/pulse/texas-pulse?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Texas Pulse Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ă½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:35:07 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357535 A Texas magistrate judge has recommended that a litigation funder and a Houston-area attorney be freed from a proposed class action that alleges a law firm engaged in deceptive advertising targeting hurricane victims in Louisiana. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:48:52 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357553?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357553 Norton Rose Fulbright announced Wednesday that it has added an energy-centered corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities partner in Houston who joined from Latham & Watkins LLP. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:27:40 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357370 Polsinelli PC announced Wednesday that it has added a shareholder with decades of experience to its real estate finance practice in Dallas who came aboard from Winstead PC. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:29 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356820?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356820 A generative artificial intelligence hackathon originally designed to empower the next generation of lawyers to think creatively about solving complex problems expanded to include senior staff members, resulting in over a dozen ready-to-go AI use cases for the firm. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:28 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2354331?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2354331 In his section of a new book, Hoffmann & Baron LLP managing partner Daniel A. Scola Jr. challenges lawyers looking to grow their practice to rely on more than just technical skills and says that with the right amount of patience and boldness, lawyers can deliver work to "make it rain." Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:59:03 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357358?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357358 As a new generation of lawyers enters the profession and artificial intelligence reshapes the practice of law, firms are increasingly turning to professional coaches to help junior attorneys adapt. One unexpected area of focus? Teaching them how to manage and respond to email. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 21:32:10 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357136?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2357136 Whole Foods workers urged a Texas federal court on Tuesday to preliminarily approve a $2 million deal they hammered out with the Amazon-owned grocery chain to end their putative class action alleging excessive fees were charged to their employee 401(k) retirement plan in violation of federal benefits law. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:02:16 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356326?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356326 A Texas mass tort attorney who filed for bankruptcy allegedly owing hundreds of millions of dollars to litigation funders agreed to shift his Chapter 11 case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, putting to rest the U.S. Trustee's bid to convert or dismiss his case. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:26:29 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356749?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356749 The American Bar Association announced Tuesday it is launching a national research project on attorney mental health, which will provide an updated benchmark of the issue nearly a decade after its 2016 study. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:15:04 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356426?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356426 Vinson & Elkins LLP has brought on three new partners to strengthen its investment management and finance practices. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:00:26 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356900?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356900 Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons LLP announced Tuesday that it is bringing on four new partners in Dallas who previously made up the entire roster at trial and appellate boutique Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin PC. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:43:18 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356956?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356956 An attorney with expertise on financial transactions in the energy and infrastructure industries has moved his practice to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's Houston office after nearly 12 years with Latham & Watkins LLP. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:02:31 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356535 Perkins Coie LLP, which successfully fended off President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, has reportedly laid off roughly 5% of its professional staff this month, and attributed the reductions to the firm's strategic realignments following a yearlong review of its business operations. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:30:42 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2327036?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2327036 Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:18:32 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2354831?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2354831 State and local courts' growing reliance on Tyler Technologies' court management software is helping judiciaries manage caseloads while increasing citizens' access to justice, but the software has also led to data breaches, lawsuits and concerns around accountability, experts say. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:09:28 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356241?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356241 The chief legal officer for Texas-based McKesson Corp. saw her overall compensation drop in fiscal year 2025 as compared to fiscal year 2024, reflecting sign-on cash and stock awards of more than $3 million she received in her first year as the company's top lawyer. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:44:52 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356120?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2356120 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired a pair of former White & Case LLP energy and infrastructure partners to its corporate practice in Houston, the firm said Monday. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:01:27 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2355432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2355432 Reed Smith LLP announced Monday that it has elected global managing partner Casey Ryan to a new four-year term. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:46:35 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2355317?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2355317 A longtime attorney with the state government in Texas has announced he will step into the role of executive director at the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, an independent nonprofit founded in 1989. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:54:15 +0000 /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2355530?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/texas-pulse/articles/2355530 Gray Reed & McGraw LLP has hired the former chief strategy officer of a Houston-based global energy and advisory firm as its new chief growth and operations officer.