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Texas - March, 2010

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• AT&T, Others Seek Docs In Mobile Media Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Power-One Win In Converter IP Spat
• Alphapharm Drops Antitrust Claims In Treximet IP Suit
• Sun Settles Acacia Unit's Computer Processor IP Suit
• FERC's Latest Take On Civil Penalties
• AT&T, Others Win Dismissal Of Network Patent Suits
• Stanford Asks To Switch Lawyers
• Online Sales Patent Suit Survives Bid To Dismiss
• Does Next Justice Work Across Street From Obama?
• Q&A With FMC Technologies GC Jeffrey Carr
• Texas Title Insurance Buyers Win Class Cert.
• Acacia Unit's Cell Phone IP Suit Remains In Play
• MySpace, Others Win Bid To Toss Software IP Suit
• GUI Patents Survive Red Hat, Novell Challenge
• Parallel Sues Disney, Ford, EBay Over Internet Patent
• Lubrizol, Insurer Settle Spat Over Superfund Cleanup
• Greenberg Adds Restructuring Partner In London
• ITC To Probe Panasonic, Others In New 337 Case
• Jury Hits US Bank For $27M In Check Imaging IP Suit
• PACid Launches New Suit Over Data Encryption Patents
• F-Secure Settles IPAT Data Security Patent Spat
• SAP Loses Bid To Toss $139M Versata Patent Win
• Striking Out On Reasonable Royalty Damages Report
• Linn Energy Picks Up Permian Basin Gas Field For $305M
• King & Spalding Adds Orrick Securities Litigator In DC
• Bankruptcy Court Denies $6.5M In Asarco Bonuses
• White Energy To Pay $13M To End Spat With Creditor
• Verimatrix Licenses Widevine Data Encryption Patents
• Case Study: Fortney V. American Manufacturers
• Rising Star: Haynes & Boone's Matthew Deffebach
• Rising Star: Quinn Emanuel's Victoria Maroulis
• 3 More Banks Settle Online Banking Patent Suit
• Rising Star: Baker Botts' Kevin Jacobs
• Case Study: Pendergest-Holt
• Intel Loses 2nd Bid To Stay Processor Patent Suit
• Latham Represents CCMP Capital In $345M Energy Deal
• FotoMedia Fights Re-Exam Of Photo-Sharing Patents
• Philips Units Sue To Protect LED Patents
• House Panel OKs Electric Grid Safety Upgrade
• Infineon, Others Sued Over Memory Access Patent
• Fed. Circ. Overturns $1.1M Pressure Products IP Win
• Bosque Power Fires Up Ch. 11 Petition
• Proforma Exits Mass Engineered Display Patent Case
• Kilpatrick Stockton Adds 2 Howrey Insurance Partners
• Suit Over Pipeline Hazard To Coal Mine Survives
• Slacker Settles In Fowler Woods Online Ad Patent Suit
• Physician Payment Reporting Obligations: A Reality
• Hedge Fund Ex-Employees Can't Squash Contract Suit
• Q&A With Howard Rice's Jerry Falk
• Oracle, Intuit Dropped From Software Security IP Spat
• Dell Strikes Deal In Software Tree's Server Patent Fight
• Rising Star: Sidley Austin's Theodore Chandler
• Alcon Lens Patent Suit Headed To Trial In One Piece
• Sanofi, Toshiba, Others Hit With False Marking Suits
• Jury Hands Covidien $4.8M In Surgical Device IP Case
• False Marking Claim Wave Can't Last, Attys Say
• State AGs Attack 'Unconstitutional' Health Care Bill
• Obama Signs Health Care Bill As GOP Eyes Repeal
• Folgers, Balsam Brew Deal To End Java Patent Spat
• Whipstock, Smith International Drop Drilling IP Spat
• Google, AOL Triumph In Web Advertising Patent Suit
• Inventor Claims Microsoft's Zune Infringes Patents
• Lonestar Targets Nvidia In Capacitor Patent War
• Rising Star: Kramer Levin's Amy Caton
• Chesapeake Energy Sued Over Fatal Gas Well Blast
• State AGs Plan To Fight Health Care Reform Law
• DataTern Cuts SunTrust From Database Patent Suit
• Bluefly Resolves Sales Processing Patent Suit
• Aldav Settles With Last Defendants Over Web Radio IP
• Alcon Shareholder Drops Bid To Block Novartis Deal
• Asarco Sues Sterlite Over $2.6B Purchase Agreement
• Intel Can't Escape N-Data Indirect Infringement Claims
• Britannica Sues Dickstein Shapiro For Lost Map Patents
• Merial, BASF Hit Virbac With Pesticide Patent Suit
• After $106M Patent Win, VirnetX Sues Microsoft Again
• Gas Cos. Go For Win In BP Propane Monopoly Suit
• FINRA Expels Broker-Dealer Linked To $485M Ponzi
• MetLife Resolves TQP Data Encryption Patent Suit
• Vertical Price-Fixing Ban Clears Senate Committee
• FCC Seeks Comments On Comcast-NBC Merger
• Football Helmet Maker Not Liable For Injury: 5th Circ.
