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Texas - April, 2011

154 articles

• Security Co. Owner Fights 13-Year Tax Fraud Sentence
• Linn Energy Adds $163M In ND Shale Assets
• SEC Freezes Assets Of Alleged $8.6M Ponzi Schemers
• Enterprise Snaps Up Rest Of Duncan Energy In $2.5B Deal
• Texas Atty, Ex-State Lawmaker Admits To Bribing Judge
• Getting Out Of The Eastern District Of Texas
• Expertly Navigating Federal Expert Disclosure Rules
• Ford, Microlog Settle Call Center IP Suit
• CHS Rebuts Tenet Medicare Fraud Claims
• Preferred Bank Sues Insurer Over $11M Fraud Coverage
• Golf Channel Says $6M Stanford Payment Was Legit
• AGs Lambast NLRB's Claims Against Boeing
• NAIC Wins Suit Over Medicare Supplement Criticisms
• Mining Exec Says SEC Trying To 'Crucify' Him
• Par Pharmaceutical Settles Medicaid Suits For $154M
• Gas Co. Settles Texas Family's Pipeline Explosion Suit
• PCD Deal Marks End To Trial-Bound Wi-LAN IP Suits
• Prexus Wins $8M Verdict In Texas Contract Suit
• Sprint Asks FCC To Consolidate Reviews Of AT&T Deals
• Allied Faces Class Action Over Pay Practices
• Texas Senate Passes Bill Deregulating Telecoms
• Hospital Group To Appeal PPACA Suit Dismissal
• DOJ Greenlights $1.4B Southwest-AirTran Combo
• Transocean Wins $15M Drilling IP Verdict Against Maersk
• $251M Animal Health Co. Merger Moves Forward
• Ex-Stanford CEO Tries To Toss $3M Suit Over Ponzi Plot
• Sprint Wants To See Confidential AT&T, T-Mobile Files
• Spotlight On The Pension Predicament
• YRC Settles Race Bias Class Action
• Judge Pares Down Wellogix Secrets Suit V. Accenture
• Alliance Data To Pay $356M For Marketing Agency Aspen
• AUO, Chi Mei Slammed With LCD Patent Suit
• Ex-Stanford Money Gurus Fight Janvey Clawback Claims
• Amazon, Google, Others Sued Over Data Retrieval IP
• Kirkland & Ellis Reps Solera In $520M Explore Info Buy
• Community Health Under Microscope For Medicare Billing
• Developer Gets 7 Years In Dallas Bribery Scheme
• RIM, Fractus Settle Antenna Patent Row
• Google Hit With $5M Verdict In Linux IP Suit
• Tenet Healthcare Again Rejects $3.3B CHS Bid
• Insurers Can't Intervene In Stanford Suit: Judge
• Star Exploration Receiver Pitches $1M Settlement Deal
• Adobe, EA Sued Over Digital Rights Management IP
• Jacobs Workers Win Class Cert. In Wage-And-Hour Suit
• Green Groups Balk At Texas Enviro Regulation Bill
• T-Mobile Merger Will Boost Competition, AT&T Tells FCC
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up Houston Labor Lawyer
• Ensco Seeks To Toss Suit Over SEC Filing In $7B Deal
• PJC Logistics Fires Back At Qualcomm Over GPS Patent
• BP To Pay $1B For Advance Gulf Restoration Projects
• Webvention Targets Merck, Others In Web Data IP Suit
• DOD Says Ex-Contract Audit Manager Harassed Workers
• Gibson Dunn Draws Ex-V&E Antitrust Leaders
• Ex-ABB Exec Seeks To Limit Testimony In FCPA Trial
• Apple, HTC, Others Face MP3 Tech Patent Suit
• EchoStar Ruling Offers Lessons For Cos., Attys Say
• The Trouble With Ch. 11 For Nonprofits
• Ex-Schlumberger Worker Breached Employment Deal: Suit
• Securities America Settles 3 Class Actions For $150M
• SRE Shareholders Sue GridPoint Over $80M Deal
• Texas Court Snatches $6.7M Verdict From Homebuilder
• AstraZeneca Sued Over Nexium Bone Fracture Risks
• Texas Hospital Fights To Sink Medicare Fraud Suit
• Glassmaker Says Bondholders Breached Confidentiality
• Stanford Receiver Seeks $3M From Fund Tied To Bidens
• Ace Seeks To Avoid Coverage In Quanta Wildfire Suit
• CHS Moves To All-Cash Bid In Tenet Merger Battle
• Best Buy Slapped With Patent Suit Over Clip-On Light
• Waiver Of Appraisal — More Than A Matter Of Time
• Welcome To The New Law360
• 5th Circ. Nixes Shaw Radiation Exposure Lawsuit
• Google, Northeastern Settle Database Patent Fight
• Nuisance Deals A Cause Celebre For Texas Judge
• FCC Launches Review Of $39B AT&T, T-Mobile Merger
• Judge Blocks Par Pharma's Generic Treximet
• NuStar Gets Bargain On Bankrupt Texas Refinery
