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Texas - February, 2012

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• Internet Machines Wins $1M Verdict In Expansion Card IP Suit
• AT&T's Data Mining Suit Against Line Lessees Survives
• Perry Tells FERC To Leave Texas Hydroelectric Project Alone
• Texas Court Voids $1.7M Award For Wis. Plane Crash Suit
• Apple Accused Of Violating Network-Essential Patents
• LLC Members Aren't Always Employers, 5th Circ. Says
• Jury Slams DLA Piper With $1.3M Negligence Verdict
• Fish & Richardson Hid Relationship With Arbitrator: Suit
• TPG Loses Out On Billabong Deal Despite New $906M Bid
• Expedia Hit With Suit Over Online Ticketing Patents
• Firms Battle For Houston Lawyers In Energy Project Boom
• Retired NFL Lineman Is Latest To Sue Over Concussions
• Feds Charge Doctor In $375M Medicare Fraud
• Judge Upholds Penalty For InnoLux CEO's Patent Criticism
• Abraaj To Pay $164M For TransAtlantic Oil Field Units
• Couple Settles SEC's Dell Insider Trading Claims
• EA Lifted Textron's Chopper Trademarks In War Game: Suit
• MacroSolve Slaps AOL With Mobile Data Patent Suit
• Kinder Morgan, Martin Plan Texas Rail Terminal For Fuel
• Bracewell Aids Prosperity In $529M West Texas Bank Buy
• US Defends Evidence In Stanford Ponzi Scheme Trial
• GE, JPMorgan Invest $225M In Texas Wind Farm
• El Paso Hands Off Exploration Co. To Apollo, Others For $7B
• Jury Awards Halliburton $35M In Patent Row With Weatherford
• Chesapeake Plans To Sell Permian Basin Assets
• Disciplinary Actions Against Enron Auditors Revived
• Stanford Attys Lose Mistrial Bid In $7B Ponzi Case
• Landowners Have Rights To Groundwater: Texas High Court
• Trading Card Makers Spar Over NBA Star Durant's Autograph
• SEC Sues Noble Execs Over Nigerian Bribery Scheme
• Vinson & Elkins Helps CapStreet Nab Stake In Cargo Co.
• Dell Can't Ax Ex-Weil Attys From Web Security Patent Case
• Former KBR CEO, Atty Headed To Jail Over Bribery Claims
• Wells Fargo Sues Babcock & Brown Over $198M Loan Default
• Texas Drug Fraud Law Preempted In J&J Suit: 5th Circ.
• Hospital Administrator Cops To $116M Medicare Scam
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• Halliburton Appeal Too Late After High Court Ruling: Investors
• Hotels.com Accused Of Breaking Price Match Guarantee
• Lexington Sues Ace Over Kinder Morgan Blast Coverage
• Total Units To Exit FCA Suit Over Gas Royalties For $15M
• Stanford Receiver Targets 2 Law Firms Over $1.8B
• Colony Need Not Defend Insured's Predecessor: 5th Circ.
• Ex-KBR Exec Gets Probation, Fine For Nigerian Bribes
• Wells Fargo To Buy BNP Paribas Energy Loan Unit
• Grid Petroleum To Develop 4,500-Acre Field In Texas
• Stanford Investors Protest Proskauer's Bid To Pause Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Take Tax Shelter Case To High Court
• Thompson & Knight Nabs M&A Vet from Bracewell
• High Court To Hear Challenge To Race Use In UT Admissions
• High Court Won't Take Up Idearc Investors' Ch. 11 Dispute
• 4 Found Guilty In Ex-Cowboy's $20.5M Mortgage Fraud
• Texas Top Court Will Tackle Wind Farm Contract Dispute
• Texas High Court To Rehear Workers' Comp Insurer Dispute
• Chemical Co. Brings Retiree Premium Fight To Supreme Court
• MOEX Hammers Out $90M Deal Over Deepwater Spill
• Contractor Can Be Sued In La. Under Iraqi Law: 5th Circ.
• A Troublesome Twist In Texas Workers' Comp Decision
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Texas Judge Ordered Off $50M Valero Contract Suit
• Icahn Proposes $2.6B Takeover Of CVR Energy
• Texas County Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
• Coca-Cola, Ad Agency Say Jingle Copyright Suit Falls Flat
• ETP Injects $560M Into Expansion Of Natural Gas Projects
• Credit Suisse Trading Platform Infringes Betting Patents: Suit
• Offshore Rig Lessee On Hook For Platform Removal: 5th Circ.
