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Texas - October, 2009

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• Akin Gump Off The Hook For Malpractice Damages
• BancorpSouth, Others Sued Over Message Patent
• Dell Settles Call Center Workers' OT Suit
• Fed. Circ. To Hear EchoStar DVR Patent Appeal
• BP Challenges $87M OSHA Fine Over Texas Refinery
• Indonesia, Vietnam Dumping Plastic Bags: ITA
• LG Agrees To Stay TV Patent Spat During ITC Probe
• Tyco Counters Applied Medical Claims With New Suit
• Nidec, LG Settle Computer Motor Patent Spat
• Comerica Faces Class Action Over Sigma Finance
• Q&A With Bose McKinney & Evans' George Patton
• Damage Claims OK'd In Ford Cruise Control Switch MDL
• Stanford Receiver Identifies $1.5B In Assets To Pursue
• House Dems Square Off Over CFPA Leadership
• Contract Work Still Not Fully Globalized: Attys
• Geithner Faces Down 'Too Big To Fail' Bill Critics
• Atser Challenges 'Exceptional' Ruling In Patent Case
• Dell Arbitration Clause Won't Fly In Class Suit: Judge
• GOP Bill Aims To Keep Convicts Away From Drug Trials
• Rivals Head To Trial In Fiber Optics Tech Patent Feud
• A123 Takes Lithium Battery Patent Spat To Fed. Circ.
• Vascular Solutions Targets Rival Over Employee Jump
• Construction IP Suit Ruled Exceptional Over Conduct
• 9th Circ. To Rehear Farmers Race Bias Appeal
• Intervoice Shareholders Lose Class Certification
• Texas High Court Clarifies Railroad Tort Law
• Harleysville To Snap Up Delta Lloyds WYO Flood Unit
• New Local Patent Rules In Northern District Of Ill.
• Foley & Lardner Patent Pro Moves To Perkins Coie
• L'Oreal Off Hook Over Stolen Perfume Shipment
• Southwest To Pay $3.5M To Settle Safety Violation Suit
• Palm Lashes Out At WIAV Over Wireless Patents
• Texas Judge Takes Up Civil Case Against Scruggs
• Balsam Whittles Kraft, Folgers Coffee Patent Feud
• LG Strikes Deal In Volume Control Patent Dispute
• Aloft Drops Infor From Software Patent Suit
• Lasonic Settles In Tsera Touch Pad Patent Suit
• UK Charges Possible In KBR Probe: Halliburton
• High Court Ready To Rein In Honest Services Fraud
• RIM, Casio Sued Over Traffic Ticket System Patent
• Praxair Accuses Supplier Of Floating Off With $4.9M
• Jimenez To Head USTR Congressional Office
• Preserving The Chain Of Title
• Online Catalog Inventor, E-Tailers Settle Patent Spat
• LandAmerica Tries To Cast Off Insurance Action
• Alcoa Seeks $500M From EFH In Contract Suit
• GAO Says FDA Slow To Debar Convicted Investigators
• AmeriFirst Receiver's Law Firm Negligence Suit Tossed
• Sony Resolves Traffic System Patent Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives Stax Producer's Copyright Suit
• Foley Drops 3rd Parties From DataTern Malpractice Suit
• AT&T Workers Win Conditional Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Actus, Google Drop Electronic Payment Patent Suit
• Pilgrim's Pride Ch. 11 Plan Heads To Stockholders
• Plaintiffs File Consolidated Complaint In IPhone MDL
• Modified CFPA Act Heads To Full House
• Illegally Dumped Oil Waste Costs Shippers $1.25M
• DataTreasury, M&T Settle Check-Imaging Patent Spat
• E.Digital, Samsung Settle Flash Memory Patent Battle
• Dozens of Firms Hit With New CWC Patent Action
• Software Co. Seeks Docs From Baker Botts, Susman
• Motorola, Stragent To Drop Online Messaging Suit
• Hunt Oil Wins Reversal Of $5.3M Contract Judgment
