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Texas - August, 2011

172 articles

• PopCap Scores Reversal Of Rival's $6.7M Contract Win
• American Airlines, Sabre Reach Deal Amid Antitrust Row
• Porter Hedges Reps Cameron In $375M LeTourneau Deal
• China Voice Executive Settles SEC Ponzi Claims
• Texas Supreme Court Remands Police Compensation Suit
• Siemens Exits Acacia Software Patent Action
• Samsung Strikes Deal In Smartphone Software IP Row
• Mark Cuban Fights For Docs From SEC Trading Probe
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Michael Steindorf
• 5th Circ. Revives $3M Oil Spill Coverage Feud
• Encore Unit-Holder Seeks To Block $546M Vanguard Deal
• Innolux Infringed All Mondis Patent Claims: Judge
• Inventors Can Sue Hitachi, WD For Infringing Coating
• Fallen Judge's Secretary Can't Sue Over Firing: 5th Circ.
• Wellington Dodges Liability For Oil Platform Repair Cost
• No Arbitration For Stanford Employees: Judge
• Texas High Court Sides With Anglo-Dutch Over Legal Fees
• TriCentury Denied Early Win Over Former GC
• Allergan Sues Sandoz Over Lumigan Patents
• Gas Partnership Trustee Hits Goldman With $10M Loan Suit
• Case Study: Rigas V. US
• Chase Settles With NextCard Over Credit Card App IP
• Texas Court Flips $21M Oil And Gas Royalty Ruling
• Merck's $32M Damages Nixed In Vioxx Wrongful Death Suit
• Ex-ABB Exec Says FCPA Indictment May Be Time-Barred
• Insurer Not Liable For Stricken Coverage: Texas Court
• No Arbitration Rights For PRSI In Loan Case: Texas Court
• Ingersoll-Rand, Schneider Sued Over Wireless Network IP
• Alcon Sues Apotex Over Generic Allergy Spray
• Facebook, Parody Site Settle Trademark Battle
• Fulbright Atty's Sanctions Nixed In Perjury Accusation Row
• Kodak, Sony, Others Sued Over Flash Media Reader IP
• Taber Estes Lures Insurance Pro From CNA Financial
• SEC Conduct — A Shield Against Enforcement
• Texas Regulator Slams EPA Emissions Rule
• Ex-Aspen Oilman's Swag Goes To Victims Of $56M Fraud
• Case Study: In Re Village At Camp Bowie
• No Government Intervention? No FCA Merit In 5th Circ.
• Apple Triumphs In ZapMedia Patent Suit Over ITunes
• State Can't Block 'Don't Mess With Texas,' Judge Says
• Duncan Dodges Investor Suit Over $2.5B Enterprise Deal
• Cadwalader Adds Mayer Brown Energy Finance Pro
• Invista, Rival Settle IP Row Over Spandex Chemical
• Imperial Sugar Seeks $50M To Defend Refinery Blast Suits
• Ex-Striker Execs Told To Cough Up $7M In SEC Fraud Suit
• VC Firm Sues Rizvi Traverse Over Film Flop
• 5th Circ. Gives Stryker Knee Implant Action New Life
• HP, United Air Lines Exit TQP Data Patent Suit
• Apple Exits Eolas Web Patent Case
• American Home Targets LPS Over Surrogate Signing
• Judge Won't Trim Hurricane Ike Bribery Case
• US Seeks To Sell Aspen Officer Mark Rand's Assets
• Apple Won't Pay Future Fees For Playlist Patents: Judge
• Prison Telecom Says Rival Told Lies To Steal Customers
• FTC Shutters Bogus Texas Debt Reduction Co.
• Texas Sues Writer Over 'Don't Mess With Texas' Novel
• Adobe, Google, Others Fail To Nix Web Patents
• Texas Bond Seller Reaches Deal In $52M SEC Suit
• KBR Demands $2M In Fees From Alleged Rape Victim
• A Premature TSCA Fracking Petition?
• SEC Seeks Tough Penalties For Alleged Dell Inside Trader
• Airbus, Others Escape Aircraft Patent Suit
• Temple-Inland Crippled GFG Spinoff, Trustee Says
• US OK'd Highway That Could Cause Floods: Sierra Club
• Allergan Triumphs In Suits Over Generic Combigan
• KBW Shorted Clients' Shares, Hastened Failure: Suit
• Texas Atty Netted In Criminal Probe Over Judicial Bribery
• OneBeacon Sues Texas Law Firm Over EchoStar Sanctions
• Ex-Haynes & Boone Energy Atty Joins Locke Lord
• JPML Merges 4 Wells Fargo OT Class Actions In Texas
• Petrohawk Settles Class Actions Over $12B BHP Deal
• Hyundai Design Defect Caused Girl's Death: 5th Circ.
