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Texas - May, 2012

140 articles

• AGR Says Ex-VP Ran Off With Trade Secrets, Customers
• Texas Court Throws Out $21M Award In Oil Royalty Battle
• Nat'l Union Entitled To $3M Fees In Valero Defense: 5th Circ.
• Title VII Doesn't Protect Breast Pumping, 5th Circ. Hears
• 5th Circ. Allows DOI Permits For Gulf Oil Projects To Stand
• Jackson Walker Taps Former Judge For New Texarkana Office
• Fraser Guides National Oilwell's $233M Gas Supply Co. Buy
• Houston Firefighters Recover $2.3M From City In OT Dispute
• Title VII Protects Nursing Moms, Doctors Tell 5th Circ.
• Insurer Says Citgo Not Entitled To Pollution Defense Coverage
• Houston OKs Southwest's $100M Hobby Airport Expansion
• REIT Can't Duck Arbitration Over $75M Loan, Developer Says
• Homeland Insurance Sues To Dodge Software Cos.' IP Battle
• RIM Targeted Over Mobile Email Patents
• The Products Of Fracking: Oil, Gas And ... Litigation?
• Anadarko, Noble Settle $100M Post-Spill Rig Contract Fight
• Western Energy Wants Atty Ousted From Oil Field Fight
• Time Warner Fights Pause In Enforcement Of Franchise Ruling
• Home Solutions Exec Pleads Not Guilty In Securities Fraud Case
• KUD, Austin Planetarium Back $240M Mixed-Use Project
• MLB, Glenn Beck Broadcaster Sued Over Online Video IP
• Dewey & LeBoeuf Files For Bankruptcy
• American Tank & Vessel Deals Blow To Contractor's $20M Suit
• Pelican Refining Seeks $76M From Sigma In Failed Deal
• Texas Co. Says Cybex Stole Secrets, Muscled Competition
• CES Settles Houston Residents' $15M Suit Over Toxic Fumes
• Chartis Accused Of Failing To Cover $17M Ponzi Loss
• Bracewell Gets Litigation Star From Patton Boggs
• Texas Duo Indicted In $19M Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
• Ex-SEC Atty Barred From Agency After Repping Stanford
• Texas Floats New Effort To Reduce Gas Flaring
• Investor Suit Over Layton Energy Oil Funds Axed
• $55M Suit Claims Blue Cross Shorted Texas Hospitals
• Offshore Driller Noble Makes Peace In $50M Wire Defect Suit
• JAMS, Ex-Judge Added To Fish & Richardson Arbitrator Suit
• Power Shortages Loom In Texas As Demand Rises, Report Says
• Warburg Pincus Leads $1.1B Investment In Gulf Oil Startup
• 5th Circ. Cans Challenge To Coke's 41-Year-Old Root Beer Buy
• Upholding CWA Negligence Standard In The 5th Circuit
• Ex-Enron CEO Skilling Will Seek New Trial, Attys Say
• 5th Circ. Reopens Suit Over Texas Beachfront Land Seizure
• Force Placed Insurance: A Coverage Lifeboat?
• Latham Adds 2 Vinson M&A Partners To Energy Group
• Texas Has Right To Defund Planned Parenthood, 5th Circ. Hears
• Fulbright Helps BC Lynd Snag Historic Texas Hotel
• Breastfeeding Bias Is Sex Bias, EEOC Tells 5th Circ.
• Trade Atty Rejoins Baker Hostetler After In-House Stint
• Wick Phillips Launches Austin Office Led By Tech M&A Guru
• Icahn Seizes Control Of CVR Energy Board With 80% Stake
• AspenTech Wins Jury Verdict In IP Dispute Over Ex-Worker
• Dykema Adds Appellate Pro From Texas AG's Office
• 5th Circ. Says Concepcion Dooms Student's Arbitration Award
• El Paso Unit Spends $635M For Cheyenne, Colo. Interstate
• Texas High Court Upturns Stop-Loss Insurance Classification
• Samsung, Others Accused Of Ripping Off Video Indexing Patents
• Stagecoach Pays $134M For Part Of Bankrupt Coach America
• Dallas — No Place For Markman Drama?
