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Texas - January, 2010

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• Cos. Pay Big To Settle Patent Fights With Rivals
• Palm, Apple, Samsung Settle Saxon Patent Suits
• Caterpillar, Holt Hit With $56M Verdict In Injury Suit
• Negotiating Break-Up Fees In A Stalking Horse Bid
• Unitrin Unit Wants Off Hook In Water Leakage Suits
• Argosy First to Settle With Eolas In Web Patent Suit
• IMS Health Settles Shareholder Suits Over Merger
• Ex-Willbros Execs Get Prison Sentences In Bribery Plot
• Ogletree To Open Denver Office With Class Action Ace
• Klausner, Ooma Settle Voice Mail Patent Suit
• Alleged 'Patent Troll' Fights IP Victory For Cisco
• Senate, States Take On Cadmium After CPSC Report
• Investors Alarmed As Rule 2019 Uncertainty Persists
• Medicaid Drivers Sue Transport Co. Over Unpaid Wages
• Uniloc Units Strike Again Over Anti-Piracy Patent
• House Panel Advances Inquiry Into Health Bill Deal
• Citigroup Stock Plan Plaintiffs Appeal To 1st Circ.
• Intel, Others Slapped With Hand Pad Patent Suit
• Ex-McKool Smith Patent Atty Forms Mediation Practice
• Credit Suisse To Pay Texas $1.4M In ARS Fines
• Asarco Assails Sterlite Plan To Cash In On Losing Bid
• Negotiating Break-Up Fees In A Stalking Horse Bid
• Insurer Asks To Wash Hands Of Oil Worker Cancer Suit
• Bill Aims To Add Bankruptcy Judges Amid Case Crunch
• Home Depot, Others Hit With Web Patent Suit
• GE, Others Slammed With Utility Sales Patent Suit
• Mining Exec Forged Documents: SEC
• Silicon Labs Hits Quintic With Radio Chip Patent Suit
• Vivendi Dropped From Payment Method Patent Suit
• New Strategies Lead To Big Title VII Payouts
• Lloyd's Told To Pay Stanford Execs' Defense Costs
• In-House Counsel Name Favorite Litigators
• Developers Of Dallas Logistics Hub File For Ch. 11
• TXCO Ch. 11 Plan Gets Verbal Approval
• Foley Dominates Corporate Counsel All-Star List
• PopCap Hit With $4.6M Jury Verdict In Contract Spat
• Canon, HP Sued Over Video, Digital Signal Patents
• Microsoft Exits Acacia Unit's Online Map Patent Suit
• ClearValue Owner Loses Sanctions Bid V. Pearl River
• Obama Taps Hagen For Top USDA Food Safety Post
• DOJ, State AGs OK $2.5B Ticketmaster-Live Nation Deal
• K&L Adds McDermott Antitrust Guru In London
• Pepsi, Safeway Face Collapsible Bottle Patent Suit
• Texas Chemist's IP Suit V. Penn State Tossed Again
• Whetstone, Mutoh Settle Printer Patent Row
• DataTreasury, RBS Settle Check-Imaging Patent Spat
• Motorola Hits RIM With ITC Complaint Over Devices
• Old GM Must Comply With Tax Audits: Texas Comptroller
• House GOP Attacks Fannie, Freddie Exec Pay
• FotoMedia Drops EW Scripps From Photo Patent Suit
• JuxtaComm Sues British Air, Others Over Data Patent
• Judge Dumps Smucker, Kraft Coffee Patent Case
• Microsoft, Acacia Unit Settle Suit Over Tech Patent
• DOC Begins Investigations Into Chinese Drill Pipe
• Deposition OK'd In Union Carbide Mesothelioma Suit
• UnitedHealth Denied Ruling In Excess Insurance Spat
• Resellers Barred From Using TracFone's Trademarks
• Lorillard Stubs Out Suit Over Asbestos Cigarette Filters
• Contractor's Dust-Control Patents Nixed Over Conduct