• Apple Can't Shake $8M Verdict In Playlist IP Fight
• Maersk Wins New Trial In Transocean Drilling Patent Case
• Feds Probed Hacking At Texas Immigration Center: Report
• IDT Must Pay $10M In Gift Card Patent Suit
• Baker Botts Nets $123.4M For Asarco Bankruptcy
• Texas Court Again Nixes $77M Airport Contract Suit
• Ex-Lab Owner Admits To Selling Unapproved Stem Cells
• Oil Recycler Settles Texas Pollution Suit For $3M
• Motley Crue Promoter Sued Over Concert No-Show
• Starbucks Settles Suit Over Dwarf Barista's Firing
• Porter Reps Noble In $3.4B Marcellus Deal With Consol
• Ex-Triton CEO Convicted In $50M Ponzi Scheme
• Court Upholds $95M Jury Verdict For SynQor
• Stanford Atty Wants US Witness List Before Trial
• 5th Circ. Nixes Life Partners' Suit Over SBA Record Keeping
• Schwab Settles Web Communication Patent Claims
• Freescale Sues Vizio, Others Over Circuitry Patent
• No New Trial For Mexican Playboy Distributor
• AT&T Sues Alleged Data Miners In Caller ID Scam
• Panasonic, Sanyo Exit Video System Patent Suit
• 5th Circ. Backs Payment Of Asarco Auction Costs
• Ogletree Deakins Adds Ex-Haynes & Boone Immigration Pro
• Bostic: Swinging For The Fences
• Texas Rangers Sue Ex-Owner Over Real Estate Deals
• Renesas Slaps Vizio With Patent Suits Over TV Imports
• McGowan Can't Shake Pollution Indemnity Ruling
• Life Partners Investor Fails To Usurp Lead Plaintiff
• Wanted: Independent Contractors
• Fishing The Social Media Seas
• BDO Seeks To Squash Stanford Investor Suit
• 5th Circ. Nixes Ex-Merrill Exec's Enron Fraud Appeal
• DeLay Atty Says Campaign Check Not Money Laundering
• Canon Exits Video, Digital Signal Patent Suit
• BNY Mellon Wants Baker Hughes Arbitration Ruling Upheld
• 5th Circ. Says Trustee Can Pursue Hidden Ch. 7 Asset
• Merrill Wants Sex Bias, OT Action Moved To Texas
• Life Insurers Beat Tax Shelter Class Action
• Tracking Frack Attacks In 2011
• Funds Resume Fight Over Enron Losses V. Merrill, Others
• B&N Settles Suit Over Online Music Patent
• Andrews Kurth, Baker Botts Rep ZaZa In Toreador Tie-Up
• Drilling Co. Can't Force Execs To Arbitrate: 5th Circ.
• NexBank Escapes $7M Judgment In Orix Contract Suit
• Title Insurer Sues Great American Over Fraud Claims
• Stragent Targets Intel Over Network Processor Patents
• 5th Circ. Affirms Ruling On Oil Spill Defense Costs
• Taber Estes Adds Ciardi Bankruptcy Atty
• AAI Urges US To Probe $425M Waste Management Merger
• Dr Pepper Bottler Fires Back In Trademark Dispute
• The Skinny On Texas Senate Bill 7
• EA, Atari Back Apple Bid To Intervene In Lodsys IP Suit
• Kohl's, Others Settle Heelys Knockoff Suit
• Noninsider Debt Claims Can Be Equity, 5th Circ. Says
• McGowan Seeks Reconsideration In Contamination Dispute
• Lawyer Gets 4 Years For $2.5M Investment Fraud
• Brokerage Can Be Sued Over Securities Deal: Texas Court
• Weatherford Fails To Merge Suits Over $500M Tax Error
• Transocean Asks Judge To Reinstate $15M IP Verdict
• AT&T, T-Mobile Tie-Up Could Falter Under States' Review
• Attys In Lufkin Bias Suit May Get Higher Fees: 5th Circ.
• Kia Can't Shake Damages In $4.4M Faulty Airbag Suit
• Clinic's Unsupervised Heart Tests Violated FCA: Suit
• Pozen Wins Injunction On Generic Treximet
• 5th Circ. Denies Citi Coverage Of $263M Settlement
• Powerline Hits Cisco, Others With Networking IP Suits
• ConocoPhillips Sued Over Unpaid Oil Lease Revenues
• Stanford Victims Want High Court Arbitration Ruling
• Mining Exec Wants $5M From SEC In Forgery Case
• 5th Circ. Nixes Relator From McKesson Kickbacks Case
• Cameron Reps Hunting In $775M TSI Drilling Deal
• Judge OKs $80M Ameriprise Deal Over Bad Securities
• Q&A With SNR Denton's Peg Donahue Hall
• Mondis Wants $9.3M Added To Innolux Patent Award
• 5th Circ. OKs Texas Highway Over Enviros' Objections
• K&L Gates Adds Former SEC Bigwig In Texas
• Stanford Receiver Sues Texas A&M For $4.4M
• Fiserv Settles In Gemini Customer Service IP Suit
• SEC Clears Ex-Enron Atty's Return To Securities Law
• Teeing Up For Texas Tort Reform
• River Group Wins OK To Challenge Dairy's Water Permit
• Duncan Investors Decry $2.5B Buyout By Enterprise
• Baker Hughes Sues Deutsche Bank, BNY Mellon Over ARS
• Motorola Hit With Patent Suit Over Headset Technology
• Locke Lord Snares Mayer Brown Energy Transaction Pro
• Case Study: In Re Seda France
• RIM Settles In SmartPhone's Bluetooth Patent War
• Amazon, Others Hit With Online Inventory Patent Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives Copyright Suit Over Coke Jingle
• SAP Sues To Block Wellogix From Asserting New Patent
• Judge Freezes Texas Bond Seller's Assets After SEC Sues
• Cantel Expands GI Capabilities With $100M Byrne Deal
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Bob Schick
• ADP, Exxon Unit, Others Sued Over Transaction Patent
• San Antonio Can Pursue $1B Suit Over Water Contract
• Dell, Sony, Others Roped Into Display Patent Battle
• FTC, DOJ Clear Key Energy's $300M Fracking Cos. Buy
• Judge Dismisses Stock Fraud Suit Against Zale
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' John Wander
• Alcatel-Lucent, Others Sued Over Fiber Optics IP
• Ex-Army Officer Gets 18 Months Over Contractors' Bribes