Fulbright & Jaworski has kicked off a review of its international strategy that could see it pursuing a merger with Norton Rose. Having achieved mergers in Australia, Canada and South Africa in recent years, the U.S

Fulbright & Jaworski has announced a merger with Houston intellectual property boutique Slusser Wilson & Partridge, an addition that will increase Fulbright’s expertise and personnel as it represents more plaintiffs in intellectual property cases.

In-house counsel are bracing for a jump in litigation stemming from stricter government regulations, according to a survey of law departments released Wednesday.

Bingham McCutchen expanded its energy and project finance practice in New York on Monday by hiring the co-chair of Fulbright & Jaworski’s global infrastructure group.

Houston trial lawyer Scott D. Lassetter died of a gunshot wound to the head, but the manner of his death is “undetermined,” the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences ruled last week, according to Matt Doyle, a senior forensic nurse investigator. Doyle says there is “no sufficient evidence” to make a more specific determination as a homicide or a suicide.