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Jeff Zlotky was featured and Pete Riley was quoted in Pegasus News.
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Jose Valera was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
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T&K was featured and Larry Hicks was quoted in the Dallas Business Journal.
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Stephen Norris was mentioned in the Fort Worth Business Press.
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Jose Valera was featured on www.Law360.com.
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John Rain was quoted in Platts Gas Daily.
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Jose Valera was featured, Dallas Parker was quoted, and Eduardo Soares was mentioned in Latin Lawyer.
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Jim Harris was quoted in the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
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T&K was featured, Miguel de Erice was quoted, and Santiago Palomar was mentioned in Latin Lawyer.
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Christiano Chagas was quoted in Latin Lawyer.
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John Martin was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
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Arthur Wright was mentioned in Natural Gas Week.
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Paulo Costa was quoted on www.Sugaronline.com.
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Marcello Hallake was featured in Jornal do Brasil.
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Richard Roper was quoted in The Dallas Morning News.
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T&K, Guillermo Uribe, Jorge de Presno, Miguel de Erice, Carlos Valencia, Cecilia Gutierrez, and Alejandro Landa were featured and Miriam Grunstein was interviewed in El Mundo del Petróleo.
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Craig Haynes was featured in the Dallas Business Journal.
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Gordon Appleman was mentioned in the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
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Chris Schaeper was quoted in the eNewsletter IT Business Edge.
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Chris Schaeper was quoted in Investor's Business Daily.
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Chris Schaeper was interviewed in the eNewsletter IT Business Edge.
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Kari Potts was mentioned in the Austin-American Statesman.
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Ira Herman was quoted in The Hedge Fund Law Report.
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T&K was featured and Pete Riley and Nichole Dotson-Olajuwon were mentioned on www.dBusinessNews.com.
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Marcello Hallake was mentioned on Bloomberg.com.
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Marcello Hallake was featured in The AmLaw Daily.
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Paul Comeaux was quoted in The Dallas Morning News.
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Marcello Hallake was quoted on Bloomberg.com.
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Chris Schaeper was interviewed in the Central Valley Business Times.
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Guillermo Uribe and Adrián Gay were mentioned and Alejandro Landa was quoted in Latin Lawyer.
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Larry Hicks was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
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George Chapman was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
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T&K was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal.
Richard Roper was mentioned in The Southeast Texas Record.
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Marcello Hallake was mentioned in Jornal do Brasil.
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Chris Schaeper was quoted on Houston Press' Blog.
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Ira Herman was mentioned in The Kansas City Star.
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T&K was featured and Larry Hicks was quoted on Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog.
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T&K was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
T&K was featured and Pete Riley was quoted in Texas Lawyer.
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Paul Comeaux was featured in Texas Lawyer.
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Richard Roper was interviewed on KTRH News Radio.
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Richard Roper was quoted in Texas Lawyer.
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Bruce Sostek was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
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Max Ciccarelli was quoted and Jane Brandt, Michael Heinlen, and Emily Miskel were mentioned on www.dBusinessNews.com.
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T&K was mentioned in Platts Oilgram News.
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Richard Roper was featured on Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog.
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Mano DeAyala was interviewed on KTRH News Radio.
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Jorge de Presno was quoted in Latin Lawyer.
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Marcello Hallake was featured in Jornal do Brasil.
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Tyree Collier was mentioned in the Dallas Business Journal.
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Richard Zook was quoted in Texas Medicine.
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Marcello Hallake was quoted in Gazeta Mercantil.
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Marcello Hallake was mentioned in Jornal do Brasil.
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Bruce Sostek was featured on www.dBusinessNews.com.
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Scott Deatherage was quoted on www.Law360.com.
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Scott Deatherage was mentioned in the Dallas Business Journal.
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Richard Roper was mentioned in The Dallas Morning News.
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Andrew Derman, Isabel Amadeo-Lagger, and Andrew Melsheimer were mentioned in Latin Lawyer.
