Texas Archive » May, 2011

Texas - May, 2011

160 articles

• Neon Pulls Disputed Software, Ends Suit Against IBM
• 5th Circ. Reverses NYMagic Win In Stevedore Suit
• Sprint Asks FCC To Nix AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Offer
• Antitrust Suit Over Auto Repo Technology Survives
• DR Horton Bears Fruit
• Ex-Waste Management Accountant Settles With SEC
• Insurance Agents Slap Nationwide With Contract Suit
• Q&A With Baker Hostetler's Thomas Kruse
• Simpson Thacher Reps KKR In Sporting Goods Buy
• Texan Gets 6 Years For $17M Export-Import Bank Fraud
• FCC Wants Info About AT&T, T-Mobile Spectrum Claims
• Texas Top Court OKs Insurer Credit Checks In Bias Suit
• Sabine Pass And Long-Term LNG Export Authorization
• Bracewell Reps Constellation In $143M Power Retailer Buy
• K&L Gates Wins 3 Corporate Pros, Loses 3 To Polsinelli
• Q&A With Akin Gump's Neel Lane
• China Voice Sues Insurer For Defense In SEC Suit
• Stanford Investors Sue BDO For Alleged Ponzi Scheme Role
• Texas Legislature Sends Tort Reform Bill To Governor
• O'Quinn Can't Bar Fields Howell From Coverage Row
• Judge Lets Verdict Stand In Ameranth Patent Suit
• Texas Man Gets 10 Years For $11M Forex Ponzi Scheme
• Texas Senate OKs Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bill
• Dell, Sales Reps Strike Deal In Overtime Action
• Right-To-Work Picks Up Steam
• AT&T CEO Says T-Mobile Merger Benefits Consumers
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Thomas Rein
• Texas Senate OKs Bill To Reform State-Backed Insurer
• The Threat Of Paper Terrorism
• Implications Of Nafta Traders V. Quinn
• 34 Women Sue AstraZeneca Over Nexium Bone Risks
• Q&A With McDermott's Fay Morisseau
• Cisco Must Pay For Continued Infringement: Commil
• Travelport Calls American Suit Bullying Tactic
• SEC Seeks Sanctions Against Texas Mining Exec
• Grand Jury Subpoenas Infosys Over B-1 Visa Program
• Samsung Hit For $23M In Fractus Antenna Patent Fight
• Cozen O'Connor Nabs 14 EBG Attys In Texas
• Leap Wireless Bashes AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Bid
• SEC Seeks $1.5M From Ex-AMG Chief For Cooking Books
• Texas Challenges EPA's Greenhouse Gas Findings
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Mary-Olga Lovett
• Trico Lenders Say They Were Misled Into $65M Loan
• Texas Senate Committee Passes 'Loser Pays' Bill
• JPML Consolidates Depuy Hip Implant Suits in Texas
• Lessons From Southwest Health Alliance
• US Clears TI's $6.5B National Semiconductor Buy
• Supreme Court Rebuffs Texas Bus Crash Case
• The Complexities Of Bifurcated Markman Proceedings
• $64M Verdict Against Cisco Stands In Commil IP Case
• Q&A With Latham's Tom Heiden
• Pride, Ensco Tweak Merger Deal To Settle Class Action
• Contractor Sues AIG Unit Over Defense Of $44M Suit
• PGA Blasts Stanford Trustee's $13M Clawback Suit
• Texas Court Says Atty Allowed To Fire Partner
• Accenture Hit For $94.4M In Wellogix Trade Secrets Suit
• Obama Nominates 3 To NY, Texas, W.Va. Federal Courts
• Q&A With Jones Day's Scott Fletcher
• Judge Ups Verdict Against Texas Oil Tycoon To $196M
• PRSI Can't Force Arbitration With Transcor: Texas Court
• Judge Tosses Claims In Investors' TriCentury Suit
• Conflict Of Interest Derails Enviro Arbitration
• Q&A With DLA Piper's Ileana Blanco
• Remington Not Liable For Rifle Explosion: 5th Circ.
• Cisco Exits InNova Email Filtering Patent Suit
• Mahard Egg Farm Pays $1.9M For Alleged CWA Violations
• Senate Bill Would Create 10 New Federal Judgeships
• Q&A With Bracewell & Giuliani's Glenn Ballard
• Ex-Enron CFO Fastow Transferred To Halfway House
• Wilson Sonsini Atty To Head AT&T, T-Mobile FCC Review
• Cisco Settles Medical Data Networking Patent Suit
• Ex-Dallas Auditor Seeks Fast Win On Retaliation Claim
• Stanford Receiver Fights Ex-CEO's Bid To Toss $3M Suit
• Best Buy, CDW, Others Hit With Expansion Card IP Suit
• Strategies For Removal From Texas
• Q&A With Skadden's Charles Schwartz
• Texas Firms Take On Policyholders To Recoup Business
• Vitro Ch. 15 Folded Into Affiliates' Ch. 11 In Texas
• La. DOJ Didn't Discriminate Against Ex-AGA: 5th Circ.
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Bob Gunther
