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Texas - March, 2011

185 articles

• J&J Judgment In Stent Patent Suit Climbs To $593M
• Former Texas Judge Pleads Guilty To Bribery
• Texas County Accused Of Retaliation For Age Bias Suit
• Duane Morris Wards Off Texas Malpractice Suit
• Seahawk Asset Sale To Hercules Gets Antitrust OK
• Deepwater Drillers Slowly Move Rigs Away From Gulf
• Apple, Google, Others Sued Over Smartphone Tech
• Chevron Wins Bid To Transfer Samson Suit To Texas
• Hyundai, Kia To Pay Royalties In Car Audio IP Suit
• Win For Dow, Monsanto Upheld In $3M Indemnity Suit
• Liberty Scores 5th Circ. Win On Contractors' Coverage
• Austin Attorneys See More Startup Funding, IPOs
• Texas Billionaire Eyes Appeal Of $116M Fraud Verdict
• Texas Bank Loses Bid To Split Up Investors' Fraud Suit
• Encore Faces Investor Class Action Over $567M Sale
• Ex-Charity COO Gets 3 Years In Texas Bribery Case
• Northrop Dodges Bid To Revive Boat Fraud Claims
• Winston & Strawn Adds Howrey IP Vet In Houston
• NY AG To Review AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Deal
• Judge Rules Generic Drug Infringes Dermalogix Patent
• Chattem To License LecTec Patch Patents For $3.6M
• 5th Circ. Upholds Class Denial In Title Insurance Row
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• 5th Circ. Says WQIS Must Pay $2M For La. Barge Spill
• AT&T's T-Mobile Buy Is Anti-Competitive, Sprint Says
• Enron VP Gets Halfway House Stint For Insider Trading
• 'Money Man' Radio Host Settles SEC Fraud Suit
• MetroPCS Dodges Securities Class Action
• Are You Guilty Of Job Title Inflation?
• Dell, Others Sued Over Device Connection Patent
• Animal Health Investor Contests $251M Lextron Deal
• Peak Wins $20M In Oil Rights Spat With Chesapeake
• Ex-Haynes Client Suffers Setback In Malpractice Suit
• Casio, Others Escape Traffic Ticket System Patent Suit
• C&R Financial Ponzi Schemer Hit With $5M Penalty
• Dallas Banker Fights To Overturn 25-Year Sentence
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part I
• Deepwater Spill Won't Stir Drilling Insurance Policies
• La. Investors Sue SEC Over Stanford Failures
• Occidental To Pay $2M To Resolve Royalty Suit
• Judge Swats Google Bid To End Jarg Search Patent Suit
• Stanford Drops Suit Against US Officials
• EPA Calls For Truce In Texas CAA Permitting Fight
• Anti-Indemnity Statutes Cave To Insurance Obligation
• 4 Views On Medical Device Preemption
• Houston Settles Black Firefighters' Bias Suit
• 5th Circ. Lets Lexington Off For Hurricane Coverage
• Godwin Grows Dallas Litigation, Appellate Practice
• Texas Bank Seeks Quick Win In Investors' Fraud Suit
• Fed. Circ. Moves Fiber Optics Suit To Northern Texas
• AirTran Investors Agree To $3.4B Southwest Deal
• Azure Sues Qualcomm, Others Over Networking Patent
• Vinson Reps Anadarko In $576M BP Asset Buy
• Targeting Health Care Antitrust In Texas
• Sprint CEO Raises Red Flags Over AT&T's T-Mobile Deal
• Hostile Workplace Claim Null Under USERRA: 5th Circ.
