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Texas - April, 2012

131 articles

• High Court Rejects Offshore Oil Workers' Foreign Hires Case
• Houston American Faces Shareholder Suit Over Stock Plunge
• Software Co. Heads To $291M Merger Vote After 2 Settlements
• Judge Blocks Texas' Attempt To Defund Planned Parenthood
• Judge Sends Stanford Class Action Back To State Court
• Energy Transfer Plans $5.3B Sunoco Takeover
• Texas Nurse Denied Bail In Record $375M Medicare Fraud
• Oil Traders Get Prison Stints For Lyondell Kickback Scheme
• Amazon To Invest $200M In Texas To Quell Sales Tax Battle
• Thompson & Knight Picks Up Energy Pro In Austin
• Hotel Co. Protests WisDOT's Attempt To Seize Property
• LG, AT&T Targeted In Smartphone Tech Patent Suit
• Stanford Victims Push For Streamlined Claims Process
• FERC Seeks Input On 660-MW Texas Hydroelectric Proposal
• Texas Firefighters, Cops Denied Rehearing In $1B Pay Suit
• Texas Officials Ask High Court To Review Cable Franchise Law
• Implicit Wants GoMex Sanctioned In Oil Well Joint Venture Row
• Highland Wants Citi CLO Fight Sent Back To State Court
• Texas Medical Supply Firm Owners Admit Medicare Kickbacks
• Kinder Morgan To Pay $300M For Half Of Gas Pipeline System
• Pfizer Off-Label Marketing Suit Pushed Toward Dismissal
• Halcon Eyes Oil Reserve Boost In $1B GeoResources Deal
• Dallas-Area Westin Hotel Lands $75M Refinancing Loan
• Stanford Receiver Asks 5th Circ. For Hold On Libyan Assets
• Beck Ventures Plans $2B Revamp For Dallas Mall
• Texas Dispenser Admits Shipping Drug Blamed For 3 Deaths
• Insurer Off Hook For $5M Alleged BJ Services Loan Fraud
• Wal-Mart Cashiers Settle Texas FLSA Claims For $2M
• 2 More Firms Sued Over Copyrighted Material In Patent Docs
• Latham & Watkins Snags Energy Ace From Morgan Lewis
• 5th Circ. Says DuPont Workers Can't Bring Fraud Claims
• Merck Escapes High Court Hearing In $26M Vioxx Suit
• Ex-Merrill Exec's Enron Fraud Case Denied High Court Review
• Recruiters Got Kickbacks In $45M Medicare Scam, US Says
• Paul Hastings Opens In Houston, Boosting Energy Practice
• Texas Firm Sues For Its Share Of $44M Wellogix Award
• Real Estate Developers Owe $101.4M, Wells Fargo Says
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Jackson Walker Tax Controversy Pro
• DCP Says Transwestern Pipe Conversion Will Pinch Drillers
• SEC Probes Houston American's Possible Securities Violations
• Law Blog Owner Slams Official In 5th Circ. Speech Fight
• Cheap Shale Gas Prompts Dow Plans For $1.7B Ethylene Plant
• Aetna Sues Surgery Center Over High Fees, Referrals
• Debating Preclusion Of State Law Securities Claims
• CVR Drops Poison Pill Blocking $2.6B Icahn Buyout
• 5th Circ. Reinstates CWA Suit Against Baton Rouge
• Empyrean Lands $50M Macquarie Loan For Texas Shale Project
• Toshiba, Samsung, Others Targeted In Thumb Drive IP Blitz
• Cox Smith Adds 3 K&L Gates Partners In Austin
• Court Affirms Water Co. Didn't Cheat Atty On Laredo Deal
• Reddy Ice Makes $1M Deal In Shareholders' Cartel Suit
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• Texas Atty Gets 1 Year For Role In Judicial Bribery Scheme
• Booz Allen Texas Office Back In Running For US Contracts
• Andrews Kurth Urges 5th Circ. To Toss Oil Well IP Suit
• 5th Circ. Dials Down Retirees' ERISA Row Against AT&T
• National Union Wins $49M Carbon Black Coverage Appeal
• Judge Is On Nationwide's Side In Agent Contract Suit
• Texas Court Reverses ConocoPhillips' Oil Field Stake Win
• Prudential Capital Launches Energy Finance Group In Dallas
• Sierra Club Fights Freeport LNG Export Bid
• Allergan Eyes Generics Makers In Glaucoma Patent Row
• Edelman Board Approves Lee Equity's $258M Take-Private Bid
• Now Bigger In Texas: Oil And Gas Refund Opportunities
