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McGuireWoods successfully defended client Devon Energy in a $70 million tort dispute, winning a complete defense verdict on Nov. 14, 2024, following a two-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. After a trial that included more than 600 exhibits and testimony from 16 witnesses, the jury needed just 15 minutes to rule in Devon’s favor. Enable Mississippi River Transmission LLC sued Devon, alleging that Devon wrongfully …

… sectors, from oil and gas to natural gas and renewable fuels to coal and emerging technologies. The firm earned nationwide rankings in several energy-related categories in the 2023 editions of Chambers USA and The Legal 500 United States.“Najwan and Ryan have valuable experience and industry perspectives that will make them great additions to the IEL leadership class,” said Brian Kelly, head of McGuireWoods’ energy industry team.

… regulatory innovation and lifetime achievements.The winners will be honored at a June 12, 2023, ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. The awards ceremony, now in its 24th year, will be followed by a gala reception, dinner, and performance by comedian and late-night talk show host Seth Meyers.

An NBA superstar’s legal triumph over his former marketing agency shows why courts may not buy the argument that public endorsement deals or sports branding ideas are legally protected trade secrets, three McGuireWoods attorneys wrote in an Aug. 3, 2022, article for Law360.In the article, “Sports Marketing Trade Secret Lessons From NBA Case,” McGuireWoods Houston partner Yasser Madriz and associates Miles Indest and Ryan Frankel analyzed a July 15 decision dismissing a suit …

… operations, not Texas. It could lead to the tribe expanding operations to include more lucrative types of commercial gaming, like blackjack, and sets up a potential fight between the tribe and the state over such ambitions, he said.“For the tribe to prosper to bigger gaming options, it’s going to have to seek a compact with the Governor’s Office,” Andrews told Texas Lawyer. “If the governor says, ‘Never,’ the tribe can go …