack... more

• DLA Piper kicks off laterals season in the US

  Jan 27 2008 The first few weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities at some of the nation's biggest... more

• Law Firm Sues Ex-NYC Police Commissioner for $200,000 in Legal Fees

  Nov 01 2007 Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who is being investigated by federal authorities, has been sued by his former lawyers for more than... more