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Texas - July, 2012

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• Peregrine Petroleum Told To Pay $16M In Trade Secrets Case
• Texas Court Kills $1.8M Corilant Verdict Over Failed Merger
• Stanford Judge Puts US Receiver Ahead Of Antiguan Liquidators
• 5th Circ. Will Rehear Anti-Immigrant Renters Law Case
• Gevo Fires Back In Biofuel Patent War With BP, DuPont
• 2 Japanese Cos. Sign On To Freeport Liquefaction Project
• Homeowners' Challenge To Landfill Plans Blocked By Court
• Exxon, BP, Noble Oil Dispute Gets 3 Arbitrators: 5th Circ.
• Provident Founder Must Pay $17M To Ponzi Scheme Victims
• Valero May Reap Up To $4B From Gas Station Biz Spinoff
• 5th Circ. Says EPA Can Limit Defenses For Some Polluters
• 5th Circ. Says Fresenius FCA Suit Not Supported By Evidence
• KKR To Drop $233M On Share In Comstock Eagle Ford Shale
• Judge Nixes Nabors Shareholder Suit Based On Foreign Law
• 5th Circ. Sends Ex-DuPont Workers' Suit To Top Texas Court
• 5th Circ. Boots Construction Worker's Award In Harassment Suit
• Doctor Targets Hormone Therapy Co. Over Soured Venture
• Mobile Payment Co. Seeks Toss Of $13M Patton Boggs Suit
• $150M Dallas Office Park Closing In On Tenants, Timeline
• Texas OKs $198M For Austin Highway Toll Expansion
• Apple's Siri Feature Flouts Voice Patents, University Says
• Wachtell Aids Chicago Bridge With $2B-Plus Shaw Buy
• Case Study: Peleg V. Neiman Marcus
• Implications Of Flagship Credit V. Indian Harbor
• Galderma Says Watson Generic Infringes Acne Ointment Patents
• Texas Court Throws Out Royalty Judgment Against El Paso
• Texas Court Backs Fair Value For Oppressed Shareholders
• McKesson To Pay $151M To Settle States' Drug Pricing Claims
• Nestle's Attack On Texas Margin Tax May Be An Uphill Battle
• Billabong Flips On TPG's $726M Bid, Allows Due Diligence
• Keystone XL Pipeline Receives Key Permit For Southern Leg
• Partners In Gulf Well Venture Patch Up Upgrade Dispute
• Houston Medicare Fraud Ring Bilked $97M, Feds Say
• Ross Perot's Co. Ducks Suit Over Parkcentral Collapse
• Looper Reed Launches IP Group With 2 Dykema Patent Pros
• Texas Court Affirms Korean Shipbuilder's $3.5M Verdict
• Atty Says KBR Owes Fees For $1B In Mexican Tax Savings
• Axed Worker Says Clinic Urged Insurance, Medicaid Fraud
• DOJ, Ontario Reach Deal To Release $18M To Stanford Receiver
• Weil Guides Brookfield In $366M Merger With Texas REIT
• Haynes And Boone Can't Dodge Antitrust Malpractice Suit
• FLSA Suits Must Focus On Defined Employers, 5th Circ. Finds
• Linc Energy Unit Faces Contract Suit Over $236M Well Sale
• J&J Unit Says Distributor Tried To Steal 70K Customers
• AspenTech Loses Bid To Halt Servicing Of Infringing Software
• Dual-Eligible Patients Can Be Left Out Of DHS Payments: HHS
• McCathern Mooty Grinke Hangs Shingle In San Antonio
• Siemens Gas Turbine Building Sold For $18M To Inland
• ERISA Doesn't Trump State Claims, DOL Tells 5th Circ.
• Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Issues In Leshinsky And Asadi
• Natural Gas Cos. Want FERC To Rethink TransCanada Deal
• GenOn Shareholders Sue To Block $1.7B NRG Merger
• Canadian Fund To Invest $355M In US Multifamily Market
• Noble Energy Rakes In $320M For Texas Oil Properties
• Distributor Fights Arbitration In Mike's Hard Contract Row
• Pipeline Cos., Texas Landowners Seek Eminent Domain Clarity
• Wells Fargo To Get $224M In Babcock Loan Default Suit
• TPG Rebids For Billabong At $717M As Clothier Struggles
• Central Crude Fights Typo Ruling In Enbridge Fee Dispute
• Ex-Workers Claim Monsanto Lied About Wages, Free Housing
• Tenn., Texas, Others Bring EPA Smog Rules Fight To DC Circ.
