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Texas - March, 2012

152 articles

• BP Escapes ERISA Suit Claiming Spill Sank Stock-Heavy Fund
• Blackstone, Bain Crafting $500M IPO For Michaels
• EPA, Texas Gas Co. Drop Row Over Well Contamination
• Highland Reaches Doc Deal On $560M Vegas Resort Suit
• RIM, Samsung, Others Stole Mobile Battery Patent, Suits Say
• Lockheed Settles Subcontractor Suit Over $9M Price Change
• IBM Hit With Patent Suit Over Business Management Product
• Texas Court Hands Insurers $2.8M In Auto Claims Row
• 5th Circ. Finds No Adams & Reese Conflict In AIPC Ch. 11
• FTC Seeks $53M Sanctions Over Billing Co.'s Breached Deal
• Challenging Oil, Gas Leases Is A Team Sport In Texas
• CVR Hammers Icahn's Stock Claim In $2.6B Takeover Faceoff
• Feds Fire Back At Indicted Atty's Bid To Toss RICO Claims
• Canon, Samsung, Others Hit With Flash Patent Suit
• Cypress Pays $2.8M To Settle FCA Suit Over Unapproved Drugs
• Rising Star: Baker Botts' Scott Janoe
• Must-Have Performance Metrics For Law Departments
• Texas Atty Ducks Suit By Beverage Co. Minority Shareholder
• Omni's Fraud Claims Tossed Over Supplier's Defective Seals
• EPA Can't Reject Texas Air Quality Plan, 5th Circ. Says
• Judge Approves $158M Settlement Of J&J Risperdal Suit
• Petrobras Demands $185M In Faulty Marine Chain Suit
• Patton Boggs Says Upaid Owes Millions For IP Litigation
• Electricite De France Unit Buys 150-MW Wind Project
• J&J Questions $158M Settlement Of Texas' Risperdal Suit
• Haynes And Boone Picks Up K&L Gates Real Estate Partner
• Ex-Saint Should Arbitrate Securities Fraud Suit: 5th Circ.
• Engine Co. Wants Parts Maker To Fund Plane Crash Deal
• Judge Merges Crescent Creditors' Suits Over $1.6B Duke Deal
• NET Midstream To Double Pipeline Length In $250M Project
• Lockheed To Pay US $15.8M To End Overcharging Claims
• Google, Yahoo, Others Sued Over Cloud Storage Patents
• Heartland Wins Approval For $1M Hacking Settlement
• Media Tweets Not Enough To Win Stanford New Trial
• Burleson Draws In BoyarMiller Litigation Pro
• Jury Clears Live Nation, United In Seating Patent Row
• High Court Asked To Mull Forum For IP Malpractice Suits
• High Court Asked To Reinstate $26M Merck Vioxx Judgment
• 5th Circ. Kills Texas Town's Anti-Immigrant Apartment Law
• Hawking President Referred To Prosecutors In IP Fight
• Community Health Escapes Tenet Medicare Billing Suit
• 5th Circ. Revives Mirant Suit To Recover Loan Payments
• Dallas Fed Chief Reopens Too Big To Fail Debate
• Stanford Seeks New Trial Citing 'Prejudicial' Publicity
• ERG Sues Nabors Unit For $100M Over Failed Oil, Gas Deal
• Fox Paine Says Former Exec Gave Fund Stake To Rival
• Texas Court Tosses $3M Award In Family Trust Dispute
• IBM Settles With Texas Over Failed $863M Data Contract
• Kelly Hart, Drohan Help Berkshire Unit Nab Electronics Co.
• Hispanic DHL Workers Claim Race Bias At Dallas Facility
• CVR Energy Rips Icahn's 'Detrimental' $2.6B Takeover Bid
• Transwestern, BNP Grow Global Reach With Joint Venture
• Insight Affiliate Forks Over $192M For Air Filter Maker
• Another Court Weighs In On Stern V. Marshall
• Judge Nixes Contractor's Suit Over Halted $16M FEMA Grant
• LinkedIn Rebuts Claim It Plundered App Users' Contacts
• 5th Circ. Revives Stanford Suits Against Proskauer, Others
• Ex-Locke Lord Energy Atty Joins Winstead
• Ex-Judge's Plea Deal Rejected In Hurricane Ike Bribe Case
• Considerations When Shelling Out Oil, Gas Royalties
• Challenging Providers: A Health Plan Flexes Its Muscle
• US Fire Can't Escape Coverage Claims For Asbestos Suits
• 5th Circ. Nixes Remand Review In $20M Transocean Suit
• Atlas Shoulders Into Barnett Shale With $190M Carrizo Deal
• Baker Donelson Nabs Employment Ace From Conner & Winters
• Texas Court Reinforces LLC Veil In Ruling For Builders
• Whistleblower Says BP Gulf Atlantis Plant Still Not Safe
• DOT Defends Texas Highway Project Over Sierra Objections
• Texas Appeals Court Clears Energy Co.'s Public Utility Buy
• Vinson Helps GE Jump In With Howard Energy Consortium
• CVS Caremark Says No Wrongdoing Alleged In FCA Suit
• Thompson & Knight Adds Corporate Partner In Houston
• Kinder Morgan To Ditch Assets For FTC Nod On $21B Deal
• Scratching the Surface: Texas Loans And Mineral Rights
• Professor Seeks FDA Probe Into Stem Cell Cos.' Practices