• House Panel OKs Federal Preemption In CFPA
• China — Home And Away: The Next IP Powerhouse
• Marathon, Insurers Battle Over Forum In Gasoline Spat
• Credit Union Fights Back In Subprime Auto Loan Spat
• Citigroup Settles In TQP Online Encryption Patent Suit
• Freedom Medical Hits Rivals With Antitrust Suit
• Bankrupt Developer Pens Deal With Redwood Capital
• Continental ERISA Suit Over 'Sham Divorces' Tossed
• US Suit Over Azerbaijan Oil Pact Arbitration Dropped
• Linex Fails To Wrap Up Its Wireless Patent Suit
• Pilgrim's Pride Could Get $1.65B In Financing
• RBS Reaches Deal In TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• Pioneer Southwest To Sell $500M In Equity, Debt
• Grupo Mexico's Bid For Asarco Hits Snag
• Lockheed Martin Targets Bell Helicopter In $3.6M Suit
• BASF Settles With EPA Over Coolant Leaks
• US Fights Log Cabin's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Suit
• 11th Circ. Seeks Input On Wal-Mart Insurance Suit
• Locke Lord Employment Partner Launches Solo Firm
• AT&T Seeks Stay, Limit On Pricing Program TRO
• Samsung Strikes Deal In DLP Television Patent Suit
• Ala. Supreme Court Stance On Arbitrability
• CSIRO Settles With D-Link In Wi-Fi Patent Battle
• Legacy Of Life Fights Insurer For Organ-Selling Defense
• House Dems Urge FCC To Soften Net Neutrality Stance
• Lubrizol, Insurer Butt Heads In Superfund Dispute
• Hotel Co. Sues Insurer Over Denial Of Flood Coverage
• Q&A With Proskauer Rose's Edward Brill
• Accolade Drops Micron, Aptina From Imaging IP Suit
• Mortgage Grader Sues Web Sites Over Credit Patent
• Insurer Seeks To Pass Off $1.5M Of Surgical Co. Deal
• Name Of Horror Attraction Riles Field Of Screams
• BofA To Take In 60% Of 6 Tarragon Property Sales
• Smucker, Kraft Fail To Nix Coffee Patent Spat
• Patton Boggs Scores Lawyer From DOJ Enviro Division
• Foley & Lardner Lays Off 39 Lawyers
• Feds Greenlight JBS' $800M Pilgrim's Pride Deal
• Stanford Receiver Eyes $11M Employee Payments
• Tetra, Insurers Strike $40M Deal Over Katrina Damage
• Rule 502 Not Likely To Reduce Costs For Attorneys
• Alternative Fees On Rise, But Billable Hour Still King
• Bankruptcy Litigation Swell Tugs On Corporate Budgets
• LG, Funai Court Battle Put On Hold Amid ITC Probe
• Fossil Shareholders Drop Defendants In Backdating Suit
• House Panel Readies Derivatives, CFPA Bills
• Stanford Receiver's Clawback Bid 'Improper': SEC
• Best Buy, Pro Softnet Cut From Data Backup IP Suit
• $110M E-Ferol Settlement Gets Tentative Court OK
• Thermal Scalpel Sews Up Cutting Tool Patent Spat
• Perot Accuses Key Plastics Of Breaching IT Contract
• Boeing Blasts Bid For New FLSA OT Class Notice
• Circuit City, Insurers Reach Deal On Hurricane Claims
• Crusader Energy To Sell Texas Oil & Gas Assets
• Restraining Order Puts AT&T Practices On Hold
• Ford Ups Recalls Over Faulty Cruise Control Switch
• Bullet Proof Technology Sues Over Kevlar Grips Patent
• DataTern's Malpractice Battle With Foley Gets Ugly
• Insurers Lose Bid For $11M Tax Refund In Texas
• Calpine To Offer $750M In Senior Notes
• Claims Trimmed In $30M Cleanup Suit V. Halliburton
• Real Estate Site Operator Trims IP, Antitrust Suit
• Belkin, CSIRO Amend Settlement In Wi-Fi Patent Spat
• Michelin Exits CWC Online Sales System Patent Suit
• Stanford Investors Add Chadbourne To Ponzi Suit
• Baker Botts Snatches O'Melveny Deals Vet
• Gray Market Cases Stump Brand Owners, Attorneys