• BP Accused Of Lying About Safety To Inflate Stock Price
• Texas Utility Signs Deal For $1B Solar Project
• Ceridian Denied Quick Win In $3M Therapy Contract Suit
• DOJ Moves To Close 4 Antitrust Offices In Coming Months
• EEOC Details Racial Bias Claims In 2nd Try Against Bass Pro
• EPA Takes Aim At Luminant Over Texas Plant Permits
• 'Minecraft' Game Developer Sued For Patent Infringement
• BOEM To Lease 20M Acres In Gulf Under New Plan
• NRG's $1.7B GenOn Buy Creates Largest US Power Producer
• Joe's Crab Shack Owner Faces Investor Suit Over IPO Errors
• A High Standard For Patient Privacy In Texas
• AmeriFirst Owner Gets 16 Years For Investment Scam
• Cinemark Is Likely Covered For Colo. Tragedy
• Texas Court Nixes Consumers' $14M Sales Tax Refund Claim
• Texas Judge Orders Review Of Air Permit For $3B Power Plant
• Texas Court Eases Reporting Deadline For Asbestos Suits
• EPA To Review Portions Of New Power Plant Mercury Rule
• Texas Utility Sues To Enforce Supply Contracts
• Physician Rips Strict Liability For Abortions In 5th Circ.
• GOP Offshore Lease Bill Would Net Gov't $600M, CBO Says
• Invalid Browser IP Verdict Stands In Suit Against Google
• A New View For Pharma Product Liability Litigation
• Inventor Kicks Off IP Trial Over Blood Clot Supplement
• Dallas Cowboys Escape Scrimmage Over Super Bowl Tickets
• Stanford Associates Plead Not Guilty To Roles In $7B Scam
• Halliburton Settles Shareholder Suit Over Alleged Bribes
• Air Force Contractors Charged Over Bribery Scheme Roles
• Providence Sells 22 TV Stations In Deals Worth $1B
• Judge Tells Gas Meter Co. Exec To Yield Stolen Technology
• Texas Court Won't Let Eurocopter Off Hook For Fatal Crash
• Snapshot: The Latest Medical Device FCPA Settlement
• Blackstone Pays $321M For 15 Regency Shopping Centers
• US Fidelis To Pay Consumers $13M To Settle Warranty Suit
• Texas ‪Chemical Co., CEO Charged ‬Over Employee Deaths
• Texas Railroad Commission Seeks To Slow Revolving Door
• PE Firm Panda Lands Financing For Texas Power Plant
• Texas DA Can't Escape Bribery Charges
• Real Estate Co. Buys Famed Houston Buildings In Fire Sale
• Apple Acquires Austin Land For $304M Campus Expansion
• DHL Sees Bulk Of Workers' Race Bias Claims Dismissed
• Winstead Adds Ex-Haynes And Boone Finance Pro In Houston
• Howard Hughes Plans 66-Acre Mixed-Use Project Near Houston
• GOP Offshore Drilling Bill Moves Forward In House
• Cal-Maine Picks Up Pilgrim's Pride's Texas Egg Operations
• Wireless Network Co. FiberTower Files Prepack Ch. 11
• Builders Ask 5th Circ. To Rethink Ruling Dooming Coverage
• Suit Alleges Kosmos Energy Misled Investors Ahead Of IPO
• Citgo Asks 5th Circ. To Nix Appeal Of $6M Oil Spill Fine
• 6 States Face Mounting Budget Crisis, Report Warns
• Texas Boutique Adds Locke Lord Product Liability Pro
• Peabody Energy, Kinder Morgan Sign Coal Export Deal
• Nexstar Says Time Warner Rebroadcasts Without Consent
• Jackson Walker Scoops Up Akin Gump Labor Attys
• DLA Piper Adds Thompson & Knight Energy Partner
• Sanyo, Vizio, Others Infringe Circuitry Patents, Freescale Says
• Limiting An Insured's Right To Independent Counsel
• Pilgrim's Pride Says Farmers' Antitrust Claim Won't Fly
• SEC Can't Use SOX To Claw Back Bonuses: ArthroCare Execs
• 5th Circ. Sinks $96M FCA Suit Against Northrop-Lockheed JV
• Pipeline Co. Hit With Fine Over 4K-Gallon Oil Spill
• SEC Insider Trading Suit Not A Slam Dunk, Mark Cuban Says
• Sony Ericsson, HTC, Acer Face IP Suit Over Diary Technology
• TPG Offers $1.9B For Generic Drug Co. Par Pharmaceutical
• AmEx, Costco Latest Targets Of Browser Patent Holder
• Jury Orders Fluor To Pay $19M For Scalding Iraq Contractor
• Houston Tower Owner Says Noteholder Trying To Swipe Building
• CORRECTED: Alcoa, Chevron, Exxon Settle $56M Texas Superfund Suit
