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Texas - August, 2012

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• Texas High Court Kills Landowner's $70M Takings Claim
• National Union Says Atty Doesn't Have Conflict Of Interest
• El Paso Officials Accused Of Trading Contracts For Bribes
• Texas Appeals Court Can't Introduce Stay Issues: Court
• Texas To Ask Supreme Court To Review Voter Map Ruling
• Contract Shields Well Operator From Breach Claim: Texas Court
• Google, Microsoft Must Face Data Transmission Patent Suit
• Texas High Court Vacates $21M Award In Enbridge Land Fight
• Texas High Court OKs Taking Of Cheney Shooting Vic's Land
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• DOJ Hits For-Profit School With FCA Suit Over Job Stats
• Texas Court Says Ledbetter Act Doesn't Apply To State Law
• Energy Cos. Ask FERC To Deny $32M Gulf Gas Facilities Sale
• Texas Voter ID Law Is Rejected By Federal Court
• Judge Says Investors Can Demand Ch. 11 Payments From Vitro
• Haynes And Boone Antitrust Bungle Cost $118M, Rx.com Says
• SEC Readying Civil Charges Against Stanford Execs: Report
• $88M Verdict Tossed In Shareholder Oppression Suit
• REIT Pays $103M For Senior Care, Medical Office Properties
• National Union Must Defend BNSF In Crash Suits: Texas Court
• Cross-State Insurance Poses Challenges, Texas Sens. Told
• J&J To Pay States $181M Over Deceptive Risperdal Marketing
• Rx.com Had A Solid Antitrust Case, Ex-DOJ Atty Says
• Kraft, Others Hit With Asbestos Wrongful Death Suit
• San Antonio Can't Dodge Suits Over Water Services Deal
• FERC Says Exelon Must Bring Own Claims Against Texas' PUC
• Pier 1's Jury Win Upheld In Gift Card IP Case
• Asbestos Whistleblower's Retaliation Win Upheld In Texas
• Texas Court Sinks Retaliation Suit Under Workers' Comp Act
• American Airlines Booking Antitrust Suit Survives Challenge
• Real Estate Blog Sues Condo President Over Harassment
• Rx.com Exec Lied, Haynes And Boone Says In Malpractice Case
• FERC OKs Gas-To-NGL Pipeline Conversion Over Utility Protest
• Wind Project Condemnation Case Reaches Texas High Court
• Exelon Abandons Texas Nuclear Plant Over Market Concerns
• CVS Says Pharmacies Must Arbitrate Patient Info Claims
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Insurer's Suit Over Helicopter Crash
• Dallas City Court Shutdown Ends As Judges Fight Ouster
• Nixing EPA Disapproval Of Texas' Flexible Permit Program
• Changes To DOL Persuader Regs: Practical Considerations
• Facebook, MySpace Among 22 Hit By Blue Spike Piracy IP Suit
• Rx.com Says Haynes And Boone Agreed To File Antitrust Suit
• Commerce Asked To Probe Greek, S. Korean Cement Imports
• Ex-El Paso Officials Get Prison For Health Insurance Bribes
• Texas' Latest Water Woes May Push Lawmakers To Action
• Greenberg Traurig Corporate Finance Pro Heads To Dykema
• Bristol-Myers Sued Over Heart Damage In Hep C Drug Trial
• PE Firms Strike $850M Deal To Take TPC Group Private
• Colony Must Cover Plumbing Co. Suits, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Court Backs Medical Malpractice Cap
• L-3 Beats Ex-Pilot's FCA Suit Over Plane Defects
• Baylor Escapes Some Liability In Patient's Rabies Death
• Recap: The 5th Circ.'s MXEnergy Ruling
• Texas Landowners Take Hit In Suit Against Range Resources
• Margin Tax Must Be Uniform, Nestle Tells Texas High Court
• Keystone Win Belies Looming Land Use Showdown In Texas
• Texas Gov. Seeks EPA Waiver For Renewable Fuel Standard
• Armstrong Banned For Life, Tour Titles in Jeopardy
• Evanston Wins 5th Circ. Coverage Row In Organ Selling Case
• Insurer Sues To Dodge $2M Bill Over Faulty Gulf Rig Repairs
• Jackson Walker Nets Energy, Finance Pro From Vinson
• Ex-El Paso Official Cops To $100M Kickback Scheme
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear Downhole's Oil Project Coverage Suit
• Venture Capital Firm Can't Get Fraud Suit Sent To Calif.
