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Texas - September, 2012

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• ConocoPhillips, BP Sued Over SemGroup's $600M Oil Deal
• Texas Atty Can't Duck Judge Bribery Charges
• SEC Can't Shake Sanctions Over Subpoena In Life Partners Suit
• PE Firm Drops $360M On Onex-Backed Tomkins' Axle Biz
• Enviros Seek EPA Action On Oil Refinery Emissions Limits
• Texas Energy Cos. Sue Board Members Over Embezzled Funds
• Hospital Can't Use Immunity To Avoid Talking In Patent Suit
• Crown Castle Puts Up $2.4B For T-Mobile Cell Tower Rights
• Shipping Co.'s Sales VP Sued For Trade Secrets Theft
• Texas Lawmakers Weigh Bidding Requirement For Legal Work
• Whistleblowers Behind Texas' High Fraud Settlement Recovery
• Insurer, Nonprofit End Fight Over Fraud Suit Coverage
• Miss. AG Fights Appeal To Move LCD Price-Fixing Suit
• Texas Grid Operator Could Pay Luminant Plants Not To Idle
• 5th Circ. Chief Judge To Vacate Leadership Role Early
• Ex-Rangers Owner Settles $14.5M Suit Over Glorypark Project
• Bankrupt Vestin Unit Seeks Green Light On $55M Hotel Sale
• Pain Therapeutics Gets Investors' Painkiller Suit Nixed
• AT&T Settles Its Claims In Caller ID Scam Case
• Casino Investors Seek $149M Judgment Against Marketer
• La. Pushes 5th Circ. To Return BP Spill Suit To State Court
• High Court Won't Block Texas Voter Registration Laws
• KB Home Sales Staff Win Class Status In Wage Suit
• KKR, Hines Form JV To Develop 971-Acre Houston Office Park
• Texas' New Data Breach Notification Law: Too Broad?
• Life Partners Ducks Texas AG's Injunction Bid In Fraud Suit
• DOJ Ordered To Explain Prosecutors' Conflict In Kickback Case
• Texas Court Nixes Oil Co.'s Ownership Claim To Pipeline Gas
• Kentucky Derby Operator Challenges Texas Betting Law
• Texas Open Meetings Act Constitutionally Sound: 5th Circ.
• TransCanada Can Gain More Texas Land For Keystone Project
• Texas AG Tells Enviro Agency It Can't Recoup $62M In Grants
• Sidewinder's $242M Drilling Co. Bid Draws Fire From Firms
• How To Approach Aberrant Physician Behavior
• 5th Circ. Reverses Course In Katrina Levee Breach Case
• Andrews Kurth Wants 2nd Shot From 5th Circ. In Patent Row
• Home Care Exec Cops To Part In Record $374M Medicare Fraud
• No 2nd Shot For Katrina GHG Suit: Hess, Others To 5th Circ.
• Texas Lawmakers Weigh Cities' Immunity For Property Regs
• Anadarko Says Shareholders Weren't Duped In Deepwater Suit
• Ironshore Says O'Quinn Not Covered In Silica Exposure Suit
• Verizon Pays $510M To Settle TiVo, ActiveVideo Patent Suits
• Energy Co. Hit With $32.5M Verdict In Gold-Smuggling Scheme
• Texas High Court To Hear Developer's Buy-Back Row With City
• National Oilwell Varco Claims Competitor Stole Designs
• San Antonio Limits Payday Loans Despite Lawsuit Threat
• Texas High Court To Review Houston Firefighter OT Dispute
• Dallas US Atty Armed For Tough Financial Fraud Fights
• Medical Equipment Rental Cos. Agree To End Antitrust Row
• Texas High Court Will Hear ConocoPhillips Class Challenge