• Stanford Auditor Moves To Quash Subpoena
• UHS Demands More Info From Rival In Antitrust Suit
• Cozen Plucks Another Beirne Maynard Insurance Atty
• Applying American Pipe In State Courts
• AT&T, Sony, Others Slapped With Keyboard IP Suit
• FTC Says $600M Kirby, K-Sea Deal Fit For Launch
• Fed. Circ. Partly Stays SynQor's Converter Ban
• Texas Firm Sued Over Knowledge Of Stanford Ponzi
• Brokers, Traders On Hook In $70M Texas Ponzi Scheme
• VirnetX Adds Avaya To Network Patent Action
• American Hits Orbitz, Travelport With Antitrust Suit
• Stanford Trustee's $545M Recovery Suit Survives
• Golden Gate REIT Founder Convicted Of $2M Fraud
• Judge Won't Move Super Bowl Suit To Texas Court
• Clark Thomas, Austin's Oldest Law Firm, Shuts Down
• Superior Offshore Strikes $2M Deal In Suit Over IPO
• National Semiconductor Investor Sues Over $6.5B TI Bid
• Bimbo Bakeries Can't Trim Drivers' Class Action
• Sensus Settles Eon Mobile Communications IP Suit
• MetroPCS, Mercedes, Ford Sued Over Call Locator IP
• Creditors Lose Bid To Push 3 Vitro Units Into Ch. 11
• Goodmans, Hodgson Rep Altus In $130M Software Buy
• Consumer Union Warns Congress On AT&T, T-Mobile Buy
• State Farm Owes $350M In Refunds, Texas Judge Says
• Judge Consolidates Super Bowl Class Actions
• Power Line Hit With Overtime Class Action
• Simpson Thacher Snags V&E Atty For Houston Office
• Ex-Security Co. Owner Gets 13 Years For Tax Scheme
• Tenet Lobs Fraud Suit At Hostile Suitor CHS
• Cisco Hit With $64M Verdict In 2nd Commil IP Trial
• US Argues Investors Can't Sue SEC Over Stanford Fraud
• Vitro Files Motion To Sell US Operations
• Lewis Brisbois Expands Texas Presence With New Office
• Google, Apple, Others Sued Over Search Results IP
• Broad CGL Ruling May Leave Texas Contractors In Lurch
• Devon Energy Loses Jurisdiction Fight In Cleanup Spat
• National Oilwell Seeks New Trial In Tesco IP Suit
• Lockheed Can't Shake Subcontractor's Pricing Suit
• Real Estate Leases And Margin Taxes: Who Pays?
• Judge Denies Investors' Subpoena Of FINRA Atty
• Bencor Loses Appeal Of $5M In Claims In Marketing Row
• AmSurg Nabs Rival Surgery Center Operator For $174M
• Novak Druce Adds Ex-Howrey Patent Partner
• Noble Scores 3rd-Party Docs In $50M Wire Defect Suit
• Fidelity Settles Coverage Suit Over Real Estate Row
• Nvidia, Others Sued Over Processor Patents
• Covering Income Lost Because Of Japan's Quake
• Ex-Enron CEO Loses Conviction Appeal In 5th Circ.
• Vitro US Units Request Chap. 11 Protection
• Texas Senate Backs Self-Funded Oil, Gas Regulator
• Texas Senate Panel OKs Low-Level Nuclear Waste Bills
• Marsh Case May Alter Texas' Noncompete Landscape
• Fed. Circ. Sends RealTime Patent Suits To SDNY
• AT&T Must Share Customer Info With Time Warner: FCC
• Seahawk Sale To Hercules Wins Court Approval
• JGC To Pay $219M Fine In Nigeria Bribe Case
• Sydow Drops Defense Of Stanford In SEC Suit
• Texas Court Nixes $13.5M Contingency Fee For Atty
• Galderma, Dermalogix End Clobex Suit Against Paddock
• Landry's Makes $123M Takeover Offer For Rival Chain
• Apple Escapes $626M Award In Streaming Patent Suit
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Smith & Nephew $5.2M Patent Win
• Comcast, Pepsi, Others Hit With Database Patent Suit
• 7 Ways To Avoid Privacy And Data Security Trouble
• Ex-Judge's Alleged Accomplice Nabbed For Wire Fraud
• Jones Day Reps Texas Instruments In $6.5B Deal
• Conceptus Fired Salesman For Overbilling Report: Suit
• Sun River Energy Names New GC
• Sierra Club, EDF Drop Suit Over Texas Power Plant
• The Open Range Of Force Majeure In Texas
• Cheetah Pounces On Verizon With Follow-Up FiOS Suit
• Texas Senate Passes Groundwater Ownership Bill
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Exxon Sabotage Suit
• Texas High Court Backs 3rd-Party Property Contracts
• Empire Wants Off Hook For Share Of $20M Verdict
• GE's $3B Buy Of John Wood Well Unit Clears Hurdles
• All Eyes On Hydraulic Fracturing
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part II