Andrews Kurth LLP

Andrews Kurth LLP is a national law firm with approximately 415 attorneys. Founded in 1902 in Houston, Texas, the firm is one of the oldest and largest law firms in Texas. The firm represents a wide variety of local, national and international concerns from its offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Houston, The Woodlands, Austin, London and Beijing. Many of the attorneys of Andrews Kurth LLP have national and international reputations as leaders in their respective practice areas. Proud of the firm's tradition, Andrews Kurth LLP is strongly committed to providing quality legal services with individual attention and personal concern.

Higher HSR Threshold Requirements Effective February 27, 2012
Kay Lynn Brumbaugh, January 31, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission’s annual changes to the dollar thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act) become effective on February 27, 2012. The revisions, which are based on changes in US gross national product, increase the dollar thresholds necessary to...

Seventh Court of Appeals Further Strengthens Rights of Secured Lenders in Chapter 11 Cases
David A. Zdunkewicz, January 31, 2012
On January 19, 2012, the Seventh Circuit in In re River East Plaza, LLC, (No. 11-3263), held in favor of a secured lender further strengthening the rights of secured creditors in bankruptcy cases.

The Federal Circuit Agrees to Consider En Banc Whether Intervening Rights Can Apply To Independent Claims Not Amended During Reexamination
Gregory L. Porter, January 24, 2012
In September 2011, I wrote about how the Federal Circuit overturned a patentee’s $29.4 million infringement verdict and held that cancelling dependent claims in a reexamination without changing the language of the independent claims narrowed the claim scope due to intervening rights. See our...