• Haynes And Boone Knew Rx.com Relied On It, Founder Says
• Keystone XL Can Use Eminent Domain, Texas Judge Says
• Kinder Morgan To Build $90M Crude Pipeline Expansion
• Investment Co. Off Hook For $1M Finder's Fee From Ranch Deal
• 'Chinese Warren Buffett' Faces $11.8M Ponzi Scheme Penalty
• Texas Strikes In Battle Of The Alamo Trademarks
• Texas Resources Co. Fined Over Iran Sanction Violations
• Denham Invests $200M In Oil Co. To Grow Permian Assets
• Blue Spike Continues To Target Tech Cos. Over Anti-Piracy IP
• Haynes And Boone At Fault For Late Filing, Witness Says
• Icahn Yanks Offer To Acquire Last 18% Of CVR Energy
• ArthroCare Execs Arrested Over $400M Stock Drop
• Paper Mill Can't Dodge EEOC's Workplace Racism Suit
• Chesapeake Mishandling Well Interests, Royalty Owner Says
• Atty's Judge-Bribing Conviction Was Right, Gov't Tells 5th Circ.
• Godwin Ronquillo Adds Trial Veteran To Commercial Group
• Jones Day Adds Oil, Gas Dealmaker In Houston
• Burger King Axed Christian Worker For Wearing Skirt: EEOC
• Rx.com Sank Before Late Antitrust Suit, Says Blamed Firm
• 5th Circ. Lets Texas Defund Planned Parenthood
• Fight Over Chiropractor Rules Reaches Texas High Court
• Investor Says Equus Board Diluted Shares To Seize Control
• Wells, Prudential Caused Bankruptcy Over $150M Loan: Suit
• SNR Denton Atty Forms Boutique Energy Firm In Dallas
• Texas Court Revives $125M Award In Power Plant Dispute
• Drilling Fluids Maker Says Rival Ran Smear Campaign
• 5th Circ. Won't Reinstate Dallas Morning News ADEA Suit
• FDIC Demands $2B From Goldman, BofA, Others Over MBS
• A Criminal Act Severs The Chain Of Causation
• Haynes & Boone Blames Rx.com For Antitrust Suit's Late Filing
• Texas Can't Bring Receiver Into Life Partners Fraud Case
• Texas Ruling Could Weaken FCA's Statute Of Limitations
• Gardere Wynne Adds Ex-DOE Adviser To Gov't Affairs Team
• Oil, Gas Co. Accuses Partner Of Dodging Field Startup Costs
• EPA Beats Energy Broker's Suit Over Phony Fuel Credits
• Armstrong Suit Against Anti-Doping Agency Tossed Again
• Magic Johnson JV Nets Houston Complex For $200M
• Texas Asks High Court To Toss Nestle Margin Tax Challenge
• Kinder Morgan Plans $2B Asset Sale To Quell Antitrust Worries
• Changing Landscape Of Same-Sex Couples' Inheritance Rights
• Oil & Gas Developer ATP Heads To Ch. 11
• Vinson & Elkins Guides Boardwalk In $625M Pipeline Co. Buy
• SEC Sanctioned Over Deposition In Life Partners Fraud Suit
• Oil Field Co. Says Apache Contractor Sought Kickbacks
• Insurers Sue Oil And Gas Co. Over $50M Hurricane Ike Claims
• Pickens Asks 5th Circ. For $33M Life Insurance Refund
• J&J Intermediary Drug Rule Case Won't Get 2nd Look
• Lack Of Jurisdiction Sinks Hospitals' ACA Suit: 5th Circ.