• $15.8M Forex Fraud Suspect Wants Trial Moved To Atlanta
• Case Study: In Re Universal Underwriters Of Texas
• Covington Reps Joy Global In $1.1B LeTourneau Buy
• Beyond Noncompetes And Trade Secrets In Texas
• UBS Settles Check Imaging IP Suit With DataTreasury
• Dresser-Rand Sued For $39M Over Power Plant Contract
• SAP Hit With $345M Verdict In Versata Patent Suit
• SEC Worker Says She Got Demoted For Spying Stanford Plot
• Sony, HTC, Others Sued Over Geo-Tagging Patent
• BASF Agrees To Pay For Plant Emissions Violations
• 5th Circ. Revives Houston Police Retaliation Claim
• Texas Development's Lenders Seek Info On Ch. 11 Plan
• Q&A With McDermott's Alison Smith
• US Should Pay For WWII-Era Pollution Cleanup: Exxon
• EEOC Sues Starbucks For Firing Dwarf Barista
• Trucking Co. Beats Race Bias Suit In 5th Circ.
• Insurers, Contractors Owe $6M For Court Project: Suit
• Texas House Passes Fracking Fluid Disclosure Bill
• Investor Suit Against IT Biz SolarWinds Dismissed
• BP MDL Plaintiffs Seek Separate Trials
• Prepare For Takeoff: Creative DIP Financing
• Exelon Boosts Clean Energy Fleet With $305M Deal
• Enron Remnants, Hewitt End $9M Settlement Battle
• Judge Says Affinity Can't Force Jobs Into Deposition
• Michael Baker, Energy Unit Workers To Settle With SEC
• Barclays Settles Online Data Encryption IP Suit
• Ex-Army Major Pleads Guilty In Contract Bribery Case
• Judge Snips DaVita Kickback Claims In FCA Suit
• Investors Say SEC Not Exempt From Stanford Gaffes
• Mosaid Sues Rival Chip Maker Over DRAM Patents
• Garmin, Callaway, Others Sued Over Golf GPS Patent
• T-Mobile Tie-Up Won't Hurt Competition, AT&T CEO Says
• Jury Finds Yahoo Didn't Infringe Linux Patent
• Shell Pays US $2.2M To Settle Gas Royalty Suit
• FTC Orders Texas Doctors Group To Stop Rate Talks
• Samsung, Others Sued Over Visual Voice Mail IP
• Green Groups Sue Texas Over $3B Power Plant Approval
• High-Ranking DOJ Fraud Cop Heads To Mintz Levin
• Concepcion And Texas Employment Arbitration
• Dreamworks, HBO, Others Sued Over DVD Menu Patents
• Nintendo Strikes Deal In PACid Encryption Patent Suit
• Texas House Advances 'Loser Pays' Tort Reform Bill
• Tenet Healthcare Spurns CHS' $4B Final Merger Offer
• Houston Gas Trader Gets 6 Years For $8M Fraud
• Anti-Indemnity Law Bars $21M Sonat Claim, Court Rules
• FTC Clears Alliance Data's $356M Aspen Merger
• Nautilus Won't Have To Pay For Downhole's Attys: Judge
• Sprint, HSBC, Others Sued Over Data Encryption Patent
• AIG Not Liable For Wrongful Death Claims: 5th Circ.
• Weatherford Engineer Accused Of Trade Secret Theft
• Ex-Employees Hit Union Pacific With Asbestos Suit
• Oil Spill Securities Cases Barred By High Court, BP Argues
• Ivera Sues Excelsior Over Medical Valve Patent
• Texas AG Wins Hold On Sale Of Supplement
• Obama Names La. Prosecutor To 5th Circ.
• Feds Bristle At Ex-ABB Exec's Bid To Toss FCPA Case
• Petro Star Wins Remand Of $50M Refinery Fire Suit
• Houston Didn't Breach $77M Airport Pact: Texas Court
• Ex-Kinder Morgan Worker Sues Over Religious Bias
• Vitro Parent Plotting To Buy Back Co., Creditors Say
• Seyfarth Adds Littler Labor Atty In Houston
• Feds Trim Case Against Alleged Fraudster Stanford
• Kinder Morgan Pays $855M For Joint Venture, Other Assets
• Don't Dump Your Money Down A Well
• Sprint Wants W.Va. To Reject AT&T's T-Mobile Buy
• 4 Found Guilty In $5.2M Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Ares, Oaktree Cut From Suit Over $4B Exco Buyout
• Navigating 'Waters Of The United States'
• Houston Misused Ordinance In Drilling Permit Case: Court
• Coke, Pepsi Settle Orange Juice Trade Dress Suit
• Quantum World Sues Lenovo Over Late Royalty Payments
• Bracewell Snags Energy Transaction Expert
• Ipex Settles Plumbing Class Actions In US, Canada
• Surety Insurer Rips Vitro Ch. 11 Sale Of US Assets
• Rembrandt Sets Sights On CooperVision Over Lens IP
• Supplement Co. Says Chubb Must Cover 'Shape Up' Suit
• Customs Chief Claims Immunity In Fired Agent's Suit
• Texas High Court Bars Retaliation Suits Against Cities
• CB&I Can't Escape Contract Suit In Texas
• CHS Offers $4B Last-Ditch Bid For Tenet Healthcare