McGinnis Lochridge is proud to announce that Partner Ray Chester has been inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers, considered to be the preeminent organization of trial lawyers in North America, where inclusion is by invitation only. The induction ceremony took place at the… Read more
McGinnis Lochridge, one of Texas’ most highly respected firms, announced that 17 attorneys from across the firm’s footprint have been named 2018 Texas Super Lawyers and 2018 Rising Stars. The attorneys represent numerous practices across the firm including Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources, Banking, Employment &… Read more
With the new term underway in the Texas Supreme Court, Law360’s Senior Energy Reporter Keith Goldberg took a look at a number of cases before the Court. He noted that the justices will hear cases that address oil and gas issues including how to define post-production costs in calculating royalties,… Read more
In the McGinnis Lochridge’s most recent pro bono win, Houston partner Austin Brister secured a $53k judgment in a suit against a tax preparer under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The plaintiff, who does not speak English, sought the tax preparer’s assistance after seeing several Spanish-language advertisements boasting of… Read more
On Monday, August 20, Doug Jones, attorney with McGinnis Lochridge, will give members of the Austin Blockchain Collective Community Meetup key insights about the tax and securities implications of initial coin offerings — ICOs — following recent decisions and activity from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The event starts at… Read more
In June 2018, the Dallas Court of Appeals issued its memorandum opinion in Tollet v. Surface, holding that an ambiguous royalty provision in a groundwater lease, when read in light of the parties’ course of dealings, allowed royalty payments once per month with a 90-day grace period. The… Read more
McGinnis Lochridge is pleased to announce that the firm is listed in Vault's 2019 Top 150 Under 150 which recognizes the leading small and mid-sized law firms with 150 or fewer attorneys, but no less expertise than the global megafirms that often dominate rankings and take the spotlight. Read more
The Texas Supreme Court closed another chapter in a decade-plus-long case when it refused to hear a last-ditch appeal in June, thereby confirming an eight-figure, multi-million dollar award to Charles G. Hooks and his family’s interests. The case, Samson Exploration LLC v. Charles G. Hooks, III, et al., was groundbreaking… Read more
The Supreme Court ruled today, in South Dakota v. Wayfair, that states can now require online retailers to collect sales taxes even in states where the retailers have no physical presence, overturning 25 years of Supreme Court jurisprudence. Since 1992, following the Supreme Court’s decision in Quill Corporation v. North… Read more