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Scott Deatherage was quoted in the eNewsletter IT Business Edge.
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T&K was featured and Andrew Derman, Isabel Amadeo-Lagger, and Andrew Melsheimer were mentioned on www.dBusinessNews.com.
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Richard Roper was mentioned on Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog.
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T&K, Sandoval Amui, Claudia Barros, and Marienne Melo were featured in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.
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Larry Hicks was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
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Miriam Grunstein was quoted in International Oil Daily.
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Holt Foster was quoted in Texas Lawyer.
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Richard Roper was quoted in The Dallas Morning News.
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T&K was mentioned in the Austin Business Journal.
"Dallas firm Thompson & Knight names new managing partner"; July 1, 2009
The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP announced today that Jeffrey A. Zlotky has been named Managing Partner of the Firm. In addition to his new duties, Mr. Zlotky will continue to serve clients and maintain his individual practice in the area of corporate law...
This article was also published on Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog. To read the full article in Pegasus News, please click on the link below.
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Jose Valera was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
"Newsmakers" section; June 29, 2009
Jose L. Valera has joined Thompson & Knight in Houston as a partner. His practice is in domestic and international energy industry transactions...
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International Energy,
Latin America
T&K was featured and Larry Hicks was quoted in the Dallas Business Journal.
"Thompson & Knight wins silver LEED certification"; June 25, 2009
Law firm Thompson & Knight LLP has received silver certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for commercial interiors for its new offices in the Dallas Arts District...
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Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
Stephen Norris was mentioned in the Fort Worth Business Press.
"Economy makes business purchase a buyer's market"; June 22, 2009
Thinking about buying a business? The economy is in your favor.
Area business officials say important first steps to take in the buying process are meeting with experienced attorneys, accountants and bankers...
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Jose Valera was featured on www.Law360.com.
"T&K Snags King & Spalding Energy Lawyer"; June 19, 2009
Twenty-five-year energy law veteran Jose L. Valera has joined Thompson & Knight LLP where he will continue to expand the firm's presence in the major markets of Mexico and Brazil and other countries in Latin America...
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Latin America,
International Energy
John Rain was quoted in Platts Gas Daily.
"Proposed financial rules elicit mixed response"; June 18, 2009
While end-users praised the Obama administration's proposals to bring the bulk of derivatives trading, including energy derivatives, onto formal exchanges, others warned Wednesday that if the administration isn't careful, new regulations could raise the costs to energy producers and ultimately, consumers...
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Jose Valera was featured, Dallas Parker was quoted, and Eduardo Soares was mentioned in Latin Lawyer.
"Valera moves to Thompson & Knight "; June 18, 2009
Prominent energy attorney Jose L. Valera has joined Thompson & Knight's Houston office, where his practice focuses on domestic and international energy industry transactions.
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International Energy,
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Latin America
Jim Harris was quoted in the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
"Texas officials challenge new Oklahoma law blocking out-of-state water sales"; June 12, 2009
The Tarrant Regional Water District argues in its federal lawsuit that a new Oklahoma law provides further evidence that the state discriminates against out-of-state water buyers...
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T&K was featured, Miguel de Erice was quoted, and Santiago Palomar was mentioned in Latin Lawyer.
"Thompson & Knight structures water plant bid"; June 11, 2009
Thompson & Knight is advising the Mexican government on a public tender process for a concession to build a US$1.8 billion water treatment plant, the largest in Latin America...
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Latin America,
Global Projects and Infrastructure,
Corporate and Securities
Christiano Chagas was quoted in Latin Lawyer.
"Brazil offers tax debtors settlement terms"; June 10, 2009
Tax lawyers in Brazil have welcomed an amnesty, which will allow corporate and domestic tax payers to settle outstanding tax debts at a discounted rate, rather than proceeding with litigation...
