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Texas - June, 2011

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• ExxonMobil Sues Supplier Over Defective Tubing
• Contractor Denies Bribery In Hurricane Ike Cleanup
• Spotlight On Corporate Governance Rules For Insurers
• Sens. Question EPA On Air Quality Regs For Texas
• Texas Court Nixes $45M EcoProduct Suit Over Plant Woes
• Houston Strip Club Hit With Race Bias Action
• Accenture Seeks New Trial After $94M Loss To Wellogix
• Mercedes, T. Rowe Price Settle Web Patent Claims
• ETE Warns Southern Union Against Williams Merger Talks
• Contractor Seeks Own Trial Over Hurricane Ike Fraud
• Fish Atty's Hidden Friendship Sinks $22M Texas Award
• Q&A With Wilson Sonsini's Craig Tyler
• 3 Prosecutors, Judge Tapped For Texas US Atty Posts
• Texas Legislature Approves Bill To Limit TWIA Losses
• 5th Circ. Affirms Bayer Win In Crawfish Buyers' Suit
• Dell, Citigroup, Others Sued Over Web Security IP
• Starwood's W Austin Sued Over Falling Glass Injuries
• 5th Circ. Sends Katrina Insurance Case To District Court
• Q&A With Wilson Sonsini's Jose Villarreal
• Burleson Adds 25 Attys To Boost Shale Oil, Gas Work
• Experian To Buy Medical Billing Co. For $185M
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive FEMA Trailer Bellwether Fight
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Can Claim $4M From Antitrust Deal
• House Bill Aims To Add 38 Judges Across Southwest
• 5th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Tech Co.'s Bad-Faith Ch. 11
• GE Settles In $30M Radioactive Cleanup Suit
• Vitro US Noteholders Can't Pursue Mexican Parent
• Marsh's Noncompete Is Enforceable: Texas High Court
• 5th Circ. Upholds $15M SEC Win Over Convicted Fraudster
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• 5th Circ. Revives Bruks Indemnity Bid For Defects Suit
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Layne Kruse
• Ceridian Sues Zeitgeist For $3.5M Over Guard Contract
• 5th Circ. Backs Dow Chemical In Retaliation Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Halliburton Consortium Claim
• Subcontractor Loses Appeal Over Lost Work From Lear
• Transocean, Maersk Continue Drilling IP Row After Trial
• ATP Sues For DOI Action On Drilling Permits
• Intervoice Strikes $4.8M Deal In Investors' Fraud Action
• Political Groups Must Pay $1.7M Over Stanford Donations
• Q&A With Baker Hostetler's Gregory Ulmer
• Landmark Sues More Retailers Over E-Commerce IP
• Anadarko Investor Suit Over BP Spill Gets The Boot
• Another Atty Charged With Bribing Former Texas Judge
• CORRECTED: E-Trade Seeks Toss Of Constellation IP Suit
• Jones Day Reps Eastman In $100M Sterling Chemicals Buy
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Bruce Oakley
• Stanford Trials Delayed For Psychiatric Treatment
• Texas Enacts New, Tougher Trademark Law
• Q&A With Ford & Harrison's Buena Vista Lyons
• Helmet Maker Didn't Kill Motorcyclist: 5th Circ.
• Greif Must Pay Cleanup Costs From Asset Deal: 5th Circ.
• EA, Others Face Software Activation Patent Suit
• PNC Makes Way Out Of Financial Marketing IP Fight
• Cisco Hit With Suit Over Call Processing Patent
• Texas Gas Co. Can't Exit Suit Over EPA Order
• Hong Kong Hotel Co. To Buy Rosewood For $230M
• Libyans Got Tip From Stanford To Cash Out: Suit
• Q&A With Jackson Lewis' Dan Hartsfield
• Texas 1st To Require Fracking Chemical Disclosure
• Anadarko, Kerr Pay $17M To Settle Gas Royalty Suit
• CWC Wins $11.6M Payout In Hyundai Patent Suit
• Texas High Court Nixes $3M Bic Lighter Defect Verdict
• Talking 'Timely' Removal In Multidefendant Litigation
• Valerus Wants Equity Firm's $11M Windfall Nixed
• HHS Wrongly Denied Hospital Reimbursements: DC Circ.
• Fluor Settles Nuclear Site Fraud Claims For $4M
• DPC Investors' Fraud Claims Cuffed By Ch. 11: 5th Circ.
