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Texas - June, 2012

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• GE Escapes Employee Suit Over Iraq Bribery Worries
• Texas High Court Limits Coverage For Organ Charities
• 5th Circ. Frees Nautilus From Oil Project Coverage Fight
• XL Must Yield Docs In Workers' Comp Row: Texas High Court
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Open Up New Frontiers
• Texas High Court Raises Bar In Age Discrimination Suits
• Highland Drops Citigroup CLO Suit Over Manager Role
• Union Carbide Can't Escape Asbestos Wrongful Death Suit
• Differential Diagnosis Can't Establish 'General Causation'
• Samsung Must Pay $38M For Willful Infringement In Fractus Suit
• Texas Court Affirms $1.5M Award In Oil Investment Scam
• 5th Circ. Extends Block On Vitro Debt Collection Efforts
• Texas Insurance Exchange Debate Looms As ACA Upheld
• Maxim Pays $12.3M To End Recruiter OT Claims
• DC Circ. Ruling Spurs FERC To Rethink Pipeline Rate Cap
• Pfizer Avoids Off-Label Marketing Suit Over Geodon, Zyvox
• Texas Golf Retailer's Shareholders Sue To Block $96M Sale
• Texas Regulators Raise Wholesale Electricity Price Cap
• Capital One To Build $150M Data Center In Va., Snubbing Texas
• Texas AG Weighs Appeal Of DC Circ.'s GHG Ruling
• United Way Chapter To Pay $6.2M To Resolve ERISA Claims
• Judge Hits Alleged Forex Scammer With $9M Judgment
• Ex-NBA Star Dodges Trial Over $10M Mortgage Fraud Charges
• K&L Gates Litigator Joins Dallas Boutique Taber Estes
• Nucor Unit Faces $40M Antitrust Suit Over Unfair Pricing
• Texas Atty Convicted Of Bribing Judge Seeks Acquittal
• Southern Union Unit Seeks To Enforce Gas Delivery Deal
• Enviro Group Asks 5th Circ. To Reinstate Deepwater Claims
• Luck Of The Draw: The Andrew Luck Trading Card Case
• BMW, Toyota Flout Interactive System Patents, Suits Say
• Hunton Will Face Gas Co.'s $50M Suit In Federal Court
• Texas Pension Fund Wants Judge Removed From Audit Fight
• Justices Won't Hear Shaw Workers' Radioactive Exposure Suit
• Whole Foods Battles Subpoena Bid In Margarita Ad Case
• Construction Co. Pays $10.5M To Demolish Accessibility Suit
• Liberty Mutual Looks To Duck Covering Linn In Pollution Case
• Texas High Court Kills $34M Paradigm Oil Royalty Judgment
• Texas Law Firm's Counterclaims Against OneBeacon Pared
• 5th Circ. Asked To Revive $10M McGlinchey Malpractice Suit
• Falling Oil And Gas Prices Create Openings For Law Firms
• Corrupt Judge's Libel Ruling Is Void, Texas High Court Says
• Cabot Earns $250M On Sale Of Pearsall Stake To Osaka
• Texas High Court Reinstates Easement Case Over Dallas Line
• Texas High Court Stems Worker Claims Under Insurance Code
• GCs Name Law Firms With Top Shelf Brands
• BASF Wants $30M From Contractor Over Texas Plant Shutdown
• When Excess Carriers Walk A Mile In An Insured's Shoes
• In Texas, The Learned Intermediary Doctrine Holds Steady
• Pertamina Pays $725M For Harvest's Venezuela Oil Interests
• Texas Tort Reform Did Not Cut Health Care Costs, Study Says
• InNova Hits Facebook, 23 Others With Email Patent Suits
• Texas Bank Takes Politically Charged CFPB Fight To Court
• Fulbright Welcomes Back Energy, Litigation Expert
• Miss., Ala. Ask 5th Circ. To Preserve States' Rights In Spill Suits
• Texas Sues To Get Google Docs In Antitrust Probe
• Sunoco Logistics Unveils Pipeline For Texas Crude
• 5th Circ. Upholds Sanctions Against Law Firm In Tire Case
• 5th Circ. Says Wartime Law Allows Colonel's Bribery Charges
• Taxi Co. Denies Scheme To Fix Prices Of Permit Fees
• Middleman In Texas Judicial Bribery Scheme Gets 10 Years
• Houston Pavilions Developers Sued Over $149M Loan Default
• 5th Circ. Says Arkema Not Liable For Chronic Injury Claims
• Transocean Says BP's Deepwater Chief Must Submit To Physical
• Forshey Taps Weil Bankruptcy Ace To Head Dallas Office
• Gray Hair Remarks Don't Prove Age Bias, Judge Rules
• In Re Vitro — Clarity Pending
• Investor Claims It Was Cheated Out of Stake in Energy Firm
• Asarco Wants $220M Settlement Nixed, Claims EPA Erased Docs
• Texas Court Reopens County Worker's Retaliation Suit
• Stanford Exec Gets 3 Years For Obstructing Fraud Probe
• Martin Midstream Unloads $275M In Assets To CenterPoint
• Software Co. Citrix Must Pay $10M To SSL Over Patents
• Texas Commission Wants Access To Judicial Proceedings
• 5th Circ. Upholds Halo's Ch. 11 Stay Exemptions
• Latest Conviction In Judicial Bribery Case Falls On Texas Atty
• Air Liquide Says Plant Closure Doesn't Void Supply Deal
• Delay Dooms Oil Spill Cleanup Coverage, Judge Rules
• MacroSolve Targets JPMorgan, LinkedIn Over Mobile App IP
• 5th Circ. Nixes Medicare Hospitalization Rate Challenge
• Baker Botts Picks Up Ex-Vinson Enviro Guru In Austin
• 5th Circ. Upholds EPA's Rejection Of Texas Clean Air Plan
• Barclays, Hedge Funds Reach Deal In $100M Enron Suit
• Baker Botts Concealed Patent Work For Rival, Axcess Says
• Dykema Picks Up M&A, Bankruptcy Ace From K&L Gates
• Risky Business: 3 Circuits Affirm CWA Simple Negligence
• La. Communities Want Deepwater State Law Claims Revived
• Intertek Inspectors Win Conditional Cert. In Overtime Pay Suit
• BP Hit With $500B Suit Over Texas Refinery's Emissions
• Stanford Gets 110 Years For $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Morgan Stanley Returns $67M MBS Row To Federal Court
• Vista Equity Partners Adds Bullhorn Inc. To Software Buys
• Lenders Eye Vitro Appeal On Cross-Border Debt Obligations
• Judge Won't Enforce Vitro Mexican Plan's Nondebtor Releases
• Judge Lets American Block Union Vote Over NMB Protest
• Stanford Receiver Can't Put Hold On Libyan Assets: 5th Circ.
