In a deal that shows just how quickly falling prices can upend the energy industry, Halliburton is buying rival oilfield services company Baker Hughes for cash and stock worth $34.6 billion.
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Read More »November 17, 2014 Comments Off on Halliburton pounces on Baker Hughes
In a deal that shows just how quickly falling prices can upend the energy industry, Halliburton is buying rival oilfield services company Baker Hughes for cash and stock worth $34.6 billion.
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Read More »January 9, 2014 Comments Off on In-House Interrogatory
For general counsels, it's always business. Not personal.
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Read More »November 15, 2013 Comments Off on Supreme Court to decide if Halliburton can try to block suit
The Supreme Court decided Friday to hear an appeal from Halliburton Co. that could make it more difficult for shareholders to sue companies for engaging in fraud to prop up stock prices.
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Read More »September 19, 2013 Comments Off on Ex-Halliburton manager charged in Gulf spill probe
NEW ORLEANS — A former Halliburton employee was charged Thursday with destroying evidence following BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Anthony Badalamenti, who had been the cementing technology director for Halliburton Energy Services Inc., was charged in ...
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Read More »January 30, 2013 Comments Off on In-House Interrogatory
Should discussions between attorneys and their firm's in-house counsel remain confidential?
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Read More »November 6, 2011 Comments Off on New interpretation of Sarbanes-Oxley creates problems for employers
Employment lawyers fear that a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board broadening whistleblower protections under Sarbanes-Oxley may create new burdens for employers. In the case before the board, a Halliburton employee filed a complaint with ...
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Read More »June 6, 2011 Comments Off on High court revives class action against Halliburton
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Halliburton Co. shareholders can pursue a class-action lawsuit claiming the oil services company inflated its stock price. The high court overturned a ruling against the shareholders, who want to represent all investors ...
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Read More »November 8, 2010 Comments Off on Panel: BP did not put cost over safety
WASHINGTON — The presidential commission investigating the BP Gulf oil spill challenged claims in Congress that the oil company and others sacrificed safety to cut costs. In preliminary findings issued Monday, the first from an independent panel, investigators supported many ...
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