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Texas - October, 2012

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• Occidental Skirts $10.5M Award In Texas Royalties Row
• Energy Cos. Pay $12M To End Suit Over Mineral Purchase Pact
• FERC To Revisit Ruling In Exelon, Xcel Tariff Row
• Texas Utility Dodges Suit Over Water Sold To Nuclear Plant
• AA, Sabre Lay Down Swords In Middle Of Antitrust Trial
• Texas Rep. To Examine $1.2B In 'Troubling' Storm Payouts
• Dukes Applies To FLSA Suits, Chamber Tells 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Revives Free Speech Suit Over Name Of Atty's Blog
• Texas Grid Operator OKs Luminant Plants' Shutdown
• Scruggs Requests Bail Pending 5th Circ. Appeal
• Exec Testifies Sabre Sabotaged American's Flight Bookings
• Inventor Hits Texas Cancer Hospital With $10M Royalties Suit
• TransCanada Defends Seizure Of Private Land For XL Pipeline
• Call Center Workers Accuse Centene Of Obstructing OT Action
• Discovery Halted In FDIC's Morgan Stanley RMBS Suit
• Pilgrim's Pride Sees No Early Win In Workers' ERISA Suit
• 5th Circ. Affirms Bank's $1M Judgment In Marketing Pact Suit
• Novartis Inks $20M Deal To End Texas Medicaid Fraud Suit
• Trends In Fracking Groundwater Contamination Litigation
• American Says Sabre Plotted Its Takedown In Secret Meetings
• Supreme Court To Weigh If Bad Counsel Excuses Claim Default
• Texas High Court Won't Review Playboy's Licensing Win
• Texas High Court Rejects Suit Over Comatose Worker's Bills
• BNSF Wins $22M Tax Fight Over Relocation, Stock Benefits
• Amazon, B&N Hit With Patent Suit Over Kindle, Nook
• Suit Alleging Hotel Tax Evasion Declined By Texas High Court
• TruGreen Workers' FLSA Class Claims Must Go To Arbitration
• 5th Circ. Nixes La. Gov't Class In Centennial Wireless Suit
• Texas Driller Wins $36M Arbitration Award In BP Contract Row
• Venue Implications Of The Patent Pilot Program
• Verizon, US Bank Wrap First Phase Of Idearc Spinoff Trial
• Planned Parenthood Sues Over Texas Rule Cutting Funds
• Korean Shipbuilder's $4.7M Contract Deal Nixes Prior Verdict
• Texas Agency Sinks Bid For Solar, Geothermal Energy Rules
• Texas High Court Again Snubs Shell, Amoco Arbitration Appeal
• Texas High Court Reboots Exxon Oil Royalty Dispute
• Texas High Court Won't Examine Vacated $11M Asbestos Verdict
• Film Workers Ask High Court To Mull Private FLSA Settlement
• 5th Circ. Won't Reconsider Planned Parenthood Funding Cut
• Affirmative Action Ruling Could Rattle Even Private Employers
• Ex-Verizon CFO Testifies $9.9B Idearc Spinoff Was Not 'Sneaky'
• Texas PUC Votes To Double Wholesale Electricity Price Cap
• DOI Prepares For Sale Of 20M-Acre Offshore Oil Lease
• GenOn Settles Investor Suits Over $1.7B NRG Merger
• Tech Giants Back EMC In Fight Over Patent Suit Venue
• 2 Fraudsters Get Prison For Ex-Cowboy's Mortgage Scam
• Branded Drug Cos. Not Liable For Generics, 5th Circ. Rules
• Judge Limits Shore Chan's Claim To Coverage For Referral Row
• Shell Asks Texas High Court To Revive Late Oil Delivery Suit
• ACC Closes In On $863M Deal For 19 Student Housing Sites
• 5th Circ. Denies EPA Bid To Nix Texas Air Quality Provision
• Chesapeake Seeks Arbitration In $130M Botched Venture Suit
• Shackelford Adds Ex-Patton Boggs Aviation Pro In Dallas
• Texas Tells UN Group To Back Off On Election Day
• Sabre's Antitrust Scheme Cost American $993M, Jury Hears
• Bass Pro Dodges EEOC's Race Bias Suit Due To Jurisdiction
• Railway Cos. Attack Houston's Drainage Fee Assessments
• Austin Panel Gives Thumbs-Down To $90M Boutique Hotel
• MetroPCS, Others Face Patent Challenge Over Cell Systems
• KBR Gets Nod To Arbitrate $257M Halliburton Tax Fight
• American Airlines Begins Antitrust Trial Against Sabre In Texas
• 5th Circ. Revives $9M Morgan Keegan Investor Award
• Analysts Say Idearc Was Strong Enough For $9B Debt
• Political Groups Must Return $1.6M From Stanford: 5th Circ.