• Oil Exec Denied New Trial In Exploration Fraud Suit
• American Airlines Latest To Settle DataTern Lawsuit
• PacSun, Chico's Settle With CWC In Sales Patent Suit
• Judge Won't Bar Stanford Bank Execs' D&O Claims
• Ethernet Patent Holder Sues Apple, Dell, Others
• Online Retailers Smacked With E-Commerce Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Vacates Injunction In Baker Hughes IP Suit
• King & Spalding Nabs 2 Partners From DLA Piper
• Investor Suit Seeks To Block $3.9B Perot-Dell Merger
• Apple, Dow Jones, Others Hit With Web Patent Suit
• Dell Loses Bid To Toss Abstrax Assembly Patent Suit
• Lloyd's Appeals Remand Of Oil Rig Insurance Spat
• Men's Wearhouse, Co-Founder Hit With Securities Suit
• AOL, MapQuest Settle API Data Patent Claims
• Insurer Says Lubrizol Breached Superfund Settlement
• Google Lobbyist To Give Limited Testimony In IP Suit
• No Case Against Attys For Disgruntled Claimant: Court
• EPA, Texas Enviro Leaders Hash Out Clean Air Program
• Telecom Co. Asks To Join Antitrust Suit Against AT&T
• Edge Petroleum 1st-Day Motions Ready It For Sale
• Inventor Hits Target, Others In New Online Security Suit
• CWC To Dismiss Brunswick, Others From Patent Case
• Yamaha Motor Fails To Nix Suit In Rhino MDL
• Visa Settles Suit Over Secure Transaction Patent
• SEC Appeals Dismissal Of Mark Cuban Securities Suit
• Exxon To Snap Up $4B Stake In Ghana Oil Field
• AB InBev To Sell Theme Park Biz To Blackstone
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Toss Of Skype VoIP Patent Claims
• Corrected: CB Legal Sues Lewis Brisbois Over Recruiting Fees
• Auto-Dril Claims Inequitable Conduct In Patent Dispute
• Insurers' Suit Over Railcar Explosion Stays On Track
• 6th Circ. Mostly Nixes Amway Win In Insurance Spat
• T-Mobile Sues Over Prepaid Phone Resales
• Thermal Scalpel Cuts Tyco, Covidien From IP Suit
• The EPA's Proposed New Tailoring Rule
• TQP, Capital One Settle Web Encryption Patent Suit
• Suit Seeks to Force Texas Agency To Regulate GHG
• Nissan Off Hook In Affinity Car Audio Patent Dispute
• ITC Votes To Investigate Toyota Over Hybrid Patent
• Eolas Slaps Pepsi, Others With Web Site Patent Suit
• High Court Seeks SG's Advice On Gas Taxation Case
• Q&A With Pillsbury Winthrop's Claudia Wilson Frost
• Claims Dismissed In Ford Cruise Control Switch MDL
• Plaintiff Seeks To Revive ERISA Class Action V. AT&T
• Auditek Settles In Tsera Touch Pad Patent Suit
• Boeing Workers Try Again For FLSA Class Cert
• High Court Needs To Fatten Its Docket: Attys
• ING Resolves TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit
• 9 Fish & Richardson Attys Join Bracewell In Austin
• Ill. Federal Court Enacts Local Patent Rules
• Genentech Wants Firm Kicked Off Sanofi Patent Case
• Texas AG Appeals Same-Sex Divorce Order
• Foley Fires Back In DataTern Patent Malpractice Suit
• Edge Petroleum Ducks Into Ch. 11 For Quick Sale
• PACid Settles With Lenovo In Data Encryption Suit
• Wi-LAN Slaps Conexant Over DSL Patent
• Volvo, Patent-Holding Co. Settle Traffic Data Suit
• McKool Starts Up Houston Office, Bankruptcy Practice
• Former Cabletron Execs Escape Most Of SEC Suit
• Pfizer Gets Lipitor Fraudulent Marketing Suit Tossed
• Cadbury Investor Sues Over Kraft Takeover Rejection
• NextEra Buys Babcock Wind Projects For $352M
• HP, Lenovo Unplugged From Modem Patent Suit
• US V. Radley: Undercutting Enforcement Authority