• Skilling Denied High Court Review In Latest Appeal
• Judge Stays Proskauer Suits Pending 5th Circ. Ruling
• Swindler Gets 2 Years In $53M Oil, Gas Securities Scam
• Lone Star Buys $2B Ex-Lehman CDO From Bundesbank
• Greenberg Traurig Ducks ReoStar Energy Conspiracy Claims
• Texas Agency Gives Go-Ahead To Experimental Stem Cell Use
• Royalty Owners And The Duty To Discover
• Apple Can Intervene In Lodsys' IP Suit Over Game Apps
• CVR, Icahn Meet To Discuss $2.6B Takeover Bid
• Priest Johnson PLLC Opens Office In Dallas
• Texas IP Firm Wins Coverage Fight Over Referral Suit
• Enterprise, Anadarko To Build Texas-Colo. Wet Gas Pipeline
• An Impartial Appraisal Of Insurance Policy Requirements
• DCP Midstream Sinks $85M Into Texas Pipeline Project
• Chrysler Accused Of Lifting Touch Screen Patent
• Reddy Ice Enters Ch. 11 With Plan To Acquire Arctic Glacier
• Apple, HTC, RIM, Samsung Sued Over Touch Screen Patents
• Planned Parenthood Sues To Keep Texas Health Funding
• Texas County Followed Proper Land Bid Process, Court Says
• Sunoco Partnership Preps 3rd Texas Pipeline Project
• New Pemex Suit Goes After Shell, Conoco In Stolen Fuel Fight
• Blue Cross Will Face Bulk Of $12M Texas Coverage Suit
• Jackson Lewis Ties Knot With Labor Boutique Founder
• 2 Ex-Prosecutors Join Baker & McKenzie Compliance Team
• Tenet To Cough Up $43M For Overbilling Medicare
• Cracker Barrel Tries 20% Poison Pill To Halt Takeover
• Skype, Sony Pulled Into Data Encryption Patent Row
• Weil Takes Back IP Litigator From Fish & Richardson
• Patton Boggs Takes On 4-Atty IP Team From SNR Denton
• Illinois National Appeals $2M Excess Trigger To 5th Circ.
• Texas Baseball League Puts Legal Malpractice Suit On Hold
• Cerberus Shells Out $950M For AT&T's Yellow Pages
• Whistleblower Pushes For New Look At Abbott Stent Case
• Proskauer Rose Seeks Review On 5th Circ. Ponzi Decision
• Arnold & Itkin Can't Kick Sanctions In Arbitration Dispute
• 5th Circ. Health Law Challengers Indignant Over AG Letter
• Judge Raises Stanford Receiver Rate To $400 Per Hour
• SEC Accuses Ex-Franklin Bank Heads Of Home Loan Scam
• Google, LinkedIn, Others Hit With Encryption Patent Suits
• Ex-SEC Atty, Others To Pay Millions Over Illegal Stock Sales
• Oil Appraiser Ducks Fraud Claims Over $24M Investment
• Apollo, Riverstone Invest $600M In Gulf Oil Exploration Co.
• 5th Circ. Says Debtor Lost Right To Sue Tyson For Bias
• Former Clients Accuse Andrews Kurth Of Legal Malpractice
• Holder Defends Obama's Comments On High Court To Judge
• New Requirements For Audit Committees Of Texas Insurers
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Holder Backs Obama's ACA Remarks Amid 5th Circ. Flap
• La. Breach Exclusion Can't Bar Tort Coverage: 5th Circ.
• Hogan Lovells Adds Arbitration Expert To Employment Practice
• Oil Tycoon Grabs Majority Stake In 377-MW Wind Farm
• State Split: Transfer Restrictions In Commercial Leases
• Texas Court Can't Stomach Dismissal Of ConAgra Pot Pie Case
• Icahn Claims Majority Shares For $2.6B CVR Takeover
• Texas REIT Scares Developer Out Of $75M Loan Fight
• SEC Unsheathes SOX Provision Against Ex-ArthroCare Execs
• Oil Startup Faces Investor Suit Over Drilling Problems
• Xerox, Others Hit With IP Claims Over Printers, Cameras
• REIT Seeks To Exclude Developer From $75M Loan Fight
• Reddy Ice Says It's Struggling To Stay Afloat
• Texas Court Kills Antitrust Case Against Exxon Affiliate
• Uniloc Hits Rosetta Stone, TI, Others Over Piracy Patent
• Greenberg Traurig Touts New Tech Patent Pro In Austin
• CSIRO To Rake In $230M After WLAN Patent Settlements
• KKR Buys $306M In Gas Assets As Prices Hit 10-Year Low
• High Court Seeks DOJ's Take On Texas-Okla. Water Fight
• Common Law V. UTSA: The Last States Standing