• Prosperity To Buy 3 US Bank Branches In Texas
• Amway Sellers Appeal Denial Of Defense Coverage
• Quanta Seeks Stay On $57.5M Ruling In Disk Case
• Lawmakers Urge USTR To Fight Taiwan's Beef Ban
• Exxon, XTO Say Fracking Regs Would Threaten Merger
• House Panel Tackles American Needle V. NFL
• Fujitsu To Exit Acceleron Blade Server Patent Dispute
• Magellan Resolves CWA Suit Over Okla. Gas Spill
• Microsoft Sues TiVo Over Digital Recording Patents
• Dura Buyer Can't End Contract With Supplier: Judge
• Toshiba Seeks ITC Probe Of Wistron Laptops
• Citgo Draws OSHA Fine Over Refinery Blast
• Realtime, Expand Networks Settle Data Patent Suit
• PortaOne Settles Marshall Phone Card Patent Spat
• Mercedes Unit, Affinity Settle Car Audio Patent Dispute
• Tyco Locks Down Broadview Security In $2B Deal
• Recent Trends In Shareholder Derivative Litigation
• Google Inequitable Conduct Claims 'Baseless': Judge
• Molina Healthcare Buys Unisys Unit For $135M
• Tsera, Iriver Settle Touch Pad Spat With Patent License
• BancorpSouth Settles In Online Message Patent Suit
• Dish, Echostar Ink Deal With Global In Satellite Case
• K&L Gates Nabs Energy Partners For Texas Offices
• Attys Personally Liable In Dillard's TM Spat: 5th Circ.
• Acacia Unit Wraps Up Medical Image Patent Suit
• Abbott, Others Marketed Stents Off-Label: Suit
• No Fraud In Arete $4.5M Securities Suit: 5th Circ.
• Google's Decision Prompts Call For Congress To Act
• Shell Gas Trader Off Hook In CFTC Manipulation Suit
• Tort Claims Survive In Chinese Drywall MDL
• Ecuadorians Fight Chevron Bid To Derail Enviro Suit
• 'Chinese Warren Buffett' Arrested At Toronto Airport
• FotoMedia Drops Slide From Pic-Sharing Patent Suit
• Hexion Says $700M Note Offering Will Help Offset Debt
• Apache To Buy 51% Stake In Canadian Gas Terminal
• AGs Slam Health Care Bill's 'Cornhusker Kickback'
• Effect Of Product-Line Successor Liability Exception
• H-2B Oil Rig Workers Win Bid To Amend OT Action
• Antitrust Group Calls For Probe Of ES&S-Diebold Deal
• Western National Balks At TXCO Ch. 11 Plan
• Panel Calls For Clearer TARP Wind-Down Strategy
• Cameron Unit Fined Over Kazakh Visa Bribes
• Law360 Employment Editorial Advisory Board
• Fifth Third Exits TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• Sony Pushes Settlements In 4 HDTV MDL Cases
• Mannatech Resolves Supplement Patent Case
• Bell Nunnally Nabs Warner Stevens Bankruptcy Partner
• Houston Hospital, Investors In Rival Settle Antitrust Spat
• Stallion Set To Gallop Out Of Bankruptcy
• Ogletree Attys Staff New Fisher & Phillips Phoenix Office
• Law360 Securities Editorial Advisory Board
• Carbonite Settles In Computer Backup Patent Suit
• Amazon, Motorola, Verizon Exit Music ID Patent Suit
• US Fire Doesn't Owe MasTec Coverage: 11th Circ.
• Cheetah Fights Mitsubishi Victory In TV Patent Suit
• Newfield, Anadarko To Split TXCO Assets For $310M
• Barclays Off The Hook In $60M Mortgage Fraud Suit
• Dan Rather Fails To Bring Back $70M CBS Suit
• Vinson & Elkins Opens Outpost In Silicon Valley
• Product Liability Cases Of The Decade
• Samsung, Icomm Settle 3G Decoding Patent Fight
• APAC Customer Services Reps Win FLSA Class Cert.