• International Paper To Pay $80M To End GFG Trustee's Suit
• Texas Watchdog Wants Pension Data On Ex-Lawmaker Lobbyists
• AA Has No Grounds To Review Union Ruling, 5th Circ. Hears
• Contractor Wants 2nd Shot At Texas Utility's Immunity Defense
• Wheeled-Shoe Co. Heelys Goes Private With Sale To PE Firm
• Nondischargeable Debts: Some Lies Matter More Than Others
• 5th Circ. Blocks Arbitration In Developer's $75M Loan Row
• Abbott, Other Stent Makers Seek Toss Of Off-Label FCA Suit
• AIG Pays $300M In Denied Insurance Death Benefits
• Gardere Lands Former Thompson & Knight IP Pro
• Judge Recused From American Airlines' Antitrust Suit
• REIT Accuses Former VP Of Business Defamation
• FDIC Wants $900M Suit Over Guaranty MBS In State Court
• TransCanada Appeals Keystone Land-Access Ruling In Texas
• SEC Case Still Too Late, Ex-Microtune Execs Tell 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Says ACE Off The Hook In Energy Vessel Injury Suit
• Cuban Wants SEC's Expert Witness Out Of Insider Trading Case
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Indemnity For Work At Sea Void Under La. Law, 5th Circ. Says
• High Court Denies JPMorgan's Bid To Stall Oil Trust Suit
• Texas Appeals Federal Redistricting Suit To Supreme Court
• Verizon Can't End US Bank Trial Over $9.9B Idearc Spinoff
• Texas Reaches $2.1M Deal Over Dry Cleaner Pollution
• 5th Circ. Hears Co. Waived Rights In $33M Life Insurance Row
• Union Drilling Shareholder Sues To Block $242M Deal
• Texas High Court Denies Nestle's Bid To Kill Margin Tax
• In Re Texas Rangers: Lenders Strike Out
• Denso Tells Panel It Can't Be Sued In Texas Toyota Parts Row
• Verizon Official May Be Called To Court For US Bank Trial
• Hartford Settles Suit Alleging Treasury Deputy Hid Extortion
• Sanyo, Panasonic, Yamaha Settle Thumb Drive Patent Battle
• Enbridge Wins New Trial In Texas Pipeline Property Fight
• 5th Circ. Rules DR Horton Not Liable For Faulty AC Units
• Planned Parenthood Renews Bid To Nix Medicaid Billing Case
• US Bank Expert Slams Verizon's Data In $9.9B Idearc Deal
• Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Others Sued Over Data Patents
• Texas Landowners Contest Keystone Pipeline Construction
• Dodger Pitcher Says Pipeline Threatens Ocelots On His Ranch
• TiVo Seeks 'Billions' In DVR Patent Fight With Motorola
• Preserving Eminent Domain In Texas: Deadline Approaching
• Virgin Mobile, TracFone Target 911 Tax In Texas High Court
• RIM Can't Shake Kodak Patent Claims, Judge Says
• Exxon Boosts Gas Holdings In $3.1B Celtic Exploration Buy
• Exxon Says Privilege Protects Docs In Enviro Indemnity Suit
• Texas Court Dumps $12M Email 'Contract' Award In Oil Row
• Verizon Exec Defends Idearc Spinoff In US Bank Trial
• 5th Circ. Rejects Firm's Bid To Choose Malpractice Counsel
• Texas Oil Co. Sues Investment Cos. To Enforce Noncompete
• Texas Energy Co. Loses Bid To Condemn Land For Wind Project
• Altus Capital Picks Up Energy, Mining Servicer
• Texas Food Distributor Recalls Mislabeled Beef, Pork
• Texas High Court Mulls Wind Energy Credit Penalties
• Wal-Mart Beats Ex-Dukes Members' Sex Bias Class Claims
• AIG Unit Annuities Suit Was Timely, Plaintiffs Tell 5th Circ.
• US Bank Opens Trial Over Verizon's $9.9B Yellow Pages Split
• Marathon Considers Selling Portions Of Eagle Ford Play
• 'Mission Burrito' Trademark Suit Revived By 5th Circ.
