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Texas - February, 2011

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• SEC Freezes Trader's Assets Over $4M Offering Fraud
• 5th Circ. Vacates FDA Win On Compounded Drug Review
• Texas AG Probes Hospital Chain Over Medicaid Fraud
• Linn Energy To Gain ND Foothold In $434M Oil Buy
• It's A Raid! Now What?
• Sydow Suit Over Stanford Fees Returns To State Court
• AT&T, Sprint, Others Sued Over Locator Patents
• Motorola Moves To Nullify TiVo DVR Patents
• National Union Could Be Liable For Railway Coverage
• Texas Hospital Settles DOJ Antitrust Row
• Frontier Shareholder Sues Over $7B Holly Merger
• Ex-GC Settles Defamation Suit Against Transit Agency
• Insurer Owes Only $2M For Highway Cases, Suit Says
• Sierra Club Sues EPA For Docs On Texas Power Plants
• Citgo Fined For Texas Refinery Explosion
• 5th Circ. Revives False Ad Action V. Software Co.
• Legal Recruiter Wins Suit Over Lewis Brisbois Hires
• Houston Grocery Chain Pays $2M To Settle FLSA Suit
• Dykema Beefs Up Dallas Bankruptcy Practice
• Capital One, Others Hit With Check Imaging IP Suit
• Crocs, Others Sued Over E-Commerce Patents
• Fort Worth Seeks To Toss Ex-Cops' OT Suit
• JPMorgan Wins 5th Circ. Sex Bias Case
• Jury Awards Ex-BNSF Engineer $1.9M For Injuries
• Enterprise To Buy Rest Of Duncan Energy For $2.4B
• Fed. Circ. Knocks Down $1.7B Humira Patent Verdict
• EchoStar Sued Over Data Communication Patent
• Facebook, Others Sued Over Media Upload Patents
• Texas Atty Pleads Guilty In Stock Manipulation Case
• Fed. Circ. Affirms FedEx Win In Barcode Patent Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Leegin Price-Fixing Suit
• V&E, Andrews Kurth Aid $7B Holly-Frontier Merger
• Beazley Sues To Get CMoney's D&O Policy Tossed
• Chartis Fights Coverage For Lubrizol Superfund Site
• Cement Co., Texas Cities Settle Green Policy Fight
• Texas Bar Refuses To Ban Sex With Clients
• SNC-Lavalin Hit With $2.4M Verdict For Faulty Pipe
• CSR To License Wi-LAN Bluetooth Patents
• Former Charity Honcho Gets 10 Years In Bribery Case
• Activision Exits Software Activation Patent Suit
• Broker-Dealer To Pay $21M To End Offering Actions
• Texas Bill Aims To Reform, Clarify Insurer Rules
• Texas Judge Trims Damages In Industrial Contracts Suit
• NY Court Uproots Thompson & Knight Malpractice Suit
• Author Sues To Fend Off Tolkien Copyright Claims
• Wick Phillips Adds H&B Energy, Contracts Atty
• Stanford Accuses US Of Rights Violations
• Fox, Sony Settle Video Indexing Patent Suit
• Panasonic Settles Sprawling IP Fight With Freescale
• Fed. Circ. Revives ABB Declaratory Judgment Case
• Man Used NFL Contacts To Fuel $41M Ponzi Plot: Feds
• An Update On MDL-875
• NFL Makes 3rd Offer To Displaced Super Bowl Fans
• Texas Lawmakers Advance Ariz.-Like Immigration Bill
• Hefty Maker Didn't Breach Evert Fresh IP Deal: Jury
• Army Corps Error Led To $4M Pipeline Break: Contango
• IDT Hit With $9M Verdict In Gift Card Patent Suit
• Refining Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Claims
• Microtune Execs Escape SEC Backdating Claims
• Texas Officials Pin Power Failures On Higher Demand
• Energizer Strikes Deal Over Expired LED Patent
• Judge Tosses Texas Power Line Suit Against Army Corps
• Recalled Triad Products Blamed For Child's Death
• Ohio AG Hits BP With Class Action Over Pension Losses
• Bowman Expands Pharma Practice In New Austin Office
• AT&T, Verizon Sued Over Smartphone Mapping Patents
• New Class Added To Fraud Suit Over Super Bowl Seating
• A Bankruptcy Regime For States: Pros And Cons
• Seahawk Drilling Enters Bankruptcy, Plans Asset Sale
• Canon, Samsung, Others Sued Over Data Exchange IP
• Allen & Overy Reps GE In $2.8B Buy Of Wood Group Unit
• Alleged Millennium Ponzi Schemer Settles With SEC
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Search Patent Win For Google, AOL
• Facebook Dropped From Mobile Technology IP Suit
• Climate Change Disclosure Obligations For Insurers
• Case Study: Moncrief Oil V. OAO Gazprom
• Take $665M Icahn Offer, Dynegy Board Begs Investors
• Mazda, ViewSonic Sued Over Traffic Alert Patents
• Texas Bill Would Mandate E-Verify For All Employers
• DOL Seeks $1M In Back Pay From Kinder Morgan
• Pride Shareholder Sues To Block $7.3B Ensco Merger
• Hogan Lovells Nets 2 For Energy, Project Practices
• Pokemon Strikes Deal With Beckett In Copyright Suit
• Texas Ruling Could Impact Surety Bond Terms
• DeLay Says Juror Was Biased, Seeks New Trial
• Exco Sells BG 50% Marcellus Stake For $230M
• REX Pipeline Sues Engineering Co. Over Wrong Pipes
• Fed. Circ. Sends Bluetooth Patent Suit To Texas
• Displaced Super Bowl XLV Fans File Fraud Action
• Google, Others Say Prior Art Voids Data Storage IP
• Judge Lifts Stay As EchoStar Trims DVR Patent Claims
• Gibson Dunn Atty Can Rep Wal-Mart, Despite Role As SG
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• Ex-Tesoro VP Says He Was Fired For Raising Fraud Flag
• Houston Gas Trader Cops To $8M Fraud
• Ironshore Seeks To Toss $60M Hurricane Damage Suit
• 21 Governors Back Health Insurance Exchange Changes
• Fed. Circ. Hears Cies Bisker Floor Ad Patent Case
• Contractor Testifies In Kuwait Base Corruption Probe
• Texas Officials Order Probe Of Rolling Blackouts
• Going, Going, Gone: Cubs And Rangers Bankruptcies
• $787M Petrobras Contract Suit Can Proceed: 5th Circ.
• Wii Infringes Motion-Sensitive Sound Patent: Suit
• Life Partners Fudged Life Expectancy Data, Suit Says
• Ex-Lufkin Employee Loses Fight Over His First Name
• Brocade Strikes Deal Over PACid Network Patents
• Judge Nixes Joint Liability In Bayer Rice Bellwether
• Jones Day Raids Mayer Brown To Add 3 Finance Vets
• Wi-LAN Slaps HTC With Wireless IP Suit
• No Equity + No Other Assets = No Attorneys' Fees?!
• Admiral Need Not Cover Street Sign Contractor: Judge
• Watson Settles Androderm False Marking Suit
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Marie Yeates
• Actavis Ordered To Pay $170M In Medicaid Fraud Suit
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 1
• Wi-Lan Settles With Netgear, Others In Wi-Fi IP Suit
• Hasbro, Others Sued Over Sales Management Patent
• BP To Sell Refineries In Texas, Calif.
• Sipco Sues Ingersoll-Rand, Others Over Wireless IP
• FCPA Guidance In Alcatel-Lucent Settlements