• Citing Texas Ledbetter Ruling, Court Axes Houston Worker Suit
• Texas Court Won't Rethink Reporting Deadline In Asbestos Suit
• Texas Justice To Leave Bench For Bracewell & Giuliani
• Texas Doc Pleads Not Guilty To New Medicare Fraud Charges
• Texas High Court Turns Down Refinery Fire Coverage Suit
• Conix Says Partner Sank $81M Houston Apartment Deal
• Thompson & Knight Woos IP Litigation Atty In Houston
• Texas Commission Unanimously Votes For Faster PPP Deals
• Brown McCarroll Hires Health Care Compliance Pros
• Microsoft Wades Into Motorola's DVR Patent Row With TiVo
• High Court Won't Block Texas Interim Redistricting Plan
• Novartis Prevails In Cancer Patient's Zometa Injury Suit
• Forest Oil Must Pay $20M Despite 'Flimsy Evidence,' Court Says
• Novak Druce, Connolly Bove Merging To Form IP Boutique
• Weak Int'l Arbitration Link Boots Oil Row To State Court
• TPG, CalSTRS Buy Texas Office Buildings For $859M
• Corpus Christi Settles DOJ's Police Hiring Bias Claims
• Gibson Dunn Nabs Life Sciences IP Partner For Dallas Office
• Unsigned Employment Contract Can't Be Enforced, Court Says
• Australian Exec Accused Of Running $53M Forex Fraud
• Texas Oil Co. W&T Pays $228M For Newfield's Gulf Assets
• Pension Sues Texas AG Over Release Of RE Investment Info
• Sedgwick Adds 3 Attys With Enviro, Health Care Chops
• Biofuel Company Accused Of Dumping Toxic Waste
• Behringer REIT Arm Plans Samsung-Anchored Tower In Houston
• Texas High Court Questions Margin Tax In Nestle Dispute
• Facebook, Apple, Others Targeted In Spate Of Cloud IP Suits
• Texas REIT Misled Shareholders, Investor Claims
• Past Metal-Hip Fights May Haunt Biomet's Bid To Avoid MDL
• Liberty Mutual Sues To Dodge $50M In Hurricane Ike Claims
• Voter Group Asks High Court To Weigh Texas Registration Law
• Judge Adds $5M To Citrix's $10M Penalty Over SSL Patent
• CBAs Need Explicit Waiver To Prevent Bias Suits: 5th Circ.
• Kinder Morgan Settles $45M Pipeline Cost Overrun Suit
• Vorys Adds Spencer Cain Bankruptcy Pro In Houston
• FERC OKs Sunoco Crude Access Project In West Texas
• 5th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. In Countrywide Loan Fee Suit
• Texas Cop Says He Was Fired For Reporting Judge's Misconduct
• Firm Says OneBeacon On Hook In Row Over Dish Sanctions
• Waste Connections To Pay $1.3B For Oil Field Disposal Co.
• Galveston Sues Texas Insurance Pool Over Hurricane Claims
• Energy Co. Salesman To Pay $1M In SEC Fraud Case
• Summit Midstream Snags Pipeline Co. In $207M Deal With ETP
• Chesapeake Slams Preston's $3M Attys' Fee Bid In Contract Row
• Audit Finds Holes In Texas' Unemployment Tax Oversight
• Exxon Defeats EEOC Age Bias Suit Over Retirement Policy
• FERC OKs $3.5B Line To Carry Okla., Texas Wind Power
• 'Whoomp (There It Is)' Producer Wins $2M In Copyright Suit
• Texas Agencies Grapple With Dodd-Frank Preemption Concerns
• China Backs $2.5B Plant To Gain Carbon Capture Know-How
• Annexation Nets Extortion Charge For Dallas-Area Ex-Mayor
• Funeral Casket Antitrust Case Kept Alive By 5th Circ.