• All Rise: Ex-Judges Can Give Your Firm A Boost
• Akin Gump Sued By Client SAS Over Patent Secrets
• Best Buy, Others Face Patent Suit Over Gift Cards
• XM Radio Hit With Patent Suit Over MP3 Player
• Avago Sues STMicroelectronics Over Optical Sensor IP
• Dun & Bradstreet Exits API Data Network Patent Suit
• Prosperity Bank Strikes Deal In Messaging Patent Suit
• Asarco Fights Barclays $9.2M 'Discretionary' Fee Bid
• Clear Channel Exits Aldav Web Radio Patent Suit
• $100M Verdict For BP Workers Slashed In Gas Leak Suit
• MicroUnity Sues Apple, Others Over Media Patents
• Fish, Novak Druce Pick Up Darby & Darby Attys
• Sony Resolves Ennova Patent Spat Over Flash Drives
• Microsoft Hit With $106M Verdict Over Online Security IP
• Toyota Fights Claim Preclusion In Hybrid Patent Spat
• Lloyd's Must Cover Stanford Defense: 5th Circ.
• Exxon, XTO Deal Secures Antitrust Clearances
• Insurer Wins Katrina Business Loss Spat With Casino
• Sprint Strikes Deal In Traffic Alert Patent Suit
• Fujitsu, Others Face Videoconferencing Patent Suit
• Strategies In PSD Permitting Of Greenhouse Gases
• Tsera, Philips Agree To Touch Pad Patent License
• Litigating UM/UIM Claims In Texas
• Stragent Targets 2 Chip Cos. Over Data Patents
• 5th Circ. Blocks Allsup's Workers From Joining OT Suit
• Ponzi Schemer Gets 17.5 Years, $18M Restitution
• Conoco Unit To Pay Up For 2004 Wash. Oil Spill
• Top White House Aide Joins Holland & Knight
• Law Firms Take Heat For 'Juicing' Partner Stats
• Antitrust Enforcement Of Hospital Consolidations
• Jury Rejects Antitrust Claims In Houston Hospital Spat
• Nintendo, Microsoft Didn't Infringe Joystick IP: Fed. Circ.
• Xante, Roland Exit Whetstone Printer IP Suit
• Shimadzu Resolves Caliper DNA Patent Suit
• Petrohawk To Sell La. Natural Gas Field For $320M
• Cumulus Strikes Deal In Aldav Web Radio Patent Suit
• Halliburton Liable For Cleanup Costs At 3 Texas Sites
• Apache Gets OK To Exclude Plan From Proxy Materials
• Google, Yahoo Don't Infringe Search Patent: Judge
• Cowboys Owner's Oil Co. Snared In $15M Fraud Suit
• Aloft Drops SAP From 3 Software Patent Suits
• Sens. Ask GE-Comcast Regulators To Walk Fine Line
• $640M Award To Transcor In Petrobras Fight Confirmed
• Kroger Faces IP Suit Over Gas Rewards Programs
• Dell Escapes Suit Over DVD Parental Control Patent
• Ex-Collegiate Stars Line Up To Fight NCAA Rules
• Fujifilm, UPS Face False Patent Marking Qui Tam Suits
• TQP Hits New York Mellon, Others Over Data Patent
• 5th Circ. To Hold On To Patent License Contract Suit
• Health Net Hit With FLSA Suit By Call Center Workers
• New Line, Others Sued Over Video Indexing Patent
• AT&T, Home Depot Sued Over Ethernet Patents
• XTO Gets Tax Refund Derivative Suit Tossed Over Venue
• Microsoft Denied Willfulness Rehearing In I4i Patent Suit
• Smith & Nephew Infringed Wound Treatment IP: Jury
• Allen & Overy Reps Novartis In $5B 3-Part Bond Issue
• Sens. Press For Info In NCAA Football Antitrust Probe
• Clarifying The Standard For Transfer In Eastern Texas
• 1st Responders Press For Collective Bargaining Rights
• CFTC Accuses C&R Financial Of Running Forex Ponzi
• MEMC Shareholders Lose Suit Over Factory Problems
• Dewey Lays Off 30 Administrative Staffers In 3 Offices
• Internet Radio Escapes Online Ad Patent Suit
