Jackson Walker L.L.P.

About this office:

Jackson Walker L.L.P. is one of the oldest and largest Texas-based law firms, offering expertise in virtually every area of the law through a strong regional base of over 300 attorneys in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo, and San Antonio. The firm regularly represents clients in such areas as corporate and securities, energy, litigation, intellectual property, health care, environmental, labor and employment, legislative and regulatory, real estate, media, tax and estate planning, technology, bankruptcy, aviation, and international law. Jackson Walker has more than 30 practice areas and industry teams.

Civil Practice. Agriculture Law, Administrative Law, Aviation Law, Bankruptcy, Creditors Rights, Debtor and Creditor Reorganization, Computer Law, Finance, Employee Benefits, Energy, Executive Compensation, Environmental Law, Estate and Gift Taxation, Probate Administration, Financial Institutions Law, Franchise Law, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, International Finance, International Taxation, Labor and Employment, Legislative Practice, Litigation, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Taxation, Communications and Media, Transportation, Utility Law, Venture Capital, Patents, Trial of Civil Cases in all Courts.

First Amendment v. Right of Publicity: Game On
Stacy Allen, February 1, 2012
Last year, I wrote about the federal district court opinion in Keller v. Electronic Arts, 2010 WL 530108 (N.D.Cal.), in which former Arizona State quarterback Sam Keller's class action against video game publisher Electronic Arts ("EA") survived a motion to dismiss. Keller alleged that...

Railroad Commission of Texas Finalizes Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Regulations
Jacob P. Arechiga,Leonard H. Dougal, December 23, 2011
On December 13, 2011, the Railroad Commission of Texas ("Commission") finalized regulations requiring oil and gas operators to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing treatments ("fracking"). The regulations will apply to hydraulically fractured wells which...

Department of the Interior Finalizes Restructuring of the Former Minerals Management Service
Michael P. Pearson,Benjamin R. Rhem,Amanda L. Shaw, October 12, 2011
On October 1, 2011, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) completed the final stage of the regulatory reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), the former Minerals Management Service (MMS), which was initiated largely in response to the...

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