• Fee Award Doubled To $8.6M In Exxon-XTO Merger Challenge
• Sidley Austin Opens Houston Office With 7 Hires
• Proskauer Wants Suits Tied To Stanford Case Paused
• SEC Puts Cork In $22M Suit Over Illicit Wine Offerings
• TransCanada To Consider Splitting Keystone XL Pipeline
• Summit Signs $2B In Texas 'Clean Coal' Contracts
• Carlton Wins $83.5M In Energy Project Contract Dispute
• Forex Trader Sentenced To 20 Years For Fraud Scheme
• Sterlite Must Pay Asarco $83M For Breach Of Asset Deal
• AlloDerm Insurer Sues Over Coverage For Alleged Injuries
• 'Independent Practice,' Collective Enforcement
• Glori's Oil Recovery Bacteria Win New Customer In Oman
• Mont. Ameriprise Investors Can't Seek Payback After $80M Deal
• BP Must Face Shareholder Claims Over Spill: Judge
• Panel Won't Combine Dallas County MERS Case With MDL
• RIM Looks To Revive Stalled Kodak Patent Suits
• Borrowers Go After CWCapital In Mortgage Contract Suit
• US, 4 States Join CVS Caremark Insurance Fraud Action
• 'FarmVille' Maker Zynga Zinged With Patent Suit
• Failure Of Proof: US V. O'Shea
• US Sues Dallas Drug Compounder Over 3 Colchicine Deaths
• SEC, Mark Cuban To Submit Logs In Insider Trading Case
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Texas Abortion Law En Banc
• Constangy Expands Austin Office With Employment Vet
• Marcum Can't Pull Expert Services From Stanford Case: 5th Circ.
• KB Home Resists Sales Workers' Class Bid In Wage Suit
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• Hostility To Other Groups Not Enough For Race Bias: 5th Circ.
• Hoffman Kelley Hits Unfaithful Ex-Atty With $2M Suit
• EPA Overreached With Greenhouse Gas Rule, DC Circ. Hears
• Google, Others Triumph In Web Browser Patent Trial
• Case Study: Fisher V. Halliburton
• Fed OKs Hana's $3.5B Takeover Of Korea Exchange Bank
• Mine Site Owner Blasts Chartis' Effort To Avoid Damages
• Simpson Reps Blackstone On $1B Financing For TX Energy Co.
• Title VII Doesn't Protect Breastfeeding Women: Judge
• Citi Takes Last Off-Ramp Before Eolas Patent Trial
• FDIC's Suit Against Morgan Stanley Sent Back To State Court
• Insurer Dodges Malpractice Liability Over Unfiled Suit
• Mitsubishi Can't Squash GE Wind Turbine Patent In IP Suit
• Lucid Energy Lines Up $75M In Startup Funding
• 5th Circ. Frees Courts To Pick Fee Method In Class Deals
• Benefit Corps. — A New Structure For The New Economy
• Fujitsu Reaches Deal To Exit Videoconferencing Patent Suit
• Fulbright, Texas A&M Property Investors Launch Dueling Suits
• Judge Signs Off On $1.2M Deal With Securities Fraud Conduits
• Ex-GE Exec Says His Iraq Bribery Claims Led To Firing
• Allen & Overy Aids Indorama In $795M Petrochemicals Buy
• Deepwater Legal Fee Order Still Discourages Settlements: Atty
• Judge Can't Stop Contentious Texas Abortion Law
• 5th Circ. Leaves Insurers On Hook In Ambulance Injury Suit
• Texas Oil Co. Hit With Securities Suit Over IPO
• Rockland To Pay $31M For Bankrupt Beacon Power
• Is Ch. 9 The Next Chapter In The Municipal Saga?
• 10-Year Tussle Over 'Whoomp! (There It Is)' Rages On
• Key Points From The O'Shea Acquittal
• Local Law Can't Regulate Texas Railroad Project: 5th Circ.
• GM, Ford, Others Off Hook In Tire Pressure Patent Suit
• 5th Circ. Upholds Choice Of Law In Chopper Crash Suit
• Ex-Soldier Admits To Recruitment Bonus Scam
• EXCO Eyes $400M Deal To Sell Joint Venture Stake
• NOV Plunks Down $672M For Danish Pipe Maker
• A Little 'Guidance': All You Need For Preemption?
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• Judge Limits Oil Co.'s Coverage For $15M Katrina Cleanup
• Crossroads Tangles With 5 Rivals Over Data Storage IP
• Alcatel-Lucent Exits InNova's Email Patent Suit
• Oil Execs Must Disgorge $6M Over SEC Fund Scheme Claims
• Homebuilder Ryland Can't Duck Salespeople's FLSA Action
• Intervale Expands Portfolio With Oil Field Services Co. Buy
• Wright Lindsey Settles Some Claims Over 'Rogue Attorney'
• Texas Tort Firm Accuses Ex-Worker Of Stealing Trade Secrets
• 5th Circ. Reverses Chesapeake Win In $115M Oil Lease Row
• Mortgage Officers Sue Compass Bank For Overtime Pay
• Wells Fargo Bankers Lose Class Cert. Bid In FLSA Suit
• A Crude Move Against Calif. Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• Stanford Receiver Targets Proskauer, Chadbourne In $2B Suit
• Ameriprise Unit Tells Judge $80M Deal Bars Mont. Action
• Judge Halts Dallas' Waste Disposal Ordinance
• Alabama Can't Join Deepwater MDL Appeal: 5th Circ.
• Covington Helps SandRidge Land $1.3B Dynamic Deal
• 5th Circ. Allows State Claims In Stryker Implant Suit
• Baker Donelson Lassos Another Texas Firm
• Cleary Gottlieb Guides TPG In £508M GlobeOp Deal