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John Martin was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
"Newsmakers" section; June 1, 2009
John H. Martin of Dallas, a partner in the trial practice group at Thompson & Knight, has been named president-elect of Lawyers for Civil Justice. He will become president of the organization in May 2010...
This item was also published by The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel. To read the news item in Texas Lawyer, please click on the link below.
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Arthur Wright was mentioned in Natural Gas Week.
"NGL Markets No Longer Cash Cow As US Recession Ends Glory Days"; June 1, 2009
Natural gas producers in the US were riding high through much of 2007 and 2008, as above-average natural gas liquids (NGL) margins padded company coffers. But the economic downturn in the US and rapid freefall in oil and natural gas prices in the second half of last year quickly turned the domestic NGL market from boom to bust...
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Paulo Costa was quoted on www.Sugaronline.com.
"BRAZIL: To Consolidate and Survive"; May 29, 2009
Next week's annual Ethanol Summit in São Paulo is drawing big names, from Lord John Browne to Bill Clinton, but the world's largest ethanol economy needs to focus on letting the dust of the past year settle and find ways to move forward...
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International Energy,
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Marcello Hallake was featured in Jornal do Brasil.
"Sistema bancário brasileiro está protegido"; May 27, 2009
Thompson & Knight Partner Marcello Hallake was featured in a special publication by Jornal de Brasil on the MIT Sloan School of Management's Latin Conference held May 2, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference focused on "Opportunities in Times of Adversity," and Hallake participated as part of a panel discussion on "The Latin American Financial System as a Solid Base to Economic Development."
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Latin America,
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Richard Roper was quoted in The Dallas Morning News.
"Dallas City Hall bribery trial defendants have less than a month to plea bargain"; May 24, 2009
Less than a month from the start of the Dallas City Hall public corruption trial, former council member Don Hill and his co-defendants have a choice to make: battle or bargain...
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Trial,
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T&K, Guillermo Uribe, Jorge de Presno, Miguel de Erice, Carlos Valencia, Cecilia Gutierrez, and Alejandro Landa were featured and Miriam Grunstein was interviewed in El Mundo del Petróleo.
"Presencia en Tres Siglos"; May 2009
Thompson & Knight's Mexico City Oil & Gas team was featured in the May issue of El Mundo del Petróleo. The article stated "the experience in energy-related legal matters has substantially contributed to write their (T&K's) history and it is due to its commitment, work, capacity, solutions, and respect for the companies they counsel. Therefore, Thompson & Knight is truly one of the more transcendent law firms globally."
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Craig Haynes was featured in the Dallas Business Journal.
"Defenders Honoree Profiles - Q&A: Craig A. Haynes"; May 22, 2009
DBJ: What was your first job (as a teen or in college, etc.)?
Haynes: My first job was as a paper boy when I was 10. It was difficult waking up at 4:00 every morning to ride my bike route in the Lubbock, Texas, winter, but the $19 a month I earned made it all seem worthwhile at the time. I worked as a waiter at various restaurants throughout college and was able to save and invest most of the tips I earned. Years later, I used that money to make the down payment on my first house ...
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Gordon Appleman was mentioned in the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
"Work Faces" section; May 22, 2009
Gordon Appleman, Harvard Law School '62, senior counsel at Thompson & Knight, LLP, was recognized in Atlanta by Best Lawyers in America as an attorney who has been listed in the publication every year since its inception in 1982. Best Lawyers in America is the oldest and only advertisement-free peer-review lawyer-rating publication in the United States...
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Estate Planning and Individual Wealth Management
Chris Schaeper was quoted in the eNewsletter IT Business Edge.
"Have You Reviewed Your Policies Lately?"; May 22, 2009
We've heard it so much in the corporate world, it almost goes without saying: The first step in protecting company information and reputation is thorough communications, e-mail and Web use policies...
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Chris Schaeper was quoted in Investor's Business Daily.
"Sweet Tweets Meet 'Policies'"; May 22, 2009
As attorney Chris Schaeper puts it, "Loose tweets can sink deals."