• WesternGeco Awarded $106M In Oil Exploration Patent Row
• Cigna Seeks To Recover $2.5M In Allegedly False Claims
• Skilling Won't Nix Scruggs Son's Conviction, 5th Circ. Says
• Oil Field Servicer Says Ex-Workers Stole Data, Client Lists
• Haynes & Boone Kicks Off Defense In $118M Malpractice Trial
• Aetna Hits Clinics, Hospital With Billing Fraud Claims
• Texas Wins Life Partners Injunction In Securities Fraud Suit
• American Airlines Beats Antitrust Claims In Booking Fight
• Texas Agency To Evaluate $240M Austin Museum Proposal
• Golden Hour Cleared Of IP Deception In Wake Of Therasense
• Big Tobacco Wants Texas To Tax Smaller Competitors
• Texas Insurance Dept. Email Debacle Reveals Public Tension
• Texas Joinder Ruling Lets Plaintiffs Skirt Key AIA Provision
• ATP Breached $33M Oil, Gas Royalty Contracts, Suit Claims
• RealPage Says Insurers In Yardi Row Can't Recoup Payout
• US Joins FCA Suit Over Off-Label Vein Treatments
• Skilling Covers Charges Based On State Law, 5th Circ. Says
• Texas Court Voids $1.4M Hail Damage Coverage Award
• NY Backs University's Affirmative Action Policy In High Court
• Provident Royalties, Creditor End $37M In Bankruptcy Disputes
• Cushman & Wakefield Buys Cousins Leasing Division
• Littler Brings On Former In-House Labor Lawyer
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Contract Doesn't Bar Transocean Coverage
• Court Blocks Sale Of Blood Clot Reducer 'Knockoff'
• Cabinet Co. Investors Sue Over $94M Home Depot Merger
• Time Warner Urges End To Hospital Internet Discount In Texas
• White House Stands Behind UT's Race-Aware Admissions
• ESCO Pays $325M To Pick Up Drill Bit Maker From Intervale
• Bell Nunnally Plucks White Collar Ace From Curran Tomko
• 5th Circ. Upholds Doc's Fraud Conviction, 10-Year Sentence
• 5th Circ. Reverses Class Cert. In Title Insurance Row
• Texas Oil Recycler Safety-Kleen Plans $400M IPO
• American Airlines Can't Bar Vote, Union Tells 5th Circ.
• EPA Wrongly Rejected Texas Permit Program, 5th Circ. Says
• Ex-Judge Helped Pry Assets From Developer, Suit Says
• Bankrupt Vitro Makes Case For Nondebtor Releases
• Jones Lang Accused Of Altering Time Cards To Avoid OT Pay
• Ruling Expected On TransCanada's Right To Private Property
• Riverstone Backs Oil Co.'s Operations In Permian Basin
• Eagle Rock To Fund $228M BP Plant Buy With Share Sale
• Planned Parenthood Can't Ditch Medicaid Billing Case
• 5th Circ. Won't Delay Trustmark's $2M Stanford Payment Order
• KBR Says Halliburton Skipping Step In $257M Tax Pact Row
• Pillsbury Steers Tesoro In $2.5B Purchase Of BP SoCal Units
• 5th Circ. Upholds Precedent On Bankruptcy Fee Awards
• Court Reverses $1M In Attys' Fees In Centex-Pulte Merger Deal
• Live Nation, Airliners Preserve Win In Seating Patent Feud
• O'Quinn Wants Beirne Maynard DQ'd From Coverage Row
• Establishing The Weight Of Evidence After Sciele
• Judge Questions Doping Agency Charges Against Armstrong
• Judge Dumps Bulk Of Match.com Users' Deception Suit
• Dukes Doesn't Bar Class Cert. In Wells Fargo Wage MDL: Judge
• SEC Case Against Ex-Microtune Execs Time-Barred: 5th Circ.
• Texas Attorney Can't Beat Suspension Over Settlement Fight
• Vioxx Appeal Imperils Merck MDL Deals, 5th Circ. Hears
• Avon, Victoria's Secret Can't Dodge $18M Patent Verdict
• Texas High Court To Address 5th Circ.'s At-Will Work Query
• Entergy Texas Moves Closer To Joining MISO
• Employees Say Refinery Contractors Forced Off-Clock Work
• Contractor Cops To $1.27M Iraqi Reconstruction Fraud
• Trustmark Fights $2M Stanford Payment In 5th Circ.
• Judge OKs EMG's Mobile Internet Browsing Patent Suit
• Dropbox Can't Pause Suit Pending Trademark Board Appeal
• FedEx Sues Texas To Dodge Unemployment Tax For Drivers
• Smith & Nephew Seeks $2M From Rivals In Noncompete Suits
• The Benefit Corporation: A Silent Trend
• Texas Court Quashes Sanctions Suit Against Provost Umphrey
• Houston Beats $17M Judgment In Drilling Ordinance Case
• Biodiesel Co. Indicted Over $42M Renewable Credits Scheme
• Dallas Magazine Beats Police Officers' Defamation Suit
• Texas Southern Sues Architect Over Student Center Defects
• SEC Says Ex-Standard Oil Chief Masked Convictions
• USPTO Head Says AIA, Satellites Good For IP Lawyers
• Texas Court Nixes Builder's $20M Win In Houston Port Fight
• No Arbitration For CVS In Patient Info Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Texas Court Must Address Liability Exclusions Case: 5th Circ.
• Fulbright Aids National Oilwell In $2.5B Buy Of Drill Parts Co.
