AUSTIN – The Texas Supreme Court has reversed a jury verdict awarding $14 million for a fatal fire after finding as scientifically unreliable an expert’s testimony the blaze was caused by a clothes dryer manufactured by Whirlpool Corp. Haynes and Boone, LLP represented the company on appeal.
SAN JOSE –
Paul Searles, a Haynes and Boone, LLP government contracts law practitioner from Dallas, has been appointed “partner in charge” of the firm’s California operations. Mr. Searles is relocating his primary residence to San Jose but will continue to maintain a Dallas office and provide service to his Texas-based clientele.
HOUSTON – After four and one-half years in Chapter 11, ASARCO, LLC emerged from bankruptcy Wednesday with the closing of a full payment reorganization plan proposed by Americas Mining Corporation (AMC) and ASARCO, Inc, wholly owned subsidiaries of Grupo Mexico SAB represented by Haynes and Boone, LLP and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP.
Haynes and Boone, LLP Partner
Lynne Liberato has been named the 2010 recipient of the Houston Bar Association Auxiliary’s annual Leon Jaworski Award, which recognizes her outstanding commitment to community service. She is the first female recipient in the award's 23-year history.
The Leon Jaworski Award, named for the famed Watergate special prosecutor, was created to publicly recognize attorneys who donate their time to community improvement. Ms. Liberato was selected for nearly three decades of community involvement.
Haynes and Boone, LLP continues the expansion of its
intellectual property practice with the addition of
Pavel Pogodin, Ph.D., as partner in the firm's San Jose office. Dr. Pogodin counsels clients on all aspects of intellectual property law, focusing primarily on technology matters involving major public companies. Dr. Pogodin was attracted to Haynes and Boone's size and strategic focus on intellectual property, as well as the firm's commitment to becoming a major player in the California legal market.
Haynes and Boone, LLP announces completion of the sale of Shell's downstream businesses, including supply, distribution and marketing businesses, in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras to affiliates of the Central American conglomerate, Grupo Terra.
“A major series of cross-border transactions like this would not have been possible without a diverse Haynes and Boone team of Spanish-speaking U.S. and civil law attorneys, and extraordinary coordination between Shell’s in-house legal team, our firm and local counsel at Consortium – Central America,” said the project team leader, Houston Partner Ricardo Garcia-Moreno. “It has taken 10 months of intense activity to bring these deals to fruition. I couldn’t be prouder of our team’s performance or the outcome.”