Schaeper, an M&A and securities lawyer in the Houston office of Thompson & Knight, warns his clients to remember that all corporate communications are ultimately subject to Securities and Exchange Commission regulations. Even off-the-cuff 140-word tweets can be dangerous...
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Chris Schaeper was interviewed in the eNewsletter IT Business Edge.
"As Communications Tech Evolves, So Should Corporate Policies"; May 22, 2009
Lora Bentley spoke with Chris Schaeper, a partner in the Houston office of the law firm of Thompson & Knight. When it comes to corporate e-mail, Web use and communications policies, Schaeper says, employees need to know that they apply to any type of communication -- even posts to Facebook or Twitter...
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Kari Potts was mentioned in the Austin-American Statesman.
"Up the ladder" section; May 20, 2009
The YMCA of Austin board named Susan Henricks chairwoman, Mike Etie, Paul Hoffman and Kelly Latz vice chairmen, Craig Hackler treasurer and Kari Potts secretary...
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Ira Herman was quoted in The Hedge Fund Law Report.
"Why Do Hedge Funds Have So Much Dry Powder, and What Are They Doing to Keep It Safe?"; May 20, 2009
It is widely understood that investors pay hedge fund managers to invest money. A less appreciated, but increasingly common, service provided by hedge fund managers is not investing money. Is that latter service worth a two percent management fee? Consider a billion dollar equity long-short hedge fund with a two percent management fee that remained in cash for all of 2008...
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Corporate Reorganization and Creditors' Rights
T&K was featured and Pete Riley and Nichole Dotson-Olajuwon were mentioned on www.dBusinessNews.com.
"Thompson & Knight Top Texas Firm on Diversity Scorecard"; May 20, 2009
Thompson & Knight LLP is the top Texas-based law firm for diversity according to the Minority Law Journal's 2009 Diversity Scorecard. The Firm ranked 53 out of 210 firms, climbing more than 30 spots since last year's rankings.
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Corporate and Securities,
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Marcello Hallake was mentioned on Bloomberg.com.
"Brazilian Poultry Processor Perdigao Takes Over Sadia"; May 19, 2009
Perdigao SA, Brazil's largest food company, agreed to take over rival Sadia SA in a share-swap transaction that will form the world's largest poultry company by market value, overtaking Tyson Foods Inc. of the U.S....
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Latin America,
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Finance
Marcello Hallake was featured in The AmLaw Daily.
"Get Those Passports Ready: Brazil's Got The Deals"; May 19, 2009
While transactional work may be down in the U.S., a multibillion dollar merger between food companies in Brazil could mean more opportunities for M&A lawyers abroad...
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Latin America,
Corporate and Securities
Paul Comeaux was quoted in The Dallas Morning News.
"Heritage at the Stoneleigh Dallas developer forced into bankruptcy"; May 17, 2009
The developer of the Heritage at the Stoneleigh Dallas, a marquee luxury residential developments in Dallas' Uptown area, has been forced into involuntary bankruptcy protection by five of its creditors ...
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Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
Marcello Hallake was quoted on Bloomberg.com.
"Brazil Creating 'Champions' With $58 Billion Loans: Week Ahead"; May 11, 2009
Brazil's state development bank is financing the biggest acquisitions in the country as other sources of credit dry up, driving a consolidation in the meat, ethanol, paper and telecom industries...
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Corporate and Securities,
Latin America,
Finance
Chris Schaeper was interviewed in the Central Valley Business Times.
"Loose Tweets can sink your company"; May 8, 2009
Employees - even the boss - may inadvertently endanger their company by careless use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook, says Chris Schaeper, an attorney at the Houston, Texas, office of Thompson & Knight LLP...
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Guillermo Uribe and Adrián Gay were mentioned and Alejandro Landa was quoted in Latin Lawyer.
