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Texas - September, 2010

171 articles

• Judge Issues Gag Order In Stanford Criminal Case
• EPA Hits Exxon Mobil With RCRA Toxic Waste Fine
• BP To Pay Record $15M Fine Over Texas Refinery
• Hyundai's Case For Coverage Of A Patent Suit
• Another Look At Confidentiality Requests
• ABB To Pay $58.3M For Bribing Mexican Officials
• Apple Exits Sharing Sound's Music Sales Patent Suit
• Army Role-Playing Trainers Win FLSA Class Cert.
• Head Of Texas Firm Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• Beware EFTA Notice Requirements
• Tech, Financial Sectors Back Microsoft High Court Bid
• US Gov't, States Lose Asarco Cost Claims
• House Reps Come Up Short On Net Neutrality Bill
• House Passes 9/11 Victims' Bill
• US, Texas Object To Aegis Mortgage Ch. 11 Plan
• ABB Charged With Bribing Mexican, Iraqi Officials
• Senate Grills Judicial Nominees On Sentencing Rules
• Bill To End Cuba Travel Ban Delayed In House
• Special Master Appointed To Sort Out BP MDL Claims
• EEOC Sues Care Provider Over Client's Sex Harassment
• Claims Pared In Bryan Cave Tax Shelter Class Action
• Chesapeake Exploration Underpays Gas Royalties: Suit
• High Court To Hear Product Cases Against Foreign Cos.
• Jones Day Snags Akin Gump Trial Vet In Houston
• Patent Verdict Against US Bank Doubled To $53M
• GAO Nixes Protest Over Heater Tube Contracts
• Sony Can't Dodge Suit Over Online Gaming Patents
• 5th Circ. Orders Stanford Detained For 3rd Time
• Judge OKs Chemtura's $38M Fund For Enviro Claims
• EEOC Accuses DHL Of Racial Segregation
• 2 Nabbed For Insider Trading On Exxon-XTO Deal
• Verizon, AT&T Popped With Data Storage Patent Suit
• UFW, Stephen Colbert Push For Migrant Labor Reform
• Vicks Inhaler Maker Slapped With Patent Marking Suit
• Aspen Tries To Duck Bill For Alleged $3M Stock Scam
• AT&T, GM Tagged In Latest Parallel Networks IP Suit
• Bill Striking SEC FOIA Exemptions Heads To Obama
• 5th Circ. Keeps Insurer On Hook In Workers' Comp Case
• BP Seeks To Speed Up Venue Ruling In Coverage Spat
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Nissan's 'Bubbly' Dashboards
• Guilty Plea Entered In Ex-Cowboy's $21M Fraud Case
• JC Penney, Others Sued Over Procurement Tech Patents
• Dems Push For End To Credit Checks In Hiring
• Enbridge To Pay Up To $60M Over Chicago Oil Spill
• Parkcentral Investors File Suit Over Fund's Collapse
• Man Accused Of $16M Ponzi Plot Against Christians
• Andrews Kurth Atty May Be Charged In Stanford Case
• Ion Award Cut To $11M In Seismic Sensor Patent Suit
• Geithner Optimistic On New Global Capital Rules
• Senate Repeals FOIA Exemptions For SEC
• House Legislators Call For Medicare Fraud Crackdown
• Lloyd's Suit Over Hurricane Ike Coverage Survives
• Skullcandy Targets IWave Headphones In IP Suit
• Diocese Says Ex-Episcopal Bishop Infringes Its Marks
• Senate Approves 1-Year Flood Insurance Extension
• 5th Circ. Leaves Celanese On Hook For $4.6M Cleanup
• SEC's Mark Cuban Win Could Be Short-Lived
• DOJ Asks To Join Wyeth Rapamune Qui Tam Suit
• Q&A With Barnes & Thornburg's Solomon Wisenberg
• FERC Delays Look At New Intrastate Pipeline Rules
• Nationwide Employees File FLSA Suit Over Training OT
• Wal-Mart Shoppers Drop Suit Over 'Illegal' Switchblades
• Hasbro, Pennzoil, Others Hit With False Marking Suits
• China Tops List Of FCPA Hot Spots
• Kodak Exits Acacia Affiliate's Webcam Clip Patent Suit
• BP Fights Insurers Over Venue For Gulf Coverage Spat
• Senate GOP Vows To Blockade Pay-For-Delay Ban
• Adobe Photoshop Plug-In Violates Patents, Suit Claims
• Microtune Investor Fights To Block $166M Zoran Deal
• Menusoft Didn't Infringe Dining Sales Patent, Jury Says
• Mark Holders Seek Cert. In Google AdWords Suits
• DHS Hit With FOIA Suit Over Lockheed Subcontract
• The Muddy Collaboration Element Of Joint Inventorship
• 5th Circ. Affirms Win For AT&T Unit In IP Contract Spat
• TiVo, Verizon DVR Patent Spat To Stay In East Texas
• Chemtura Settles Union, Environmental Claims
• Whirlpool Can't Wash Hands Of Moldy Machine Claims
• EPA Launches Pollution Probe Of Texas BP Refinery
• Senate OKs Multiyear Boeing Fighter Contracts
• Vizio Exits AtratechJapan's LCD Patent Battle
• False Marking Law After Stauffer V. Brooks Brothers
• Mexican States Join In Deepwater Horizon Litigation
• Konami, Viacom Settle 'Rock Band' Controller Suit
• NM Uranium Mining Case Appealed To High Court
• 5th Circ. OKs Toss Of Gas-Rate Tampering Suit V. ETP
• Warren Gets Top Spot At New Consumer Bureau: Report
• Recouping Defense Costs For Noncovered Claims
• Novartis Must Reply To Wyeth's Bid To Move IP Suit
• Senate Panel OKs Increased Access To SEC Records
• Progressive Sues HTI Over Car Monitoring Patents
• NRG To Buy Green Mountain Energy For $350M
• Wal-Mart Hit With Class Action Over ATM Fees
• Texas, Manufacturers Want Halt Of EPA's GHG Rules
• U.S. Drops Case Against Last Nigerian Barge Defendant
• Ark. Intervenes In Wyeth Protonix Qui Tam Suits
• Basell Noteholders Sue BNY Mellon Over Lyondell Deal
• Verizon Faces Suit Over Idearc Spinoff
• Apple Strikes Deal In Typhoon Touch-Screen IP Spat
• Adobe, Others Face Uniloc Suit Over Anti-Piracy Patent
• Ericsson Sues Netgear, Others Over Router Patents
• Sierra Club, Chamber Sue EPA Over Texas Air Quality
• Chuck E. Cheese's Recalls 1.2M Children's Toys
• Citizens Strikes Deal On Race-Based Pricing Claims
• Salazar And Far-Reaching Changes At BOEMRE
• Eastern District Of Texas — Plaintiffs' Paradise Lost?
