Trimble Navigation Ltd. announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp, a 3D modeling platform, from Google. Global law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented Trimble on the transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter 2012 subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Less than a year after opening a Dallas office, national law firm Polsinelli Shughart expands services in Texas with the addition of employee benefits law attorney Henry Talavera as shareholder. Highly accomplished in his field, Talavera focuses on executive compensation and ERISA, and assists employers with health reform compliance. His clients include oil and gas companies, Texas banks and nursing homes.

Thompson & Knight attorneys Max Ciccarelli, J. Michael Heinlen, and Gary R. Sorden have obtained another courtroom defense win for Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) in an East Texas patent infringement case.

The Dallas office of the national law firm of Patton Boggs LLP has substantially expanded its capabilities in the intellectual property arena with the addition of four lawyers formerly affiliated with the Dallas office of SNR Denton.

Veteran real estate attorney David L. Fields has joined the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group.

Attorneys from the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented Golden, Colorado-based Meritage Midstream Services in the company’s recent sale of assets in the Eagle Ford shale area of south Texas.

Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the addition of noted courtroom litigator Michael L. Dinnin as a Partner in the firm’s Dallas office.

Sadler Law Firm LLP, the Houston-based national law firm dedicated to the legal concerns of energy companies, launches an office in Fort Worth, its third national office and second in Texas.

Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of intellectual property litigation lawyer Jon Hyland who joins the Dallas office of Munsch Hardt as a shareholder. Jon brings with him extensive experience in the field of intellectual property litigation, having represented both domestic and international companies in a variety of intellectual property matters encompassing a wide range of technologies.