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Texas - January, 2012

136 articles

• Chubb Off Hook In 'Shape Up' Coverage Dispute
• Convicted Forex Fraudster To Pay $31M To Customers, CFTC
• Law Site Owner Tells 5th Circ. Texas Act Violates Free Speech
• US Defends Gulf Drilling Shutdown To 5th Circ.
• Texas Says New Maps Are Partisan, Not Racist
• Texas Court Should Toss BPZ Tanker Explosion Suit: Panel
• 5th Circ. Grounds Continental Retirees' ERISA Claims
• MacroSolve Drags Facebook, Wal-Mart Into Mobile IP Fight
• Ensco Inks $480M Anadarko Deepwater Drilling Deal
• Liberty Mutual Settles $50M Hurricane Ike Coverage Suit
• How To Lead A Practice Group
• Avoiding Whistleblower Backlash
• Ex-Wells Fargo Worker Gets 4 Months For Ex-Im Bank Bribe
• Contentious Coal Mining Proposal Makes Comeback In Texas
• New Developments In Controlling E-Discovery Costs
• BMC Scoops Up Rival IT Management Firm Numara
• FERC Nod Brings Kinder Morgan Closer To $38B El Paso Deal
• Funds' $100M Enron Suit Short On Facts: Deutsche Bank
• Cheniere Notches 20-Year KoGas Export Deal
• A Study In State Law Barriers To Ch. 9
• Exxon Mobil Sells Japan Unit For $3.9B To Refiner
• Allergan Targets Hi-Tech Over IP For Glaucoma Generic
• Texas Denied Waiver On Health Reform Premium Rules
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Take Stanford Fight To Fed. Court
• Klausner Trains Fire On MetroPCS In Voice Mail IP Blitz
• Halliburton Fraud Class Wins Cert After SCOTUS Ruling
• Pawn Shop Co. Chair Fails To Dodge Insider Trading Suit
• Orrick Cost Highland $95M In Canceled CDO Deal: Suit
• Gardere Wynne Adds Public Utility Attys To Energy Group
• Lowe's Hammers Out $6.2M Deal In Managers' OT Case
• Ex-SEC Lawyer, 5 Others Sold Unregistered Stocks: Judge
• Scion-Led Group Gets $52M For Student Housing Buys
• Fitness Chain Can't Compel Worker Arbitration: 5th Circ.
• Texas Abortion Law Opponents Seek 5th Circ. Rehearing
• AEP Unit Buys 360 MW Of Wind Power To Meet Court Order
• 5th Circ. Routs Attack On Vitro Affiliates' Protection
• Insurer Stripped Of Coverage Duties For Cabaret Spam Suits
• Jones Day Adds 3 SNR Denton Litigators To Dallas Office
• High Court Won't Review Texas Contingent Fee Rule
• Emboldened Reps. Introduce Keystone Pipeline Bill
• 5th Circ. Nixes Suits Over Formaldehyde In FEMA Trailers
• Jilted Developer's $2.5M Win Against Principal Scrapped
• Microsoft Hit With Suit Over Visual Voice Mail Patents
• Andrews Kurth Helps United With $1B Airport Concourse
• Wells Fargo A 'Repeat Offender' Of FLSA: Class Action
• Noble Energy Inks Lease For New Houston Headquarters
• Bayer Ducks High Court Review Of Suit Over Crawfish Crop
• Clarifying The Impact Of Nicastro
• Lehman Sues Mortgage Co. Over Sales Of Home Loans
• Apache Grabs Oil, Gas Acreage For $2.85B
• Fulbright Attys, Others Hit With $100M Negligence Suit
• St. Paul Can't Dodge Oil Driller's Coverage Claims
• High Court Asked To Weigh Texas Water Battle
• Texas Districting Plan Struck Down By Supreme Court
• 'Superior' Strength — How To Bend Barred Claims
• Samsung Galaxy Defect Action Gutted But For 1 Claim
• Merck Unit, Pamlab Sue Over Generic Metafolin
• Female Workers Add Equal Pay Claims To Wal-Mart Action
• Poultry Co. Fights $26M Price Manipulation Fine
• Student Housing Co. Pays $183M For Texas, Md. Properties
• Ex-Clark Burnett Workers Abandon Overtime Class Action
• TPG Capital, Singapore Give Chinese Retailer $118M Lift
• J&J Settles Texas' Risperdal Suit For $158M
• Stanford Ponzi Case Rolls Forward In Face Of Objections
• Idearc Investors Want High Court To Review Ch. 11 Plan
• Locke Lord Nabs Former Cox Smith IP, Privacy Maven
• HP Settles InMotion's Video Indexing Patent Suit