• Texas Says Gas Co. Not To Blame For Well Pollution
• K-Sea Investor Sues To Halt $335M Kirby Deal
• Nonprofit Sues DOJ For Access To DeLay Probe Docs
• Newfield Picks Up Utah Oil Assets For $215M
• M&A Boom Heats Up Legal, Lateral Markets In Texas
• Judge Sinks Shareholder Action Against Franklin Bank
• BP Tries To Nix Deepwater Horizon Securities Suits
• CenterPoint Secures Win In Stranded Costs Fight
• AT&T Stakes $3B On Antitrust Clearance Of T-Mobile Buy
• Sierra Club Takes Aim At 3 Luminant Coal-Fired Plants
• Ogma Sues LG, 3M, Others Over Video System Patent
• Akin Gump, V&E Advise In $1.6B Anadarko-KNOC Deal
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• Apple, Nokia, Motorola Face Image Sensor Patent Suit
• Exxon, Others To Pay $1.75M To Settle Enviro Claims
• Judge Rejects $21M Securities America Settlement
• Judge Grants TRO In Power Co.'s Trade Secrets Suit
• Texas Group Sues Advisers Over Competing Plant Bid
• Quicksilver Majority Owners Decide Not To Go Private
• Ex-Fish Attys Launch Litigation Firm In Texas, Neb.
• Clark Thomas & Winters Attys Create New Austin Firm
• Sony Becomes Latest To Exit Wi-LAN Bluetooth Suit
• US Fights Full 11th Circ. Review Of Health Care Law
• Ex-Texas Prosecutor To Join Bracewell & Giuliani
• Winston & Strawn Gets 40 Howrey IP Attys, Texas Digs
• US, Oil Cos. End Enviro Suit Over Water Pollution
• Dow Hit With $9M Verdict In Asbestos Cancer Suit
• Yellow Pages Publisher Idearc Ducks ERISA Suit
• Inside Texan Attorney Ethics: Referendum Breakdown
• Dell, RIM, Others Sued In Wi-Fi Patent Suit
• Mont. Orders AG To Join Health Care Reform Challenge
• DVD Maker Asks High Court To Move Calif. IP Suit
• IRS Hands Enron Tax Shelter Whistleblower $1.1M
• Class Wins Initial Cert. In Consulting Firm FLSA Suit
• Triad Halts Production Of Pads Tied To Child's Death
• Premier Wins Bid To Arbitrate Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Sony, Staples, Others Face Web Sales Patent Suit
• Facebook, RIM, BofA Hit With Messaging Patent Suit
• Security Guards Win Initial Cert. In Texas FLSA Suit
• 5th Circ. Stays Judge's Drilling Permit Orders
• Regulators Fight Injunction In Securities America Suit
• 5th Circ. Wipes Part Of EPA Factory Farm Permit Rule
• New Damages Trial Ordered In Exxon Royalties Suit
• MacroSolve Sues Mobile App Cos. Over Data Patent
• Devon, Texas Billionaire Hit With $116M Fraud Verdict
• Making Interstate Discovery Easier In NY
• Apple, Others Sued Over Video Display Patent
• Tiffany, Others Settle Landmark E-Commerce Suit
• Comcast, Other Cable Cos. Targeted In Receiver IP Suit
• Kansas Atty Cops To $2.5M Investment Scheme
• Atwater Aims To Drop Motorola From Network IP Suit
• 5th Circ. Nixes Latest Stanford Bond Appeal
• 5th Circ. Denies Battery Recyclers' Fees Bid
• Texas Bill Pushes Fracking Chemical Disclosures
• Dallas Financier Gets 25 Years In $50M Fraud Case
• Stragent Slaps Infineon, Others With Tech Patent Suit
• Latham Reps K-Sea In $600M Merger With Kirby
• Toyota Escapes Sanctions, Retrial In Rollover Suit
• Manager, DOJ Strike $82M Deal In Lyondell Fraud Case
• Ogma Sues Apple, Dell, Others Over Smartphone Patent
• PayPal Settles Payment IP Suit For $7.5M
• Texas Supreme Court Overturns Well Permit Grant
• Texas Jury Awards $10M In Developer's Contract Suit
• Alleged Ponzi Schemer Says SEC Is Fishing For Docs