• Texas Court Axes Insurer's $6M Damages Over Energy IP Suit
• Texas Court Orders New Trial In Groundwater Trespass Suit
• Texas High Court Weighs TV Station's Defamation Defense
• Morgan Lewis Helps Perrigo Fetch Pet Care Co. For $285M
• Ex-Stanford Exec Gets 3 Years For Obstructing Ponzi Probe
• Texas Developer Argues City Should Pay Up For Floodplain
• Wal-Mart, Facebook, Disney Targeted Over Web Patents
• 5th Circ. Holds Chesapeake To $20M Judgment Over Failed Deal
• Wells Fargo Loan Processor Loses Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Dallas DA Picks Judge To Lead Civil Litigation Division
• Hyatt Can't Use AIA To Kill Last-Minute Patent Suit: Judge
• Innolux Wants Enhanced Royalties In Mondis IP Case Reversed
• Shipbuilder Asks Texas High Court To Sink $4M Verdict
• Texas Child Protective Services Can't Shake $1M OT Pay Case
• Enviros Ask Texas To Boost Solar, Geothermal Mandates
• Embattled Ex-Football Coach Accuses TSU Of Slander
• Chesapeake Unloads $6.9B Worth Of Midstream, Permian Assets
• Court Says Valerus Waived Jury Trial In $165M Credit Row
• Appeals Court Kills Shell's Bid To Revive Oil Delivery Suit
• Chesapeake Sells Eagle Ford Leases For $125M
• Houston Texans Sued After Fan Injured By Falling Sign
• 6 Federal Courthouses To Close In Cost-Cutting Measure
• Texas Atty Dodges Murder Plot Over Strip Club Shutdown
• American Airlines Asks 5th Circ. To Block Union Vote
• Omega Creditors Blast Exclusion From Ch. 11 Plan Talks
• Pharmacy Consultants Accused Of Trade Secret Theft
• Ex-Pharmacy Directors Hit UHS, Drugmakers With FCA Suit
• 5th Circ. Lets IP Suit Against Lufkin, Andrews Kurth Proceed
• Haynes And Boone Settles $118M Antitrust Malpractice Suit
• CORRECTION: Longview Wins $95.5M, Huge Shale Tract From Directors
• 5th Circ. Kills RICO Suit Over Aviva Insurance Tax Shelters
• Insurer Sues To Skirt Coverage For Ponzi-Linked Dallas Firm
• Shell, Chevron, Others Face Wrongful Death Suit Over Jet Fuel
• NYMagic Can't Revive $6M Injury Coverage Row In 5th Circ.
• Wells Fargo Seeks To Exit Home Equity Suit
• Homeowners' Group Manager Says Law Firm Stole Records
• Texas Targets State Farm In Criminal Hurricane Ike Probe
• TPC Group Urges Investors To OK $850M Go-Private Deal
• Citgo Could Pay $2M After Judge Backs Bird Death Conviction
• Safe From Avoidance: Electricity Requirements Contracts
• Texas Utility Can Continue Suit Against 7 Wholesale Buyers
• Olympus, Anu Reach Deal In Thumb Drive Patent Battle
• Axis Says RealPage's Coverage Suit Flouts Mediation Clause
• Producer Wants Judge To Say He Owns 'Whoomp! (There It Is)'
• Texas Atty Charged With Stealing From Clients
• Vanguard Health Gets OK To Build $350M Children's Hospital
• Bank Says Developer Breached $22.5M Loan Agreement
• Dykema Bets On Ex-Texas Lottery Commission GC
• Testing Co. Intertek Can't Skirt Chemical Inspectors' OT Suit
• Dallas Airport OKs $5M Royalty Settlement From Chesapeake
• Texas Proposes Fracking Rules To Protect Groundwater
• 5th Circ. Lifts Block On Texas Voter Registration Rule
• Haynes And Boone Blameless, Says Ex-Texas High Court Judge
• 4 Texas Attorneys Partner In Litigation Boutique
• Time Warner Skirts Nexstar's Rebroadcasting Injunction Bid
• American Airlines, Ex-Employee Settle Suit Over Info Leaks
• Texas Oil Transfer Cos. Collaborate On Pecos River Pipeline
• Winstead May Head To Trial In Condo Malpractice Suit
• JVC, Supersonic Settle Thumb Drive Patent Battles With Anu
• BP Escapes ERISA Suit Over Deepwater Spill
• Implications Of Rocker V. Centex
• Haynes And Boone Seeks To Debunk Rx.com Conspiracy Theory
• Texas Stripper Bucks 'Contractor' Label, Sues For Wages, OT
• NLRB Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Bar On DR Horton Class Waiver
• Burleson Hires Ex-Cox Smith Atty To Run San Antonio Office
• Docs In Judge's Defamation Suit Are Public, Texas Court Says
• Samsung, Anu Settle Thumb Drive Patent Fight
• NFL, JetBlue Among Cos. Caught In Encryption Patent Blitz
• Bayer Beats FCA Suit Over Off-Label Yaz Marketing
• Planned Parenthood Asks Full 5th Circ. To Hear Defunding Case
• Gardere Wynne Adds Patent Litigator To Dallas IP Team
• Haynes And Boone Could Have Won Fumbled Case: Witness
• Merck Resolves $220M Vioxx Loss Claims In 5th Circ.
• Dallas Likely To Approve Plans For $225M Cancer Center
• Xerox Unit Faces Probe Over Texas Medicaid Braces Work
• Case Study: US V. BNP Paribas
• Toyota Rollover Case Reaches Texas Supreme Court
• Texas Sen. Says Insurance Commish Should Be Sacked