• French Renewable Energy Co. Nabs 161-MW US Wind Farm
• AT&T, Verizon, Others Targeted Over Wireless Patents
• Blackbaud Snatches Up Software Rival Convio For $275M
• Marubeni Ends Nigerian Bribery Scheme Charges For $55M
• Ex-ABB Exec Dodges FCPA Charges
• Making Union Organizing Easier Than Ever
• Shell Shuts Down Refinery Patent Suit Against Tesoro
• 5th. Circ. Strikes Down Texas Cable Franchise Law
• CIT Won't Halt Repayment Of Peanut Duties To Insurer
• Supreme Court Won't Take Up Stanford Ponzi Case
• American Airlines Postpones Antitrust Trial Against Sabre
• Ex-SEC Atty Settles Stanford Conflict-Of-Interest Claims
• TPG Keeps Pruning With $71M Houston Office Sale
• 5th Circ. Snuffs Suit Over Civilian Driver Deaths In Iraq
• Vinson & Elkins Securities Vet Hops To Schiffer Odom
• Playboy Wins Texas Appeals Row Over Licensing Deal
• Black River Gets $3M Award Tossed In Profit-Sharing Suit
• Starwood Capital Lands $312M Loan, Real Estate Portfolio
• Activision Hit With Patent Suit Over Gamer Info System
• Stanford's Criminal Defense Lawyers Want Out
• Adidas Exits Lodsys' Product Data Patent Suit
• Power Plants, Texas Topped GHG Sources In 2010: EPA
• Dr Pepper Trademark Fight Fizzes Out Sweetly
• Brookdale Group Scoops Up Dallas-Area Complex
• Texas Court Eases Checks On Structured Settlement Cos.
• PREI Joins Lodging Capital In Texas Four Seasons Venture
• Texas Utility Taps Korean Co. For Largest Solar Farm
• Texas IP Firm Ward & Smith Launches New Tyler Office
• OPIC Invests $50M In Ukrainian PE Buyout Fund
• AmeriGas Told To Cut Propane Unit From $3B ETP Buy
• Icahn Drops $2B Hostile Bid For Commercial Metals
• 5th Circ. Lifts Injunction On Texas Fetal Sonogram Law
• KBR Settles With Former Truck Driver Hurt In Iraq
• Another Jones Day Atty Jumps To McDole Kennedy
• National Union Scores Again In Row With Carbon Black Co.
• L-3 Wants Whistleblower's Plane Defects Suit Grounded
• Noble-Led Tamar Group, Israeli Cos. Ink $1B Gas Contract
• The Underwriter's Role Against Contra Proferentem
• Fossil To Buy Accessories Maker Skagen For $237M
• Supreme Court Weighs Texas Redistricting Dispute
• Hostess May Have 2nd Ch. 11 Filing In The Oven
• Thompson & Knight Lassos Storm, Day Pitney IP Attys
• Enviros To Sue Over Water Treatment Project
• Bank Of The West, Others Face IP Suits Over Mobile Apps
• Diamond To Pay Keppel $150M To Build Deepwater Rig
• Hunt Oil Real Estate Unit Continues Financing Push
• 'Not Whether, But How' To Improve Insurance Regulation
• Top Andrews Kurth Performers Get 30% Pay Bump
• Fund Owes $9M Over Power Plant Relocation Work: Suit
• Green Mountain To Aid Bayside In Texas Well Venture
• 5th Circ. Revives Dyncorp FCA Retaliation Suit
• Marubeni Unit Buys Minority Stake In Oil Field From Hunt
• Stanford Wants Doc's Mental Fitness Testimony Tossed
• Doc Linking Vaccines To Autism Sues Journal For Libel
• Ferrellgas Gobbles Up Rio Grande Valley Gas
• Ex-ABB Exec Can't Escape FCPA Charges
• Amazon Resolves Kindle Patent Feud
• Ex-Lyondell Manager Gets 7 Years For Kickbacks Scheme
• Continental Realty Banks On Ky. With $97M Investment
• Kinder Boosts Stake In $430M Texas Oil Terminal To 98%
• Reed Smith Reps Essex In $118M Biologics Deal
• Overhauling The Federal Jurisdictional Statutes
• AT&T To Pay TiVo $215M In Patent Infringement Settlement
• SEC Sues Life Partners Execs Over Accounting Fraud
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Targeted By Stanford Fraud Victims
• Fulbright Helps Pioneer Nab Coil Tubing Co. For $110M
• 5th Circ. Shuts Down Insourcing Suit Against DOD
• Baker Botts Sues SEC Over Denied FOIA Request
• AstraZeneca's Symbicort Inhaler Triggers Patent Suit