• Stanford Attorney Wants SEC Case Put On Hold
• Texas Court Nixes Trans-Gulf Director's $2.8M Payout
• Q&A With Bracewell & Giuliani's Stephen Crain
• TI Settles Eolas Web Patent Case
• US Sues ConocoPhillips For Texas Navy Plant Cleanup
• Court Approves BPP Disclosure Statement
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Graham Hill
• Apple Sanctioned For Discovery Breach In Audio Patent Suit
• Akin Gump Reps Laredo In $1B Broad Oak Deal
• Membership Organization Standing In FERC Proceedings
• Judge Overturns Sundown Win In Spill Coverage Fight
• Latham Reps ETE In $7.9B Southern Union Buy
• Latham Reps DG In $517M MediaMind Buy
• 5th Circ. Scraps Sears Technicians' OT Class Action
• Texas House Passes Bill Limiting Damages Against TWIA
• Sen. Lifts Hold On SEC Nominees Over Stanford Relief
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Bill Dawson
• Facebook Loses Bid To Toss Lamebook Suit In IP Row
• Phoenix Targets Banks, Insurers Over Marketing IP
• Texas Tort Reform: What's In It, What Isn't
• Porter Hedges Scores Energy Ace From Pillsbury
• Q&A With Dechert's Steven Weisburd
• Retirement Village Files For Ch. 11 As Occupancy Falls
• Sen. To Block SEC Nominations Over Stanford Scheme
• Family Seeks $5M From Attys Who Won Suit With Bribes
• Colony Wins $22M Defense Verdict In Roof Damage Suit
• A Coverage Only Exception To Texas' 8 Corners Rule
• Shareholder Sues Hercules Board Over Exec Pay
• Noteholders Battle To Make Vitro Filings Public
• Texas High Court Ruling Allows Power Co. To Recoup $900M
• Forex Trader Cops To Securities Fraud, Faces 20 Years
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Mike Stenglein
• Motions To Dismiss Come To Texas
• Ill. National Must Help Pay For Construction Row: Suit
• BP, Dow, Dozens More Sued Over E-Commerce Patent
• Investment Firm Wins $1.3M In Suit Over Tousa Claims
• CVS, Sam's Club, Others Sued Over Product Data IP
• FedEx Denied Attys' Fees After Bar Code Patent Win
• Apple Seeks To Jump In Licensor's App Patent Fight
• 5th Circ. Denies Saudi Arabia's Contract Damages Bid
• E&Y Resigns As Life Partners' Auditor Amid SEC Probe
• Calif. Agency Probes AT&T's $39B T-Mobile Buy
• Q&A With Jones Day's Hilda Galvan
• Freescale Wants ITC Probe Against Funai, Others
• Wellogix, BP Unit Settle Suit Over Software Theft
• Houston Man Ordered To Pay $3.2M For Fraud Scheme
• Allied Home Loses Injunction Bid Against Ex-Worker
• Q&A With Fish & Richardson's Tom Melsheimer
• Dell, Oracle Sued Over Remote Server Tech Patents
• Accredited Home Settles Labor Class Suits For $2M
• Blank Rome Ties Knot With Abrams Scott & Bickley
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Veronica Lewis
• Calif., Texas Courts Win Spots In Patent Program
• DOL Hits Texas Agency With $1M Suit To Recoup OT Pay
• Couple Sues Toys R Us Over Baby Seat Injury
• Motorola Exits Hopewell Smartphone Software Patent Suit
• Judge Won't Toss CAA Baytown Suit Against Exxon
• Yahoo Wants Attys' Fees In Bedrock's Failed IP Suit
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Van Beckwith
• Tyco, Verity Sued Over ID Technology Patent
• Akin Gump Snags Fulbright Outsourcing Pro In Dallas
• Adams & Reese Tries To Shake $300M Stanford Fraud Suit
• Linc Energy To Buy 14 ERG Oil Fields For $236M
• The Club Membership Texas Employers Want To Avoid
• Temple-Inland Rejects $3.3B Offer From Paper Co.
• Blue Cross Underpaid Texas Claims By $11M: Suit
• Constellation Cancels $185M Gas Plant Sale
• Q&A With Fisher & Phillips' Michael Abcarian
• States Ask DC Circ. To Nix EPA's GHG Regs
• Acer Settles IP Suit Over Random Number Generators
• LaserDynamics Gets $9.3M In 2nd Round Of Patent Suit
• Infomercial Star Gets 11 Years For Mortgage Fraud
• Texas Jury Awards $7M Verdict To Worldwide Express
• Sears, RadioShack, Others Sued Over Software IP
• Lockheed Finds Way Out Of DataTern Patent Suit
• Blockbuster, Others Sued Over Promotion Code Patents
• Sun Capital Affiliate Wins Vitro Units With $55M Bid
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Joseph Speelman
• DataTreasury HIts US Bancorp With Another IP Suit
• Pantech, HP, Palm Settle IP Suit Over Smartphones
• DLA Piper Adds 2 Pillsbury Partners In Houston
• Stanford Lawyers Want Trial Stayed
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Allan Van Fleet
• Court Tells American Airlines To Put Fares On Orbitz
• Fractus, LG Settle Cellphone Antenna Patent Dispute
• The Trouble With Atmospheric Public Trust Claims
• Ex-Clark Thomas Atty Gets 500 Days For Kickback Scam
• Allergan, Hi-Tech Settle IP Case Over Generic Combigan
• American Airlines Adds Sabre To Antitrust Suit
• IPhone App Developers Face Suit Over Apple IP License
• Pragmatism V. Principle: Loss Causation And Basic
• Pioneer, BMW, Others Infringe Voice Control IP: Suit
• Pemex Unit Sues Over Stolen Condensate Cartel Scheme
• Citigroup, JPMorgan Face Online Payment Patent Suit
• Q&A With Bracewell & Giuliani's Alan Albright
• Baker Botts Reps Marathon In $3.5B Texas Shale Play