• Heater Co. Fired Worker For Raising Issues, DOL Says
• British Atty Admits To $132M Nigerian Bribery Scheme
• A Shot In The Arm For Section 2 Enforcement
• Baker Wins TRO In Secrets Suit Against Ex-Manager
• Jury Sides With Toyota In $11.5M Seat Design Suit
• Texas Insurer Ordered To Indemnify Sabic In MTBE MDL
• Vista Dodges Bulk Of Ex-Worker's Medicaid FCA Suit
• BP Contractors Seek $500M Over Benzene Exposure
• Judge Steps Down In Case Against DeLay Aides
• SAP Hit With Patent Suit Over Enterprise Software
• Winstead Nabs 4 K&L Gates Enviro Attys In Texas
• AstraZeneca To Pay $69M To States Over Seroquel
• Gulf Sens. Call For 1-Year Oil, Gas Lease Extensions
• Scaffold Co. Sues Zurich Over Wrongful Death Coverage
• Houston Medical Supplier Convicted Of $4.3M Fraud
• Texas Rancher Claims Gas Wells Poisoned Family
• ExxonMobil Sued Over Baytown Plant Explosion
• Dynegy Warns Of Potential Ch. 11 Filing
• Baker Hostetler Adds 2 Attys To Houston Office
• US Faces Noise Complaint Over Texas Highway Plan
• Texas Court Clears NRG Power Plant Permits
• Ex-ABB Manager Wants FCPA Charges Tossed
• Novak Druce, Perkins Coie Pick Up Howrey IP Attys
• Terrabon Names Ex-Phillips & Reiter Atty As GC
• FINRA Fines Southwest Over MSRB Violations
• BNY, Wells Fargo OK'd To Intervene In $21M Ponzi Deal
• Rival Says Finisar Lasers Infringe 5 Patents
• Ex-Texas DA Cops To Snatching $2M From Counties
• Texas Motels Settle Hurricane Price-Gouging Claims
• Wine Sellers Fail To Get Cert In Texas Shipping Case
• Pengo Nearing Settlement With Texas In CERCLA Suit
• Mitsubishi Can Search Some Hard Drives In GE Case
• Occidental Hit With $2M Tab In Turtle Bayou Fight
• 3 Green Groups Sue Over Texas Coal Plant Pollution
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To 1998 Tobacco Deal
• Texas Judge Won't Move Aso Bandage Patent Case
• Fed. Circ. Backs Retrial In Cisco Wireless IP Row
• News Site Sues Austin Over Public Records Disclosure
• Citi Exits Payment IP Suit With $7.5M Deal
• Texas Town Sues Owners Of Noisy Gas Facilities
• Fed. Circ. Won't Send Eolas Web IP Suit To Calif.
• US Clears BP In Atlantis Safety Probe
• Texas Bill Would Expand AG's Role In Qui Tam Suits
• I2, Oracle Resolve Software Patent Battle
• DDB Drops Simulation IP Claims Against PGA Tour, Time
• How States Are Spearheading Chemical Regulation
• Texas Lawmakers Seek End To Austin Energy Monopoly
• DuPont Sues Ex-Employee To Protect Trade Secrets
• IBM Hit With $9M Judgment In Server Patent Suit
• Ameriprise Settles Securities Suits For $27M: Atty
• HSBC Pays $5.5M To Exit Payment Processing IP Suit
• Allergan Tries To Nix Breast Implant Marking Suit
• Texas Court Sides With State DOT In Contract Dispute
• Texas Gov. Fights For 'Loser Pays' Legal System
• Texas Court Revives Tire Pump Trade Secrets Suit
• Stanford Takes Speedy Trial Allegation To 5th Circ.
• Texas Developers Want Sanctions For CWA Suit
• Weighing Ch. 11 For Nonprofits In The 5th Circ.
• Mesa Sheds Aircraft Leases To Exit Ch. 11
• Texas AG Nails Gulf Chemical With Pollution Charges
• Vinson & Elkins Reps Range In $900M Property Sale
• Texas Officials Put TWIA Under Agency Oversight
• ClearCorrect Faces IP, Competition Suits Over Braces
• Investors In Ameriprise Unit Seek To Block $21M Deal
• A Look At State Court Trade Secret Stats