• Implications Of Sterling Chemicals V. Evans
• FERC Rules Texas Pipeline's Earnings Were Not Excessive
• Polsinelli Adds IP, Employment Litigator To Dallas Office
• Mediation Board Tries To Boot American Airlines Union Suit
• Nurse Sentenced In $5M Medicare Home Health Fraud
• 5th Circ. Knocks Out $1.5M Award In Navy Contract Fight
• McDermott Lures Antitrust Bigwig From Greenberg
• Texas Refiner Loses Appeal Of $5M Verdict For Hurt Worker
• Hicks Trust Forms $675M Venture With Paper Co. Appleton
• Apple, Netflix, Others Sued Over Mobile Display Patents
• Texas Led The Nation In Bias Charges Last Year, EEOC Says
• $3B Texas Coal Plant In Jeopardy Over Air Pollution Claims
• Uranium Energy Picks Up Texas Exploration Project
• Crestview Drops $100M For 50% Stake In Texas-Aimed Driller
• Texas Docs Want HHS To Drop New Coding System
• 5th Circ. Upholds Wastewater Cos.' Convictions In CWA Case
• Excelerate To Build 1st Floating LNG Terminal In US
• Atty Charged With Swiping $3M From Oil Scheme Investors
• LongHorn Steakhouse Sued By Tiny Texas Rival Over Marks
• Nokia, T-Mobile Accused Of Treading On 5 Wireless Patents
• Weil Steers Golf Town's $97M Buy Of Major US Golf Retailer
• BMC Rejects Elliott Sale Proposal With Poison Pill
• PE-Backed Driller Sells $1B In Assets After Axing IPO
• Oil, Gas Groups Sue Texas City Over 'Discriminatory' Tax
• Lothian Oil Creditor Takes Jurisdiction Row To 2nd Circ.
• Freight Co. Settles EEOC's 'Old Farts' Firings Suit
• Texas High Court Snubs Shell, Amoco Arbitration Appeal
• HFBE Oversees $1B Merger Of 2 Residential Real Estate Cos.
• Circuit Split? Mirant Vs. Adelphia
• When HIPAA Is Not Enough: Tougher Texas Privacy Laws
• Awaiting Sentencing, Stanford Again Ruled Competent For Trial
• Alleged Texting Scammers Put Up $2M To End Texas AG's Suit
• Former Raytheon Unit Gets $3.5M Judgment Overturned
• Adjusters Seek $2.5M From Insurers Over Ex-Worker's Scam
• BP Investors Tell 5th Circ. To Keep Deepwater Suit In US
• Where Rubber Hits Road: Examples Of Alternative Fees
• Vinson PE Partner Joins Sidley Austin's Houston Office
• Halliburton Claims Rival Snatched Employees, Clients
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Akin Gump Securities Pro
• Marathon Pays $750M For Texas Shale Player Paloma
• Wachtell Helps Hilltop With $520M PlainsCapital Buy
• Texas Judge Forces Hearing On Toxic Waste Dump's Permit
• TransCanada Says Contractor Botched Welder Oversight
• Helix Energy Execs Sued Over 2010 Executive Pay
• Provident Creditor Fights Trustee's $31M Clawback Suit
• Vitro: Defining 'Manifestly Contrary' To US Policy
• Crosstex Energy To Pay $210M For Gas, Oil Co. Clearfield
• CMS Urges 5th Circ. To Crush Preferred Pharmacy Appeal
• South Texas DA Charged With Bribery Scheme
• Stanford Receiver's Claims Process Wins Court Approval
• Imperial Sugar Investor Sues To Block $78M Sale
• Gruber Hurst Snags Locke Lord Commercial Litigation Pro
• Motorola Hit With Patent Suit Over PDAs, Barcode Scanners
• TaxMasters CEO Says Insurers Should Cover $46M Suit
• Icahn's $2.6B Offer For CVR Wins Shareholder Approval
• Texas Funeral Co. Sues Law Firm Over Botched Asset Sale
• Diver Sues BP, Others Over Deepwater Cleanup Injuries
• EMC, GoDaddy Wrongly Joined In Texas IP Row: Fed. Circ.
• 5th Circ. Stops Texas From Cutting Planned Parenthood Funds
• Provident Founder Gets 20 Years In $428M Ponzi Scheme
• Westlake Ditches Attempts To Acquire Georgia Gulf
• Stryker, Racing Optics Beat Medical Face Shield Patent Row
• Law360 Names Top Female Trial Attorneys
• BP Fights To Keep Suit Over Retirement Losses Shut Down
• SEC Is Investigating $1B Loans To Chesapeake CEO
• Haynes & Boone Boosts Public Finance Ranks With Andrews Pro
• American Airlines Sues To Block 10,000-Worker Union Vote
• Clayton Dubilier-Owned Co. Drops $145M On Metal Panels Biz
• Predictive Coding — Putting The Cart Before The Horse
• Dentist Group Says Texas Ad Rules Are Unconstitutional
• Andrews Kurth Lands Public Finance Guru From Fulbright
• Sony, Samsung, Others Face IP Suits Over Mobile Display Patent
• Drilling Equipment Subject To Texas Sales Tax, Court Rules
• Luminant Faces CAA Suit Over Texas Coal Plant Emissions
• HarperCollins, Hachette Near E-Book Price-Fixing Deal
• Texas AG Fights State Farm Suit Over Gulf Coast Policies
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Can Cut Funds To Planned Parenthood
• After Divestitures, DOJ OKs $200M Bus Co. Merger
• 9th Circ. Firsts: Equitable Mootness And Arbitration
• Mayer Brown Snags Thompson & Knight Partner In Houston
• McGrath Helps Louis Dreyfus Put Up $78M For Imperial Sugar
• Miss. Insurers Have No Duty To Advise, 5th Circ. Rules
• 5th Circ. To Rehear UnitedHealth Reimbursement Suit