• Western Union Strikes Deal In Actus E-Payment IP Suit
• SEC's Chief Economist To Step Down
• GroupCast Cut From Mass Messaging Patent Suit
• Fla. Launches Anti-Cadmium Bill
• FTC, States Ink $12M False Claims Deals With LifeLock
• Ford, Other Major Car Cos. Sued Over Headlight Patent
• Receiver Targets Stanford Ally For Ponzi Gains
• Charter, Verizon Resolve Fiber Optics Patent War
• $1M Trimmed From $4.8M Award Over Remicade Ads
• Cost-Containment And The Need For Health Courts
• Stragent Sues Huawei Over Wireless Patent
• Law360 Product Liability Editorial Advisory Board
• Texas Railway Tie Co. Cancer Case Gains New Life
• ES&S Must Shed Assets Under DOJ Deal
• More Banks Sued In Wolf Run's 3rd Web Patent Suit
• Jury Awards $1.2M To Oil Pipe Cleaners Over Radiation
• Ohio BP Refinery Slapped With $3M In OSHA Fines
• Insurer Hits Roadblock In Sanford Coverage Case
• Inventor Retains Win In Suit Over Sulfur Test For Oil
• 2nd Fraud Scheme Gets Texan 25-Year Sentence
• VarTech Resolves Mass Engineered Display IP Spat
• Citadel Strikes Deal In Aldav's Web Radio Patent Suit
• Best Buy, Garmin Settle In Traffic Alert Patent Suit
• UBS Agrees To Buy Back $200M In ARS In Texas Deal
• Fed. Circ. Upholds Dish Sanctions In DVR Patent Suit
• Legislators Seek To Force US Exit From NAFTA
• 1 Of 4 Law Firms Plans To Hire This Quarter: Report
• Backflip Strikes Deal In Advertising Patent Suit
• Creditors Battle Renew Energy Ch. 7 Conversion Idea
• Sens. Want Private Energy Projects To Buy American
• Apple, RIM, Others Sued Over Smartphone Patents
• House Approves Insurance Broker Licensing Bill
• LG Strikes Deal In Ambato Navigation Patent Dispute
• Texas Judge, County Sued Over Sex Harassment
• Skadden Adds Patent Litigators From Dechert
• Avid, E-Z Up, InterDesign Hit With False Marking Suits
• XTO Energy Investors Move To Stop $41B Exxon Deal
• Intex, Sofpool Resolve Swimming Pool Patent Feud
• JPMorgan Settles Suit Over Secure Network Patent
• Eon, SmartSynch Ink Deal In Telecom Patent Suit
• Acacia Unit, Optics Co. Reach Deal Over LED Patent
• Jury Hands Novellus Win In Linear's Fraud Suit
• Baker Botts Moves To Protect Asarco Fees
• Uniloc Targets 15 Cos. In Software Patent Suit
• Atty Hits LexisNexis With $500M Faulty Software Claim
• Firms Face Rise In High Stakes IP Malpractice Suits
• The Latest Swipe At Insurers' Antitrust Exemption
• Greenberg Traurig Grabs Akin Gump IP Litigator
• Container Store Settles Lawsuit Over Web Patent
• Pandora, Onecast Dropped From Web Ad Patent Suit
• USHealth Dismissed From Cancer Insurance Suit
• Zund, RTI, Mimaki Exit Whetsone Printer Patent Suit
• NetVeda Dropped From IPAT Data Security Patent Spat
• Justices Skeptical About Skilling Conviction
• Gagosian Gallery Makes Play For $3M Stanford Bullion
• Supreme Court Won't Tackle MGE Gas Tax Fight
• CSIRO Targets AT&T, Others Over Wireless Patent
• Star Receiver Settles Fraud Suit Against Broker
• Intel, Others Renew Bid To Stay Processor Patent Suit
• Saxon Drops UTStarcom From Communications IP Suit
• Packaging Co. Found Liable For Exploding KFC Tubs
• PACid, Aruba Networks Settle Data Encryption IP Suit
• FTI Consulting Asks For $3M For TXCO Bankruptcy
• GraphOn's Firewall Patent Suit V. Juniper Sent To Calif.