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1 June 2009HTML DocumentMayer Brown expands Houston office and Corporate & Securities practice group with the addition of Dan Fleckman
News Release - Corporate & SecuritiesEnergy, United States

1 June 2009 – Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Dan A. Fleckman has joined its Houston office as a partner in the Corporate and Securities practice. Previously, he was executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary of Regency Energy Partners, a publicly traded midstream pipeline master limited partnership (MLP) located in Dallas, Texas.

19 May 2009External DocumentEquity offerings may fund energy deals
TheDeal.com
Media Coverage - Energy, United States

Article quotes Bill Moss, who spoke at Mayer Brown’s Houston energy conference, regarding asset sales by distressed companies. “We’re seeing people accept what prices are… Activity will pick up if equity offerings continue,” he said.

19 May 2009External DocumentThink Waxman/Markey is scary, just wait for EPA, state rules
Houston Chronicle NewsWatch: Energy Blog
Media Coverage - Energy, Americas, United States

John Hahn quoted on state laws and litigation that will affect the energy industry this year.

7 November 2007HTML DocumentHouston Office Builds Homes with Habitat for Humanity
Article - Pro Bono, Worldwide

In April and July of 2007, lawyers and staff from the Houston office donated time and money to Habitat for Humanity. Mayer Brown participated with the Houston Bar Association in constructing several homes in low-income areas of Houston in a development that particularly benefits former New Orleans residents who have been displaced following Hurricane Katrina.

23 October 2007HTML DocumentHouston Mayer Brown Attorney Highlighted in Texas Lawyer's "Go-To Guide"
News Release - Energy, Worldwide

23 October 2007 - Marc Folladori, a partner in the Houston office of international law firm Mayer Brown made Texas Lawyer's 2007 "Go-To Guide," which includes 145 of top Texas attorneys in 29 practice areas.

5 July 2007HTML DocumentMayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Achieves Dismissal of a Multi-Billion Dollar Lawsuit against BASF and Wintershall
News Release - Europe

5 July 2007 - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP successfully defended BASF AG and its subsidiary Wintershall AG in a lawsuit initiated by the US oil company Moncrief Oil International, Inc. Today, the District Court of Frankenthal dismissed the multi-billion dollar lawsuit as the claims have no legal foundation.

14 December 2006HTML DocumentFifth Circuit Rules That Constitution Requires Texas Courts to Give Full Consideration to Defendants' Mental Health Before Handing Down Death Penalty
Statement by William H. Knull, III, Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP, which filed several amicus briefs on the issue

News Release - Pro Bono, Worldwide

14 December 2006 - "Today, in Nelson v. Quarterman, the full Fifth Circuit sitting en banc resolved a long-standing dispute under the Supreme Court's Penry decisions, over whether pre-1991 penalty-phase questions posed to Texas juries in capital cases allowed them to weigh the moral culpability of the defendant in light of mitigating evidence relating to mental health and experiences of abuse during childhood.

 
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