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Kill Third-Party Deepwater Claims
• 5th Circ. Says Chesapeake Can't Duck Property Damage Suit
• OSHA: Targeting The Chemical Industry
• Jury Finds Longview Directors Breached Duty With Shale Grab
• MIG Capital Builds Texas Holdings With Austin Complex
• VeriFone Takes $15.4M Hit In CardSoft Patent Verdict
• NFL QB Vince Young Accuses Former Advisers Of Fraud
• Nearly 100 Mayors Defend EPA's Power Plant Emissions Rule
• BMC Urges Shareholders To Reject Elliott Director Picks
• The Mutual Benefits Of Nonsubscription In Texas
• US Wants Stanford On The Hook For $6B In Ponzi Scheme
• Texas Crane Co.'s Ex-Legal Chief Accused Of Stealing $9M
• DOJ Asks 5th Circ. To Revive KBR Kickback Case
• Paper Co. Aims To Block EEOC Witness In Racism Case
• Schemer Gets 7 Years For $60M Fraud Victimizing Verizon Unit
• NBC, KDC To Build Media Studio In $582M Texas Community
• Greenberg Traurig Securities Pros Jump To King & Spalding
• Texas High Court Adopts Intermediary Rule In Drug Cases
• FERC Opens Cheniere LNG Project Environmental Review
• Leonard Green, TPG Pay $1.7B For Wash. Thrift Store Chain
• Exide Settles Lead Emissions Dispute With Texas City
• Haynes And Boone Lures Kirkland IP Litigator To Dallas
• EPA Will Approve Texas Air Quality Plan
• US Seeks 230-Year Prison Term For Stanford's $7B Scam
• Kendall Law Group Picks Up Employment Atty In Dallas
• Ex-Lufkin Inventors Assert Andrews Kurth Ties In 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Revives Ritz-Carlton's $3.2M Katrina Damage Row
• Hartford Dodges Defense Duty In PCB Cleanup Dispute
• Exxon Expands Scope Of New 385-Acre Houston Campus
• Sea Dragon Burned Oil Investor Holding $40M Contract: Suit
• Fulbright Picks Up Ex-Bracewell Labor Guru
• Employers Urge 5th Circ. To Reverse NLRB Class Waiver Bar
• Frito-Lay Sues To Curb Expansion Of DOL Sex Bias Probe
• GOP, Texas Officials Say EPA Is Biased Against Fossil Fuels
• Halcon Pours $378M Into East Texas Oil, Gas Assets
• Google's Storage Services Infringe Data Cache IP, Suit Says
• Ex-Deputy Solicitor General Joins Sutherland In Austin
• Vanguard Swings $445M Deal For Antero Gas Land, Wells
• CVS Caremark Can't Escape FCA Suit Over Insurance Fraud
• Nationstar Buys $10.4B Home Mortgage Loan Pool From BofA
• House Democrats Urge AMR To Play Ball On Union Vote
• Haynes Snags 2 Media, Entertainment Attys From Sedgwick
• Sigma Hit With $76M Judgment Over Failed Refinery Deals
• Judge Tosses Annuities Suit Against AIG Subsidiary
• 5th Circ. Asked To Revive Deepwater Firefighting Boat Suit
• Vinson Guides Morgan Stanley PE Unit's $130M Oil Co. Buy
• Jackson Lewis Snags Employment Relations Pro In Dallas
• Comcast Slams British Telecom Over Networking Patents
• School District Must Arbitrate Aetna Row, Texas Court Rules
• Halliburton Fights VP's Noncompete With Baker Hughes
• EPA Sued Over Texas Power Plant Permit
• SEC Sues Grifco Officials Over $4M Stock Rigging Scam
• DR Horton Asks 5th Circ. To Overrule NLRB On Class Waivers
• EEOC Fails To Show Systematic Bias At Bass Pro, Judge Says
• 'Shape Up' Maker Tells 5th Circ. Chubb Owes Coverage