Haynes and Boone, LLP

Honors

Barry McNeil to Receive Prestigious Achievement in Pursuit of Justice CAIL Award A longtime advocate for the disadvantaged, Haynes and Boone, LLP Senior Counsel Barry McNeil will receive The Center for American and International Law (CAIL) award for Achievement in the Pursuit of Justice for All during a virtual award ceremony on Wednesday, May 19.
Rankings

Multiple Haynes and Boone Lawyers, Practices Rank Among Best in U.S. in 2021 Legal 500 Directory The Legal 500 U.S. ranked five Haynes and Boone, LLP practice areas and 17 lawyers as standouts in the 2021 edition of the legal directory. The directory, now in its 34th year, analyzes the capabilities of law firms and lawyers in various markets, based on surveys of more than 300,000 buyers of legal services. The Legal 500 is an independent guide; firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit.
Deal News

Haynes and Boone Represents Client in D CEO ‘Deal of the Year’ Haynes and Boone, LLP is proud to recognize its client, Dallas’ J. Small Investments, the owner and developer of the Pegasus Park project, for receiving the “Deal of the Year” during D CEO’s annual Commercial Real Estate Awards program. Haynes and Boone serves as J. Small’s primary outside counsel in the development of Pegasus Park.
Firm Statement

Haynes and Boone remains committed to taking a stand against racial intolerance and combatting discrimination of all sorts. We are recommitting ourselves to these principles and encourage all members of the legal community to do so as well. We stand in solidarity with all people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent as we continue to do our part to denounce racism.
Diversity

Haynes and Boone Earns Perfect Score in Corporate Equality Index for Third Consecutive Year For a third consecutive year, Haynes and Boone, LLP has earned a 100 percent rating in the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index and the distinction of being one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”
Deal News

Haynes and Boone Represents Leading Financial Institution in $2.5 Billion Credit Facility Haynes and Boone, LLP Houston Partner Brent Shultz led a cross-office team that represented the lead arranger and administrative agent in a fully underwritten $2.5 billion term loan to ONE Gas, Inc. The transaction was completed Feb. 22, 2021 and fully documented on a highly expedited basis. The proceeds of the loan will be available to ONE Gas for natural gas purchases as a result of the 2021 winter weather events and the repayment of indebtedness.
Energy

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Sale by Foreign Residents to a Maquila

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On June 10, 2021, OSHA updated its COVID-19 guidance from January 29, 2021, which we discussed here.
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May 2021 started slow with a relatively small number of arbitration-related opinions, but by month’s end noteworthy things had happened. In Int'l Energy Ventures Mgmt., L.L.C. v. United Energy Gro...
06/04/2021
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As part of the recent reform on labor subcontracting on May 24, 2021, the agreement (“Agreement”) by which the general provisions for the registration of individuals or legal entities that provide spe...
05/26/2021
Media, Entertainment and First Amendment Newsletter, May 2021

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05/26/2021
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05/24/2021
The IP Beacon, May 2021

At long last, and after more than a decade of litigation, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in the multi-billion dollar copyright dispute between Google LLC and Oracle America, Inc.
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Checklist for Employers Mulling Relaxing COVID-19 Safety Rules for Fully Vaccinated Employees

On May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that persons in non-healthcare settings and who are fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine, can go without masks and...

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