Lead counsel for all of the current and former officers and directors of Crown Castle Corp in the internal investigation and subsequent defense of a derivative suit filed in Houston, Harris County involving allegations of options backdating. We, along with counsel for the Company, were successful in having the trial court rule that the allegations regarding demand futility were insufficient to support a derivative suit. Additionally, the plaintiffs sought to take discovery to find support for their allegations regarding demand futility. The Court of Appeals overturned the trial court’s order allowing such discovery, and the Texas Supreme Court declined to take the issue.