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Texas - December, 2010

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• Sewage Suits Yield Top Enviro Settlements Of 2010
• AIG Led Insurer Payouts In 2010
• Insurance Cases To Watch In 2011
• Madoff, Credit Crisis Drove Securities Deals In 2010
• Insurers Gained Ground In Key 2010 Rulings
• Environmental Regulation To Watch In 2011
• Top '10 Bankruptcy Rulings Show Devil's In The Details
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2011
• Financial Services Cases To Watch In 2011
• Down Economy Fueled Employment Settlements In 2010
• Health Care Regulation To Watch In 2011
• Copyright, Trademark Suits Netted Big Payouts In 2010
• Securities Cases To Watch In 2011
• 1st Circ. Affirms $18M Enviro Fine On Southern Union
• Apple, Nokia Face Patent Suit Over Smartphones
• EPA To Institute 1st-Ever GHG Pollution Standards
• WaMu Bondholders Take JPMorgan Suit TO DC Circ.
• Republicans Block Cole's Deputy AG Nomination
• Judge Trims Long-Running Universal Antitrust Suit
• 3M, Others Urge US To Back High Infringement Standard
• NHTSA Begins Engineering Analysis Of Ford Windstars
• House OKs Agency Accountability Bill After Stutter
• SynQor Wins $95M Verdict In Power Converter IP Suit
• Halliburton Says Nigeria Bribery Deal Is Only $35M
• Hotel Management Firm BPP Files For Ch. 11
• Judge Keeps $600M Funeral Fraud Suit Mostly Intact
• SAP Did Not Directly Infringe Versata Patent: Judge
• 5th Circ. Backs FLSA Exemption For Claims Adjusters
• Exposure And Settlement Value In False Marking Claims
• House Judiciary Chief To Create New IP Subcommittee
• HTC, Apple, Dell Face Patent Suit Over Audio Tech
• Odyssey Settles Shareholder Suits Over Gentiva Merger
• Insurer Wants Off Hook For Lubrizol Cleanup
• Ex-Lyondell Employees Seek Class Cert. In Bonus Suit
• White HR Worker Wins $5.8M In Discrimination Case
• Texas High Court Nixes $17M Award Over Bus Crash
• 11 States Join DOJ Suit Over Merchant Fees
• Texas High Court Again Nixes Award Against Exxon
• Google, Amazon, Others Sued Over Image ID Patent
• Receiver Seeks $12.5M From Ex-Stanford Brass
• GeoTag Sues Hundreds Of Retailers Over Web Search IP
• Wyeth Loses Bid To Take Novartis IP Suit To Calif.
• Prosecutors Want 2nd Mental Exam On Stanford
• Amazon, Travelocity Sued Over Web Browsing Patents
• Winston Patent Litigation Vet Joins Mayer Brown
• House Blocks Agency Spending Accountability Bill
• Underwriting The Wind
• The UK's Fast Lane For IP Enforcement
• AT&T Settles Call Center Workers' FLSA Action
• Tour Co. Appeals Coverage Denial In Airline Pact Suit
• Halliburton Settles Bribery Case For $250M
• Google, Yahoo Patent Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Food Co. Faces $2.3M Fine For Non-NAFTA Peanuts
• Secure Axcess Sues BofA, Other Banks Over Web Patent
• 5th Circ. OKs Freeze On Stanford Brokers' Assets
• Attys Dodge Malpractice Suit Over BP Plant Explosion
• Locke Lord Weighs Merger With Nixon Peabody
• DNS Seeks To Drop ITC Case Against Dell, Others
• Materiality And Statistical Significance Explained
• Jury Slaps Southwestern Unit With $11.4M Verdict
• No Double Jeopardy In Atty Fraud Suit: 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Assault On Asarco Ch. 11 Plan
• Sierra Club Sues Exxon Over Texas Complex Pollution
• Entergy Fleeced Customers, Must Pay Damages: Judge
• DirecTV Can't Evade Digital Data Patent Suit
• Calif. Overtime Action Against AT&T Goes Nationwide
• The Art Of Legal Networking For Small-Firm Lawyers
• Ex-GE Capital Exec Gets 10 Years In Fraud Case
• Barnes & Noble, WebMD Sued Over Web Profile Patent
• 5th Circ. Affirms Award In Oil Fraud Suit
• Toyota Can't Shake Tundra Rollover Damages Claim
• GHG Rules Get Green Light From DC Circ.
• Weir To Pay £14M Over Iraq Oil-For-Food Kickbacks
• 'Unfocused, Numb' Stanford Seeks Competency Hearing
• Debt Isn't Issue, Vitro Replies To Involuntary Ch. 11
• GOP Bill Takes Aim At EPA Funds For GHG Regulation
• China Buys Argentina Oil Assets In $2.5B Deal
• New House Judiciary Chief Eyes White House Oversight
• Kirkland Advises CHS In $3.3B Bid For Tenet
• Supreme Court Weighs Major Shift On Invalidity
• Helen Of Troy Snags Kaz For $260M Cash
• Energizer Faces Suit Over Expired LED Patent
• EPA Wrongly Nixed Emissions Permit Program: Texas
• Upton Named Head Of House Energy Committee
• Senate Votes To Remove Porteous From Federal Bench
• Pride Int'l Unit Settles Bribery Claims For $56M
• Stanford Still Wants Out Of Prison As Trial Nears
• Fed. Circ. Reverses Western Union's $16M Patent Win
• Ark. Court Backs Class Cert. For Insurance Customers
• Bryan Cave, AmEx Tax Shelter Case Pared Down Again
• Greens Seek To Join EPA In Cement Kiln Rule Dispute
• Kraft Hit With Trademark Suit Over Sweet Almonds
• US Asks Supreme Court To Reject Contractor's Fee Suit
• US Urges High Court To Tackle Loss Causation Rule
• Louis Vuitton Seeks 337 Probe Of Chinese, Calif. Cos.
• Ex-KBR Exec Pleads Guilty To Nigeria Bribes
• Novatel Marks MiFi Wares With Expired Patents: Suit
• In Re Scopac ... 2 Years Later
• Taiwanese Research Group Hits LG With 4 Patent Suits
• Fed. Circ. Boots MedioStream IP Suit Out Of Texas
• Mayo Sues BP To Collect Oil, Gas Royalties
• Pro Bono Firm Of 2010: Jenner & Block
• Leahy Pushes For Deputy AG Vote Amid GOP Resistance
• Stryker Loses Bid To Toss Pain Pump Suits
• RJ Reynolds Agrees To Meet With AGs On Marketing
• Uniloc Sues EA, Others Over Anti-Piracy Patent
• AbitibiBowater, Others Sued Over Sheet Trim Patent
• Facebook Hit With Database, Search Patent Suit
• The Importance Of I4i V. Microsoft
• Univ. Of Wash. Targets GE Over Ultrasound Patent
• Senate Panel Clears 11 Judicial Nominees, Holds 5
• FCC Releases Net Neutrality Road Map
• Senate Panel Clears Fashion IP Protection Legislation
• Effects Of EPA Clean Air Initiatives
• 3M, Funai, Others Hit With False Marking Suits