• Courts Are Rejecting NLRB Class Waiver Ban, 5th Circ. Hears
• Deciding Where Patent Malpractice Actions Belong
• Weingarten Realty's $75M Loan Fight Sent To Arbitration
• Air Force Base Engineer Admits To Taking Bribes
• Texas Proposes ACA-Ordered Medicare, Medicaid Provider Regs
• El Paso Lands $20M Deal For Baseball Team Amid Stadium Fray
• Ex-Cowboys Running Back Sued Over Super Bowl TV Show
• Texas Atty Says Energy Co. Fired Him For Reporting Fraud
• Wells Fargo Stripped Of Award In Pollution Tax Break Appeal
• Texas County Hit With Voter Bias Suit Over Minority Purge
• Ryland Salespeople Win Early Class Cert. In FLSA Suit
• Ex-Rangers Owner Blasts JPMorgan Expert In Bad Deal Suit
• Texas Firm Bellinger Sued Over Debt-For-Condo-Sales Deal
• Akin Gump Lands Corporate Aces From Haynes And Boone
• Seismic Data Co.'s $16M Federal Claim Shaky, EP Energy Says
• GE Closes Arguments At Mitsubishi Turbine Patent Trial
• Exxon Again Loses Bid To Toss Texas Well Sabotage Suit
• McGuireWoods Adds Energy Pros To Houston Office
• EEOC Wants Pilot Age-Bias Suit Against Exxon Revived
• BakerHostetler Adds Locke Lord Employment Pro In Houston
• Baker Botts Faces $1M Insurance Trust Malpractice Suit
• High Court Wrangles With Race-Conscious College Admissions
• Securities Fraudster Gets 23 Years For $14M Scheme
• Armstrong Drove Team's 'Doping Culture,' USADA Report Says
• Consultant Says Ex-Worker Took Trade Secrets To Akin Gump
• Granite Properties Brings In $155M For Houston Tower Pair
• Oil Field Developer Accused Of Stealing Employee's Invention
• Citizens United Doesn't Bar Texas Bingo Law, 5th Circ. Says
• Dallas Asks Court To Lift Injunction On Judge's Removal
• US Seeks More Info On NOV's $2.5B Robbins & Myers Offer
• Tycoon Again Sues Total Over $9B Stake In Kazakh Oil Field
• Ex-Jackson Walker Environmental Pro Rejoins Vinson & Elkins
• Houston Suburb Sues State Over Highway Expansion Land Grab
• Martin Midstream Parent Sues Insurers For D&O Coverage
• Developer Seeks Coverage For $200M In Hailstorm Damage
• Mitsubishi, GE Face Potential Delay In Turbine Trial
• Innospec's $720M Offer For TPC Group Bests Earlier PE Bid
• 5th Circ.'s New Chief Takes The Reins As Budget Dwindles
• Mitsubishi Accuses GE Exec Of Hiding Details From USPTO
• PE Group Wingate Partners Picks Up Specialty Paper Co.
• Ex-El Paso Mayor Sues To Halt $50M Sports Stadium
• 5th Circ. Again Revives State Claims In UnitedHealth Suit
• Supreme Court To Consider Proper Patent Malpractice Forum
• TPG Unit To Fund Actian's $154M Pervasive Software Buy
• Shell Gets FERC Green Light For $1B La.-Texas Pipeline
• Texas Oil Co. Sues Ex-Worker Over Botched Lease Renewals
• Apache Says Satellite TV On Rigs Didn't Violate Copyrights
• Sterling Group Sells Filtration Co. To Parker Hannifin
• Hackers' Spokesman Charged With Trying To Expose FBI Agent
• Wal-Mart Says Texas Sex-Bias Class Action Is Time-Barred
• Mitsubishi Expert Draws Mistrial Threat In GE Patent Row
• NOV Says Employee Took Rival's Bribe To Steal Design
• Texas Landowners Seek To Block Keystone's Eminent Domain
• Sunoco Shareholders Approve $5.3B ETP Merger
• $1B Ancestral Mineral Rights Claim Blocked By Texas Court
• In 5th Circ., Time Is Not On SEC's Side
• Calpine Shells Out $432M For 800-MW Power Plant In Texas
• Vitro Squares Off With Bankruptcy Plan Objectors In 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Weighs Firm's Right To Pick Malpractice Counsel
• Winstead Nabs Ex-Beirne Attys, Opens In New Orleans
• Mitsubishi Attacks GE Patent In Bid To Upset $170M Award
• Texas Sales Managers Hit Gold's Gym With Overtime Suit
• Int'l Paper, Waste Management Accused Of Fouling River
• 5th Circ. Gives Go-Ahead To American Airlines Union Vote
• Cointreau Wins Preliminary US Sales Ban On Rival Liqueur
• US Bank Can't Limit Evidence In Verizon Spinoff Trial
• Omega Creditors Get Nod To Solicit New Bidders For Assets
• 5th Circ. Revives Highland Loan Sale Dispute With BofA
• Texas Court Unlikely To Back Sweeping Liability Exclusions
• Lucas Joins Forces With Milestone To Develop Texas Wells
• Humana Can't Dodge Health Care Co.'s ERISA Suit
• Funeral Group Settles Casket Price-Fixing Case In 5th Circ.
• Texas Pipeline Group Rips New Barnett Shale Setback Regs
• