Haynes and Boone, LLP

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Real Estate Lawyer Joins Haynes and Boone’s San Antonio Office George Hinchey has rejoined Haynes and Boone as a partner in the firm’s San Antonio office. A San Antonio native, Hinchey represents private and institutional parties with the acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing and development of commercial properties.
Honors

Haynes and Boone Featured in 2020 Edition of Chambers Latin America Haynes and Boone and lawyers in its Mexican affiliate, Haynes and Boone, SC, have been featured in the 2020 edition of the Chambers Latin America legal directory, published by Chambers and Partners.
Our People

M.C. Sungaila Named to National Law Journal’s 2019 Equality Trailblazers List Haynes and Boone Partner M.C. Sungaila is one of the 27 U.S. lawyers included in the National Law Journal’s 2019 Equality Trailblazers List. The list recognizes lawyers who have advanced the cause of equality, whether in the workplace or through initiatives outside the firm.
Intellectual Property

Haynes and Boone Wins IP Verdict for Korean Client in EDTX A Haynes and Boone team led by Partner Russ Emerson and Associate Stephanie Sivinski won a rare defense victory in an intellectual-property trial in the Eastern District of Texas.
Honors

Haynes and Boone Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2020
More than 100 Haynes and Boone lawyers from across the firm have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America directory.

Published by Woodward/White, Inc. in August 2019
Pro Bono

David Fleischer Helps with Rollout of Landmark New York Pro Bono Program Private practice lawyers like Haynes and Boone Senior Counsel David Fleischer and David Ratner, formerly of Hartman, Ule, Rose & Ratner, LLP, are playing a vital role to assist New York City as it rolls out its ambitious, first-in-the-nation program to provide free legal counsel to indigents facing eviction.
Energy

Updated Energy Reports
Energy Roundup: a comprehensive report on the industry that reflects an improved outlook for oil and gas producers. Updated March 12, 2019.

Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey: details on what lenders, borrowers and others in the energy industry expect regarding the borrowing base redeterminations in light of oil price uncertainty. Updated March 12, 2019.

Oil Patch Bankruptcy Monitor: details on oil and gas producers that have filed for bankruptcy since the beginning of 2015. Updated January 7, 2019.

Oilfield Services Bankruptcy Tracker: details on oilfield services companies that have filed for bankruptcy since the beginning of 2015. Updated January 7, 2019.

Midstream Report: details on the midstream companies that have filed for bankruptcy since 2015. Updated January 7, 2019.

Recent Alerts

08/29/2019
Litigation Funding – an Overview from England and Wales

Recent news reports will have highlighted for many commercial parties the existence of the litigation funding industry. In the past five years it has grown into a multibillion dollar industry and the ...
08/27/2019
Fifth Circuit Weighs in on Applicability of State Anti-SLAPP Statutes in Federal Court

On Friday, lawyers and litigants finally got an answer to a long-standing question “that has brewed for several years” in the Fifth Circuit: does the Texas Citizens Participation Act, Texas’s anti-SLA...
08/15/2019
Facebook Fined Again: Real Hypothetical Risks

On July 24, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced charges alleging that Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) made misleading public disclosures regarding the hypothetical risk of m...
08/02/2019
Rule Change Requires U.S. Legal Representation for Foreign Companies Seeking U.S. Federal Trademark Protection or Relief

Starting tomorrow, August 3, 2019, foreign entities and residents no longer can file for United States federal trademark protection without U.S. counsel … with some exceptions. This is per a new rule ...
08/01/2019
Limited Protection from Swapping UK Flag in the Strait of Hormuz

Reflagging or dual registration of British-registered vessels passing through the crowded waterway may not be the solution in a time of rising international tensions.
07/29/2019
New SEC Rules Regarding Disclosure of Hedging Policies Are Now Effective

On July 1, 2019, Item 407(i) of Regulation S-K went into effect, requiring registrants to provide additional disclosure of policies or practices related to hedging of their equity securities by employ...
07/22/2019
The IP Beacon, July 2019

In BTG Int’l Ltd. v. Amneal Pharms. LLC, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decisions of the PTAB and the District Court in a consolidated appeal addressing whether generic versions of an anti-cancer dr...
07/11/2019
An Enabling Specification Must Teach Which Embodiments Have Required Functionality

In Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (2017-2498, 2017-2499, 2017-2545, 2017-2546, Fed. Cir. June 20, 2019, unsealed July 5, 2019), an opinion written by Chief Judge Pr...
06/27/2019
Iancu v. Brunetti: The Other Shoe Drops on Lanham Act's Viewpoint-Based Restrictions

So-called scandalous or immoral trademarks now can receive federal trademark protection, although this change is unlikely to impact most corporate brand owners.
06/12/2019
Changes to Texas Anti-SLAPP Statute

On Sunday, June 2, 2019, Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 2730 into law. HB 2730 is the bill that makes changes to the Texas Citizens Participation Act (Texas’ Anti-SLAPP statute).

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