• $6.6M Ariba Award Upheld In Software Patent Spat
• CPSC To Investigate Cadmium In Children's Jewelry
• Berry Pays $126M For Wolfberry Trend Assets
• Pension Fund Sues To Block Novartis, Alcon Deal
• Sharp Returns Fire In Samsung LCD Patent Battle
• V&E Adds 3 Energy Transaction Partners
• McWane Off Hook In 5th Circ. Donning, Doffing Appeal
• Antigua Money Minister Was In Stanford's Pocket: SEC
• Guard-Line Dropped From 175 Asbestos Cases
• Federal Signal Added To Messaging Patent Suit
• Cemex, Truck Drivers Settle OT Class Action
• Q&A With Haynes and Boone's Scott Night
• Office Supplier Dismissed From PACid Data Patent Suit
• Microsoft Presses Fed. Circ. To Rehear I4i Case
• Fed. Circ. Deals Finisar New Blow In DirecTV Case
• Heartland, Visa Settle Data Breach Issues For $60M
• Asarco Released From Wash. Superfund Site Cleanup
• Greenberg Traurig Picks Up M&A Partner From Latham
• Court Rejects Moves To Toss Fractus Antenna Suit
• Lawson To Snap Up Healthvision For $160M
• VTech, Motorola Settle Cordless Phone Patent Case
• Genuitec, Software Tree Settle Java Server Patent Spat
• White Energy Ch.11 Plan Ruffles Creditors
• Transmission Co. Seeks Exit From FPL Contract Spat
• True To Word: AGs Curtailing Coupon Settlements
• Toshiba Exits PACid's Encryption Patent Suit
• Sutherland Nabs Dewey M&A Atty For Energy Practice
• No Indemnity Duty In Propane Blast Case: Texas Court
• More Plaintiffs Dismissed From Citigroup MDL
• Technical Inspectors Hit Moody Over OT Policy
• Rivals Put Kibosh On GPS Patent Dispute
• Abbott Coughs Up $23M To Settle Patent Fraud Claims
• Stryker To Exit Acacia Unit Medical Imaging Patent Suit
• Quanta Owes $57M In Disk Patent Case: Judge
• Q&A With Thompson & Knight's Scott Stolley
• TXCO Creditors Show Support For Anadarko Bid
• Patent Suit Over Google Products Survives Bid To Toss
• DataTern, United Strike Deal In Database Patent Spat
• Raymond James Settles In TQP Encryption Patent Suit
• Viacom Renews Bid To Toss 'Rock Band' Patent Claims
• Energy Future To Hold $300M Offering To Raise Cash
• Union Pacific Derailment Spat Not A Tort Case: 10th Circ.
• Insurer Must Defend In Stanford Ponzi Scheme Cases
• Sedgwick Nabs Enviro Atty For Houston
• ITC Sides With Paice In Toyota Hybrid Patent Case
• FotoMedia Pares Photo Patent Infringement Suit
• Anadarko Offers TXCO Up To $310M For Assets
• Allergan Can Demand Jury In Sandoz IP Fight: Judge
• Perot Investor To Disgorge $8.6M In Insider Trading Suit
• US Bancorp, Others Settle In Online Payment IP Suit
• ITC To Begin 337 Probe Of Knowles Micromachines
• Lloyd's Told To Pay Part Of Shipyard Asbestos Defense
• Sterne Kessler Nabs 4 IP Litigators From Blank Rome
• CWC Drops EBay, Boeing, Others From Patent Suits
• CBS Exits API Technologies Data Network Patent Suit
• Imperial Sugar Settles Plant Blast Claims For $345M
• Tune Hunter, Shazam Settle Music ID Patent Battle
• Tsera, Cowon Settle Touch Pad Patent Dispute
• Cox Resolves Web Radio Patent Dispute
• Nationwide, Prudential Settle In DataTern Patent Suit
• Chubb Faces Suit Involving 'Dr. Phil' Supplement
• Pilgrim's Pride To Pay $4.5M For Immigration Offense
• XTO Energy Shareholder Sues Over $41B Exxon Deal
• Centocor Seeks Continuing Damages Over Humira
• MetLife Faces Suit Over TQP Encryption Patent
• ITC Takes On Samsung's LCD Patent Case Against Sharp
• Total Buys Chesapeake Shale Assets For $2.25B
• Novartis Snaps Up Nestle's Alcon Share For $28.1B
• Securities Cases To Watch In 2010
• Technology Legislation To Watch In 2010
• IP Legislation To Watch In 2010
• Insurance Cases To Watch In 2010
• Insurance Law Firms Of The Year
• Product Liability Defense Firms Of The Year