• DaVita Unit Can't Sidestep Ex-Nurse's Medicaid Fraud Suit
• CVR Energy Blasts Icahn Over Jab At Reuters Piece
• Indicted Atty Wants RICO Charges Tossed in Bribery Case
• Ex-Howrey Partner Joins IP Firm Wong Cabello In Houston
• Brookfield, Hillwood Launch $1B Industrial Property Venture
• UK Medical Journal Invokes Anti-SLAPP Law In Libel Suit
• 5th Circ. Denies BofA Late Claim In Dallas Logistics Case
• Texas Supreme Court Takes Up Inverse Condemnation Case
• Brookfield Sells Dallas Office Complex For $123M
• Akin Gump Captures Vinson & Elkins Energy Pro In Houston
• Texas Hospital Dodges $30M FCA Suit Over Drug Supplies
• The Circuit Court Split On 'Fraud On The FDA' Continues
• Dell Buys PE-Owned SonicWALL To Boost Security Chops
• Proskauer Rose Can't Put Stanford Action On Hold
• Vitro Bondholders Can't Collect Until Mexican Plan Ruling
• Ex-Bank Boss Hid Money To Skirt $4.5M Restitution, Feds Say
• USAA Scoops Up Stake In Real Estate Investor Square Mile
• Merscorp, Others Say Texas Law Precludes Record Fees Suit
• Boeing Required To Disclose Air Force Base Lease
• Judge Nixes FTC Claims Over Debt Negotiators' Ads
• Judge Says Co. Can 'Fill Gap' To Trigger Excess Policy
• Why Communications Is Key To Merger And Lateral Success
• Pickens, Athletic Co. Lose $33M Life Insurance Refund
• Investor Won't Give $291M Educational Co. Sale Passing Grade
• Verizon, Other Telecom Giants Targeted Over Wireless Patents
• Texas Court Revives Investor's Suit Over $2.6B Gas Co. Sale
• Texas Oilman Ordered To Pay $4.8M Over Investment Scheme
• Texas High Court Finds Entergy Liable For Power Line Injuries
• KeyBank Had No Duty To Report Borrower's Woes: 5th Circ.
• Maximus, Insurer Drop Claims Over $78M Texas Settlement
• El Paso Shareholders Back Disputed $21B Kinder Morgan Deal
• Motorola, Others Accused Of Swiping Pay System Patent
• Ground(water)-Breaking Decision
• Mitsubishi Ordered To Pay GE $170M Over Wind Turbine IP
• Jury Orders Forfeiture Of $330M In Stanford Accounts
• E. Texas Unveils E-Discovery Model To Curb Patent Costs
• Trustmark Must Repay Stanford Vendor $2M: 5th Circ.
• Award Revocation Stands In Battle Over Oaktree Deal
• Ticketmaster, Redbox Accused Of Infringing Web Patent
• Wells Fargo Trust Recipients Lose Bid For New Trial
• Cano Petroleum Seeks Ch. 11 Sale Amid Cash Woes
• Blocking Keystone Could Cost Millions, Texas Court Hears
• Texas Co. Says It Was Stiffed On $14M Power Plant Contract
• Calif. Pension Fund To Oppose El Paso-Kinder Morgan Deal
• Ranch Says Meat Co. Monopolizes Prime Cut Of Beef Market
• Shell CEO Backs Fracking Disclosure Rules, Other Regs
• 5th Circ. Upholds EPA Veto Of $220M Miss. Flood Plan
• Wal-Mart Says New Sex Bias Action Fails Dukes Standard
• Sidley Guides Nationstar's $63B Mortgage Servicing Rights Buy
• Enterprise, Others Sign Shippers For Texas Pipeline
• Noble Escapes Anadarko's $24M Suit Over Oil Rig Damage
• Judge Says Nepalis' Suit Against Contractor Belongs In US
• Stanford Convicted For $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Texas Doc Denied Bail In Record Medicare Fraud Case
• No Bail For Briton In Iran Missile Part Trading Case
• Stanford Jurors Deadlocked In $7B Ponzi Case
• Indicted Atty Says Gov't Lied To Keep Seized Docs Secret
• El Paso Postpones Vote On $21B Kinder Morgan Deal
• Willkie Farr, Cooley Aid $165M Infusion For Drilling Info
• Pioneer Grabs Carmeuse Fracking Sand Unit For $297M
• Kirkland Helps Thoma Bravo, Plato In $291M Software Deal
• Squirrel Brand Goes Nuts Over Walgreens' Use Of Marks
• 5th Circ. Backs Landmark Katrina Canal Breach Ruling
• Exxon Well Sabotage Case Returns To Texas Trial Court
• Texas High Court Denies Denbury Eminent Domain For Pipeline
• Resource Capital Puts Up $30M To Help Join Uranium Cos.
• Nintendo Beats Another Wii Patent Suit
• No Win For Rand McNally Ex-CEO, PE Firm In Dispute
• Developer Sues To Get Docs For Fight Over $560M Loan
• Offshore Oil Workers Take Foreign Hires Case To High Court
• Fees Can't Be Cut After Lodestar Calculation, Fed. Circ. Says
• CVR Energy Urges Rejection Of Icahn Tender Offer
• Laboring Against Unfair Lactation Discrimination
• Judge Nixes 'Rambling' Claim In Texas Highway Plan Suit
• AT&T Zapped With Suit Over Phone Charger Patent
• I'll Take One Order Of Liability, To Go
• EPA's Absolute Commitment To Renewable Fuel Standards