"Thompson & Knight helps launch infrastructure fund in Mexico"; May 6, 2009
The Mexican state of Baja California Sur has secured a Mex$1billion (US$70 million) loan to form a local infrastructure fund...
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Latin America,
Corporate and Securities,
Finance
Larry Hicks was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
"Texas Counsel Confront Numerous Issues Caused By Swine Flu Threat"; May 4, 2009
The news on the swine flu that began in Mexico changes hourly, it seems, as cases are confirmed in Texas and elsewhere, school districts cancel classes, people show up for work wearing medical masks, and travelers cancel business and education trips to Mexico...
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Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
George Chapman was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
"Newsmakers" section; May 4, 2009
George C. Chapman of Dallas has received The University of Texas School of Law's Lifetime Achievement Award. Chapman is senior counsel at Thompson & Knight in Dallas in the trial practice group...
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T&K was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal.
"Companies Devise Strategies for Flu Interruptions"; May 4, 2009
Concerned about a new influenza virus, many U.S. employers are scrambling to safeguard employees and prevent production interruptions should the outbreak become more widespread...
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Richard Roper was mentioned in The Southeast Texas Record.
"Bales named new US Attorney for Eastern District"; May 4, 2009
A former FBI agent is now the top law enforcement officer in East Texas. John Malcolm Bales was appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas on May 1...
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Trial,
White-Collar Criminal Litigation
Marcello Hallake was mentioned in Jornal do Brasil.
"Inovação, a saída para a crise"; May 3, 2009
A economia brasileira continua a despertar admiração nos mais diferentes segmentos em todo o mundo. Na XII MIT Latin Conference Oportunidades em tempos de adversidade, que aconteceu no sábado passado em Cambridge, Massachussets, não foi diferente. Mas o principal palestrante deixou um alerta incomodo para o país. Nicholas Negroponte, fundador do renomado MidiaLab do Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), disse que se decepcionou com o abandono do projeto Um laptop para cada criança pelo governo brasileiro...
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Latin America,
Corporate and Securities
Chris Schaeper was quoted on Houston Press' Blog.
"Better Watch What You're Putting On Your Facebook Page"; May 1, 2009
Allegedly, more people use Facebook than e-mail, and during the last several months, Twitter became a verb. But for Corporate America, that could cause some problems, according to Houston attorney Chris Schaeper...
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Ira Herman was mentioned in The Kansas City Star.
"Chrysler bankruptcy judge no stranger to big cases"; April 30, 2009
For Chrysler's sake, it needs a judge who can move it quickly through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. By most accounts, Arthur Gonzalez is the right judge...
This article was also published by BusinessWeek, The Bellingham Herald, The Bismarck Tribune, and the Greenfield Daily Reporter, and on www.klewtv.com. To read the full article in The Kansas City Star, please click on the link below.
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Corporate Reorganization and Creditors' Rights
T&K was featured and Larry Hicks was quoted on Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog.
"Thompson & Knight tells Mexico City lawyers, staff to work at home"; April 28, 2009
Larry Hicks, the administrative partner for Dallas-based Thompson & Knight, says management has told the 19 lawyers and staff in the firm's Mexico City office that they should work at home until April 28 as a precautionary measure related to the swine flu outbreak in that country. The office remains open, Hicks notes, with one partner who has agreed to man the office...
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Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
T&K was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
"Some Lose, Some Gain, But Overall Lawyer Count Stays the Same"; April 27, 2009
Despite nationwide gloom and doom in the legal profession, with word of layoffs and salary freezes coming all too often, it turns out that the number of lawyers at the 100 largest firms in Texas has not changed much. Of the 94 firms returning to Texas Lawyer's The Texas 100 poster, 43 firms increased their lawyer count, 41 decreased that number and 10 stayed the same...
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T&K was featured and Pete Riley was quoted in Texas Lawyer.