• Shell To Build Pipeline Linking La. To Texas Gulf
• BP Can't Collect From Transocean Insurers, 5th Circ. Hears
• Cointreau Sues To Block Rival Product From US Market
• Citigroup Sells 620,000-SF Office Campus To Brookfield
• Jury Finds Garmin GPS Devices Infringed Ambato Patent
• Whole Foods Says Vitamin Shoppe Stole Healthy Slogan
• Texas Jury Hands Down $118M Verdict In Hospital Investor Suit
• Texas Resident Asks Supreme Court To Revive E-Filing Suit
• Bar Sues Texas AG To Block Release Of Bank Records
• REIT Says $75M Loan Fight Can't Be Arbitrated
• Provident Co-Founders Indicted Over $485M Ponzi Scheme
• BP To Pay $13M Over Safety Violations At Texas Refinery
• Central Crude Can't Duck Enbridge Pipeline Fee Claims
• SEC Calls Franklin Bank Execs' Defense Bogus
• Enterprise To Pay Record $550M For Shell Plaza In Houston
• Chesapeake Ordered To Complete $115M Preston Lease Deal
• El Paso Highway Project To Go Ahead Over Green Objections
• Ex-Aeriform Workers Say PE Buyout Ruined Retirement Funds
• Halliburton Hits KBR With $256M Suit Over Spinoff Tax Pact
• Texas Agencies Paid Women Less For Equal Work, DOJ Says
• Unit Corp. To Pay $617M For Noble Energy Midstream Assets
• How A Texas Plaintiff Found A Way To Causation
• Former Worker Claims Schlumberger Refused OT Pay
• Comic Artist's 'Cowboys & Aliens' Claims Weak, Studios Say
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Deepwater Stock Drop Suit Belongs In UK
• Orthofix Pays $7.5M To Settle Bribery Cases With SEC, DOJ
• Carlyle Group, Dow Hotel Co. Snap Up Texas Lake Resort
• Google's Chrome Latest Target In Mobile Browser IP Spree
• Fewer Texas Docs Than Ever Take Medicaid, Survey Shows
• Texas Gov. Says No To Insurance Exchange, More Medicaid
• TiVo's Cisco Patent Claims Can't Be Added To Verizon Suit
• Armstrong Suit Against Anti-Doping Agency Axed In Hours
• Suit Claims Weatherford Owns Fired Engineer's Designs
• Texas Cruise Ship Co. Ordered To Pay Employee's Hospital Bill
• Are Your Waivers Worth The Paper They Are Printed On?
• Military Supplier Claims Spurned Employee Killed Deals
• Texas Dead Last In Health Care Quality, Federal Study Says
• Court Backs Toss Of EMT's Facebook Privacy Firing Suit
• Debt Collector Employee Says Co. Withheld Overtime
• If You Miss, Better Miss Well: In Re Clark
• EPA Settles Sierra Club Suit Over Texas Air Quality Plans
• Quantlab Ducks Claims In Stock Trading Software IP Fight
• Suit Blames Offshore Oil Boat Collapse On Known Defect
• NFL Dodges Sanctions In Super Bowl Ticket Dispute
• BP Ducks $2.6B Suit Over Canceled Post-Spill Dividend
• Stay Lifted On Suits Alleging Proskauer Rose Aided Stanford
• Marathon Oil Wants Royalty Suit Shot Down
• Texas City Accused Of Sex Bias In Police Hiring Test
• Strategic Capital Dodges $2M Fraudulent Transfer Suit
• BMC Software, Elliott Funds Strike Deal To End Takeover Battle
• HHS Awards $971M In Public Health Emergency Grants
• NBC Reality Producer Says Ex-Contestant Spooked Sponsor
• Benefits Broker Wants SEC Sanctioned Over Witness Subpoena
• Workers Ask 5th Circ. To Up Payout In Judge Harassment Row
• LG Hit With Suit Over Touch-Screen Patents
• Stanford Victims Say SEC Office Let $7B Ponzi Scheme Happen
• Challenging The CFPB In Court: Inside The Complaint
• Houston Tower Owner Bilked Creditors With $6.5M Loan: Suit
• Chubb Tells 5th Circ. Diet Aid Coverage Suit Is Time-Barred
• New USPTO Offices Will Help Polish Up Patents, Attys Say
• Chinese Fishermen Sue ConocoPhillips Over 2011 Oil Spill
• Texas Industrial Park Partner Claims He's Being Forced Out
• Petrobras Forks Over $820M To Settle Texas Refinery Fight
• Medical Liability Act Applies To Employees: Texas High Court
• Noncompetes: A New Argument For Texas Employers