http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Gardere Wynne Sewell Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132851 Fulbright & Jaworski LLP can continue to represent National Envelope Corp. in a trademark dispute in spite of protests from Staples Inc., another Fulbright client and intervenor in the case. http://www.law360.com/articles/132851 http://www.law360.com/articles/130128 Wading into a rankling dispute over Linens 'N Things’ wind-down budget, a bankruptcy court has rejected the noteholder committee’s attempt to block payment of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP’s fees, reprimanding the committee for evasive discovery tactics. http://www.law360.com/articles/130128 http://www.law360.com/articles/129612 In a festering fee dispute between Linens 'N Things’ noteholders and the debtor’s special counsel Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, the noteholders have opposed the firm’s continuing demands for document production in connection with attempts to tighten the debtor’s wind-down budget and restrict payments to the firm. http://www.law360.com/articles/129612 http://www.law360.com/articles/128338 Tetra Technologies Inc. has reached a $40 million settlement with its insurance companies in a breach of contract suit over damage to offshore oil wells caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the oil and gas services company announced Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/128338 http://www.law360.com/articles/127038 A federal judge has ordered General Nutrition Corp. to produce more information as part of discovery in a dispute over allegedly improper legal advice the nutritional products retailer received from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP regarding the consequences of nixing contracts with a magazine publisher. http://www.law360.com/articles/127038 http://www.law360.com/articles/124108 A patent suit ReedHycalog UK Ltd. filed against Ulterra Drilling Technologies LP and United Diamond Drilling Services Inc. over fixed diamond cutter drill bits has been resolved, now that the parties have reached a settlement deal and had the case dismissed. http://www.law360.com/articles/124108 http://www.law360.com/articles/120454 Bankrupt natural gas exploration company CDX Gas LLC has reached a settlement with International Coal Group Inc. and its subsidiaries, which earlier had objected to the debtor's disclosure statement on the grounds that it was not specific enough regarding its plan for certain contracts. http://www.law360.com/articles/120454 http://www.law360.com/articles/119926 A federal judge has denied United Diamond LP’s request to dismiss the drilling technology company from a suit brought by ReedHycalog UK Ltd. accusing UDLP and several other related entities of infringing a dozen patents for fixed diamond cutter drill bits. http://www.law360.com/articles/119926 http://www.law360.com/articles/119674 TXCO Resources Inc. has teamed up with the bankrupt oil and gas company’s creditors in opposition to Western National Bank’s bid to lift the automatic stay and foreclose on three drilling rigs in order to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in mounting debt. http://www.law360.com/articles/119674 http://www.law360.com/articles/116890 Speech recognition software company AllVoice Developments US LLC has sued Microsoft Corp., claiming the technology giant has infringed a patent related to software that allows for more efficient voice recognition in word processing applications. http://www.law360.com/articles/116890 http://www.law360.com/articles/116575 Nighthawk Systems Inc. has become the latest defendant to reach a settlement in an infringement suit brought by Eon Corp. IP Holdings LLC over two patents covering two-way communications technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/116575 http://www.law360.com/articles/115898 Bankrupt natural gas exploration company CDX Gas LLC has won approval of its disclosure statement, despite objections from a coal company that the statement did not clearly define how certain contracts would be treated. http://www.law360.com/articles/115898 http://www.law360.com/articles/112578 Facing claims that the directors of TXCO Resources Inc. do not require their own attorneys during restructuring, the bankruptcy court has rejected Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP’s application to serve as special counsel to the oil and gas company’s board members. http://www.law360.com/articles/112578 http://www.law360.com/articles/111647 The creditors committee for Provident Royalties LLC has asked a federal judge for an emergency hearing on its bid to intervene in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit accusing the company of running a $485 million Ponzi scheme, citing fast-moving developments in its bankruptcy. http://www.law360.com/articles/111647 http://www.law360.com/articles/111603 The United Steelworkers union has hit Equistar Chemicals LP with an adversary proceeding claiming the petrochemical company, a subsidiary of bankrupt Lyondell Chemical Co., failed to pay severance benefits to laid-off employees at one of its Texas facilities. http://www.law360.com/articles/111603 http://www.law360.com/articles/111465 Creditors of bankrupt Provident Royalties LLC have filed an emergency motion asking to intervene in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit alleging the Texas energy investment company ran a $485 million Ponzi scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/111465 http://www.law360.com/articles/111354 An individual defendant in a lawsuit accusing shoe companies of selling knockoff versions of Heelys, the children's shoes with wheels embedded in the heels, is appealing a $2.8 million judgment in favor of Heeling Sports Ltd. http://www.law360.com/articles/111354 http://www.law360.com/articles/110916 A Texas bankruptcy judge has signed off on CDX Rio LLC's first amended Chapter 11 reorganization plan, which includes an amendment settling the U.S. government's recent objections that Rio's asset sales ran afoul of rules governing the transfer of oil and gas leases on tribal land. http://www.law360.com/articles/110916 http://www.law360.com/articles/110617 A bankruptcy judge has approved a $29.3 million sale of assets of bankrupt Houston-based natural gas exploration company CDX Gas LLC to EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund LP. http://www.law360.com/articles/110617 http://www.law360.com/articles/109129 The future of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Agency’s stability is based on denial that a storm will impact the coast, thus allowing the pool to rebuild its trust fund. This denial could lead to monstrous reliance on bonding to provide funding of storm losses, say Kim A. Yelkin and David T. Weber of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/109129