"Despite Economy, Ike, BigTex Revenue Rose in '08"; April 27, 2009
Considering the challenges of 2008, the 25 highest-grossing Texas-based firms showed financial spark in 2008, with their combined gross revenue increasing a little compared to 2007. However, combined net income was flat...
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Corporate Reorganization and Creditors' Rights
Paul Comeaux was featured in Texas Lawyer.
"Past, Present and Future: Survival Stories of Lawyers"; April 27, 2009
Friends Paul Comeaux and Stephan Kinsella were preparing to graduate from Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1991 and start work as first-year associates at Jackson Walker in Houston when they received a tempting offer from the firm: If they deferred their start date for a year, the firm would pay them $21,000...
This article was also published by The National Law Journal. To read the full article in Texas Lawyer, please click on the link below.
Practice Areas
Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
Richard Roper was interviewed on KTRH News Radio.
April 24, 2009
Richard Roper was interviewed by Bill O'Neill on KTRH 740AM in Houston, Texas on the "widow penalty" in immigration and a federal judge recently ordering Homeland Security to review several cases where a green card was denied after an applicant's American spouse died during the process.
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Trial,
White-Collar Criminal Litigation
Richard Roper was quoted in Texas Lawyer.
"Inadmissible" section; April 20, 2009
After 21 years of service to the government, Richard Roper , former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, has seen his private practice boom in just four months. Now a partner in Dallas' Thompson & Knight , on March 26 he was appointed the receiver in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Millennium Bank, et al. ...
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Practice Areas
Trial,
White-Collar Criminal Litigation
Bruce Sostek was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
"Newsmakers" section; April 20, 2009
Richard M. Law and Bruce S. Sostek have become fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Law is a member in McGlinchey Stafford in Houston and practices in the health care section. Sostek is a partner and IP practice leader in Thompson & Knight in Dallas ...
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Max Ciccarelli was quoted and Jane Brandt, Michael Heinlen, and Emily Miskel were mentioned on www.dBusinessNews.com.
"Thompson & Knight Client Obtains Judgment as a Matter of Law in Eastern District of Texas Patent Case"; April 20, 2009
Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to report a trial victory for its client Protection One, one of the defendants in Paradox et al. v. ADT et al., Case Number 2:06-cv-00462, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The suit, originally filed in November 2006, alleged infringement of U.S. Patent Number RE 39,406, by the manufacture, sale, and use of certain alarm control panels manufactured by DSC and monitored by Protection One, Monitronics, and ADT ...
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T&K was mentioned in Platts Oilgram News.
"Petrobras looks to benefit from Gulf 'phenomenon'"; April 20, 2009
Months of investigation by the US subsidiary of Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras into a geological phenomenon that may be unique to selected areas of the Gulf of Mexico should pay off as the company develops its deepwater Cascade and Chinook fields and others in the future, a top Petrobras America official said April 16...
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Richard Roper was featured on Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog.
"Mr. Roper as receiver"; April 16, 2009
After 21 years of service to the government, Richard Roper, former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, has seen his private practice boom in just four months. Now a partner in Dallas ' Thompson & Knight, on March 26 he was appointed the receiver in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Millennium Bank, et al. ...
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Practice Areas
Trial,
White-Collar Criminal Litigation
Mano DeAyala was interviewed on KTRH News Radio.
April 15, 2009
Mano DeAyala was interviewed by Bill O'Neill on KTRH 740AM in Houston, Texas on the easing of economic restrictions on Cuba.
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Jorge de Presno was quoted in Latin Lawyer.
"Labour intensive"; April 14, 2009
When Embraer announced it was laying off 4,000 workers in Brazil in response to plummeting sales last month, the country's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva described the board's decision to let a fifth of its workforce go without first talking to unions as "hasty". The plane manufacturer was then hit with an injunction from a labour court in the state of São Paulo preventing it from making the dismissals until it negotiated with the workers' representatives ...
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Practice Areas
Labor and Employment,
Latin America
Marcello Hallake was featured in Jornal do Brasil.