• Apple Sanctioned Over Deposition Conduct In VirnetX IP Suit
• Baker Hughes Says Scientist Took Data To Halliburton Unit
• Project Investor Sues Attys For $1.4M It Says Partner Stole
• Dallas Skyscraper Draws $60M At Foreclosure Auction
• Entergy Loses Bid For $2.7M Under Texas Efficiency Rule
• Texas Court Won't Revive Atty's Employment Suit
• Data Center Co. Plans $300M IPO, To Restructure As REIT
• Texas Court Backs Alcohol Commission In Bar License Dispute
• EnCap Flatrock Funnels $100M Into Texas Midstream Startup
• SEC Drops FCPA Probe Of Offshore Driller Hercules
• $5M Suit Claims Comerica Improperly Sublicensed Software
• Data Show Whites Unevenly Compile Texas County's Jury Pools
• Docs Protest Texas 'Gag Order' On Abortion Discussions
• Study Links Texas Earthquakes To Fracking Disposal Wells
• Oil Co. Sues Over Faulty Saltwater Disposal Lines, Wells
• 5th Circ. Bolsters Excess Insurers' Late-Notice Claims
• Texas City Sued Over Failed $250M Entertainment Project
• Rx.com Says Haynes And Boone Is Ducking Upcoming Trial
• Verizon Can't Shake Fraudulent Transfer Claims Over Spinoff
• Chesapeake To Unload $7B Of Assets In 3rd Quarter
• Noble Energy Buys Minority Stake In Falkland Oil Licenses
• Kinder Morgan Unit Pays Parent $6.2B For Pipeline Assets
• Indicted Atty Used Bribes, Threats To Sign Clients, Suit Says
• Texas Court Boots Democratic Justice From DeLay Appeal
• 5th Circ. To Tackle Legal Gray Areas Of Cellphone Tracking
• New Texas Rules May Jump-Start Biodiesel Market
• Texas Judge Seeks Citizenship Docs In Marathon Contract Suit
• Valero Sues KBR Over $5M Sulfur Tank Explosion
• J&J Win Affirmed In 5th Circ. Mesh Warning Appeal
• Ex-ReoStar Execs Can't Shake Suit Over $11M Debt Sale
• Judge Boots Autism Libel Case Against UK Medical Journal
• Chase Hiked Principals Beyond Legal Limit, Homeowners Say
• 5th Circ. Upholds Negligence Claims In Katrina Insurance Row
• Texas Agency Watchdog Urges Houston Port Authority Reform
• Trio Who Admitted Selling Fake Policies Sent To Prison
• Oil Execs Aim To Wrongly Profit Off $640M Affiliate Sale: Suit
• Electricity Agreement A 'Forward Contract,' 5th Circ. Rules
• Texas High Court Asked To Rule On Mandatory Venue Clause
• Texas Wind, Hail Insurer Needs Improvement, Report Says
• Certifying Compliance Doesn't Decide FCA Burden, US Says
• Little V. Shell — Bad News For Gov't Contractors
• Court Boots Texas' $1M Judgment In Condemnation Case
• Texas Court Tosses Oil Co.'s Royalty Suit Against Ex-Worker
• Ex-ConAgra Peanut Butter Plaintiffs Sue Law Firm For $12M
• Bill Would Halt Removal Of Offshore Rigs To Save Habitat
• Cox Smith Lures 2 K&L Gates Partners To Dallas
• Diet Aid Co.'s Insurance Claim Not Time-Barred, 5th Circ. Told
• Ex-County Officials Plead Guilty In Kickback Scandal
• Ex-Biosara CEO Sues For Return Of 6M Shares
• Fla., Texas Lead In Shady Medicare Billing For Home Care
• Medical Device Co. Medeia Accuses Rival Of Lifting Software
• Insurer Revisits 5th Circ. Win After Uproar Over Exclusions
• Scruggs Cites Skilling In 5th Circ. Appeal Of Fraud Conviction
• Texas Court Says CPS Pollution Control Contract Is Valid
• Texas Mulls How To Fund ACA, Seeks Feds' Input On Exchanges
• Dallas Comes Closer To Writing Urban Fracking Rules
• Locke Lord Steers Torchmark's $219M Insurer Acquisition
• Aker Covered For Chevron Faulty Repair Costs, 5th Circ. Says
• Baker Hostetler Adds Baker Botts Employment Pro In Houston
• Judge Trims Suit Against Verizon Over Spinoff Transactions
• Federal Employees Can Bring Qui Tam Suit, 5th Circ. Rules
• Sumitomo To Pay $1.4B For Devon Energy's Texas Shale Stake