• The Curious Case Of Pharma Sales Reps And The FLSA
• Judge Hints He'll OK States' Challenge To Health Reform
• 5th Circ. Vacates Sanctions Against Susman Atty
• Senate Begins Impeachment Trial For Judge Porteous
• EEOC Hits FedEx With Sex Bias Class Action
• Fidelity Sued Over Hurricane Ike Coverage
• BP, Others Want Deepwater Claims Sent To Escrow 1st
• Nichia Launches Suit Over LED Patents
• Garmin Settles In Acacia Unit's Interactive Map IP Suit
• Uniloc Slaps Software Cos. With Another Patent Suit
• DOJ Expects To Bring Civil Suit Over Gulf Spill
• Convergys Exits Aloft Software Patent Suit
• Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Sued Over Location Patent
• Latham, Venable Rep American Assets In $500M IPO
• Safeway Insurance Adjuster Launches OT Action
• Sex Bias At Root Of Female Lawyers' Lower Pay: Study
• Sustaining Renewable Energy And Carbon Markets
• Financial Reform 101: For Small Cos.
• KBR Prevails In Suit Over Toxic Exposure In Iraq
• Texas Ponzi Victims Can't Pursue Claims As Class
• ACS, SEC Settle $51M Options Backdating Suit
• Taiwanese Cos. Dumping Polyvinyl Alcohol: Commerce
• Titan Demands $226K In Military Contract Spat
• Is Fracking The Next MTBE (Or Worse)?
• Green Groups Sue EPA Over Air Quality Standards
• Oil Exec's Assets Frozen In $17M Fraud Suit
• EMC, CA, Others Sued Over E-Dictionary Patent
• Indirect Buyers' Wellbutrin Antitrust Suit Lives On
• Vinson, Baker Botts Advise In $300M Targa IPO
• Amazon, GE, Others Sued Over Power Switch Patent
• MOFCOM's Stance On Novartis/Alcon
• Stauffer Paves Way For New False Marking Defenses
• Coastal Maritime Gets 2nd Shot At $25M Army Contract
• Financing Offshore Wind Development
• Online Gaming Patent Suit V. Sony Remains In Texas
• Skilled Healthcare Turns $671M Verdict Into $50M Deal
• Total Hits Team Industries With $4.8M Contract Suit
• 3 IP Groups Are Tops For In-House Counsel
• 2 Firms Top Corp. Counsel's Securities Short List
• Inergy To Buy Natural Gas Storage Facility For $725M
• Radio Flyer Sued For Using Expired Patent
• 5th Circ. Strikes Down Truckers' FLSA Appeal
• What Leegin's Conclusion Does (And Doesn't) Mean
• TWIA Faces Action Over Hurricane Ike Payouts
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• Taiwanese Co. Sues RIM Over Wireless Patents
• Allergan Hits Watson With Patent Suit Over Combigan
• Sierra Club Sues Luminant Over Power Plant Emissions
• Allied Health Head Charged In $87M Lease Fraud Scam
• Chinese Furniture Importers Sue US Over Duty Rates
• Enterprise Products Fined Over Fatal Explosion
• Most Admired Attys: GE's Rod McLaren
• Crossroads Targets D-Link, 3Par Over Data Storage IP
• GE, Philips, Others Sued Over Fluorescent Light Patent
• Dell Gives Up On 3PAR After HP Offers $2.4B Bid
• Class Action Says RadioShack Misclassified Managers
• Microsoft Enters Gaming Patent Spat To Protect Info
• Novartis' Hemophilia Drug Patent Suit Stays In Texas
• Dallas Cabbies Lose Bid To Enjoin Natural Gas Rule
• Texas Man Cops To $485M Oil, Gas Ponzi Scheme
• St. Paul Off Hook For $16M Alstom Power Plant Spat
• Skilled Healthcare Settles Securities Action For $3M
• Burr & Forman Reps ProAssurance In $233M APA Deal
• What To Know If A CEO Client Is Deposed
• Can Smart Grids Rise Above The Storm?
• SEC Accuses Halek, CBO Of $22M Oil Scheme