"Lula tem de ter menos slogan"; April 12, 2009
Com a experiência de quem trabalha há mais de 10 anos em Nova York como advogado especializado em transações financeiras internacionais, o carioca Marcello Hallake nunca viu tanto pessimismo em Wall Street. Tanto pessimismo e tão baixo nível de atividade econômica, acrescenta. A prova está em grandes e pequenas evidências - da baixa no número de fusões e aquisições, com o que ele trabalha, às reservas livres em restaurantes e aos táxis mais vazios na disputada Manhattan ...
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Latin America,
Corporate and Securities
Tyree Collier was mentioned in the Dallas Business Journal.
"Charities hail tax plan's defeat"; April 10, 2009
A controversial measure proposed by President Obama to limit tax breaks on the wealthy -- which would have reduced the deductions offered for charitable giving -- was struck down by the U.S. House and Senate late last week ...
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Richard Zook was quoted in Texas Medicine.
"When Hospitals Attack"; March 2009
The closing of Town & Country Hospital in Houston two years ago has sparked an attorney general's office investigation and a lawsuit by physicians. Memorial Hermann says it did nothing wrong ...
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Marcello Hallake was quoted in Gazeta Mercantil.
"Ações do governo são corretas, porém tímidas"; April 8, 2009
O governo e o Banco Central (BC) acertaram nas ações tomadas para combater os efeitos da crise financeira internacional, porém essas medidas ainda são tímidas, segundo o presidente da MTTG e do Grupo Marambaia, Luiz Cesar Fernandes ...
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Practice Areas
Corporate and Securities,
Finance,
Latin America
Marcello Hallake was mentioned in Jornal do Brasil.
"Oportunidades para o Brasil na crise"; April 7, 2009
Comércio exterior diversificado, substanciais reservas petrolíferas ainda não completamente dimensionadas na plataforma continental e acesso a tecnologias capazes de potencializar o avanço social mediante difusão de informações são fatores que, embora não imunizem o Brasil contra os efeitos da maior turbulência econômica de 50 anos, deixam o o país em posição quase privilegiada nesta conjuntura de dificuldades. Para o inventário dessas possibilidades e esboço de estratégias desenvolvimentistas, o Jornal do Brasil e a Gazeta Mercantil reúnem hoje, na Escola Superior de Guerra (ESG), uma constelação de especialistas para um dia inteiro de exposições e debates ...
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Practice Areas
Latin America,
Corporate and Securities
Bruce Sostek was featured on www.dBusinessNews.com.
"T&K Attorney Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers"; April 7, 2009
Bruce S. Sostek has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America ...
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Scott Deatherage was quoted on www.Law360.com.
"Past Failures Shape Future Cap-And-Trade Scheme"; April 7, 2009
As the United States prepares to implement a cap-and-trade scheme to fight global warming, it is looking both to its own history and to Europe to overcome residual resistance and avoid duplicating past mistakes ...
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Practice Areas
Climate Change & Renewable Energy,
Environmental Law
Scott Deatherage was mentioned in the Dallas Business Journal.
"Law firms help slice up stimulus pie"; April 3, 2009
Some of the largest law firms in the Metroplex are forming practice groups to advise corporate clients and others on the effects of the economic stimulus bill -- including how to get a piece of the $787 billion pie ...
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Practice Areas
Climate Change & Renewable Energy,
Government,
Finance
Richard Roper was mentioned in The Dallas Morning News.
"U.S. attorney for eastern district of Texas resigns"; April 3, 2009
Becky Gregory is stepping down as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, taking a job as senior counsel with the Texas attorney general's office ...
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Andrew Derman, Isabel Amadeo-Lagger, and Andrew Melsheimer were mentioned in Latin Lawyer.
"Thompson & Knight lawyers camp out to seal oil contract"; April 2, 2009
Thompson & Knight and Arias & Muñoz have represented Texas's Infinity Oil and Gas in securing E&P concessions off the coast of Nicaragua ...
