REPRESENTATIVE CASES

In the 80th District Court of Harris County, Texas, Judge Sonya L. Aston, presiding. In 2011, McLane Champions LLC sold the Houston Astros franchise, which included the baseball team and a 46.5% interest in the Houston Regional Sports Network (“HRSN”), to Jim Crane and Houston Baseball Partners (“HBP”) for $615 million. After the HRSN was […]

In the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Judge Victor A. Bolden presiding. This case stemmed from Mr. Luck’s employment as Commissioner and CEO of the XFL. Mr. McMahon signed a personal Guaranty of Mr. Luck’s five-year employment contract with Alpha, which detailed Mr. Luck’s yearly base salary and a guaranteed annual […]

In the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Judge Don Andrews presiding. These cases stem from a $40 million loan made by Cadence and Fifth Third to TriEpiq Lab Group LLC, et.al. The borrowers and their principals owned and operated drug-screening and medication-monitoring service businesses. Cadence’s share of the loan ($15 million) was wiped out […]

Arbitration in Houston, Texas. The firm (along with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP) represented Texas oil rig operator Vantage Deepwater Co. following a dispute over a canceled drilling contract with Petrobras America Inc.   The underlying dispute relates to offshore drilling work Vantage Deepwater agreed to do for Petrobras using the ultra-deepwater Titanium Explorer drilling […]

The firm represented a high net worth client in litigation involving certain family trusts established for the client’s benefit. The firm sought to reform the trust documents to reflect the intent of the parties and avoid potentially disastrous...