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Practice Areas
International Energy,
Oil and Gas,
Latin America
Scott Deatherage was quoted in the eNewsletter IT Business Edge.
"Eight Ways to Grab Your Slice of the Stimulus Pie"; April 2, 2009
In the midst of the mad rush for cash, Phoenix has assembled a "strike force" to nab its share of the federal stimulus money ...
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Practice Areas
Climate Change & Renewable Energy,
Government,
Finance
T&K was featured and Andrew Derman, Isabel Amadeo-Lagger, and Andrew Melsheimer were mentioned on www.dBusinessNews.com.
"Thompson & Knight Assists Infinity with Major Offshore Oil and Gas Contract in Nicaragua"; April 2, 2009
The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP recently assisted Infinity Oil & Gas, Inc. in the award of oil and gas concessions covering 1.4 million acres off the Nicaraguan coast in the Caribbean Sea. This agreement is especially significant because it is only the second time in recent history that a foreign company has been awarded an offshore exploration and development contract in Nicaragua ...
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Practice Areas
Oil and Gas,
Latin America,
International Energy
Richard Roper was mentioned on Texas Lawyer's Tex Parte Blog.
"Becky Gregory to leave U.S. attorney post"; April 1, 2009
Becky Gregory, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, will not be in Beaumont much longer. Gregory told her staff that by the end of April, she will leave to start in Austin as senior counsel to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, according to Davilyn Walston, a spokewoman for Gregory's office. Gregory will also have a title as an associate deputy attorney general for the criminal division ...
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T&K, Sandoval Amui, Claudia Barros, and Marienne Melo were featured in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.
"Thompson & Knight Expands Rio de Janeiro Office"; March 31, 2009
Thompson & Knight LLP, through its affiliated office Tauil & Chequer Advogados, has announced the expansion of its Rio de Janeiro office with Senior Counsel Sandoval Amui and Associates Claudia Barros and Marienne Melo rejoining the Firm.
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Practice Areas
Latin America,
Oil and Gas,
International Energy
Larry Hicks was mentioned in Texas Lawyer.
"BigTex Firms Make Fewer Partners for Second Year in a Row"; March 30, 2009
For the second year in a row, the largest Texas firms elected fewer new partners in Texas.
At first blush, that 10 percent drop following a 20 percent decline in 2008 sounds reasonable, considering the nation's financial crisis, the precipitous drop in the stock market and the price of a barrel of crude oil, and recent BigTex lawyer and staff layoffs ...
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Practice Areas
Real Estate and Real Estate Finance
Miriam Grunstein was quoted in International Oil Daily.
"Pemex Reports Improved Reserve Replacement Last Year"; March 23, 2009
Pemex said its reserve replacement efforts bore more fruit in 2008. Neverthless, proved reserves extended their downward trend at Mexico 's national oil company.
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Practice Areas
International Energy,
Oil and Gas,
Latin America
Holt Foster was quoted in Texas Lawyer.
"Summer Programs Survive at Most Big Firms"; March 23, 2009
Despite a sagging economy, recent layoff announcements and the discontinuation of a summer associate program by one large Texas firm, 17 of the 25 largest firms in Texas confirm they are continuing with their 2009 summer associate programs ...
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Practice Areas
Richard Roper was quoted in The Dallas Morning News.
"Kidnap suspect in Carrollton to be returned to France to face charges"; March 21, 2009
The U.S. is extraditing an American citizen back to France for allegedly abducting his children and taking them away from their French mother.
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T&K was mentioned in the Austin Business Journal.
"Firms creating groups to help clients navigate stimulus bill"; March 20, 2009
Texas-based Winstead PC this month formed a 30-lawyer committee to advise clients about and answer questions relating to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The group will evaluate whether clients are eligible for funds, awards, contracts or tax breaks arising from the $787 billion stimulus bill and navigate them through the many rules to cash in ...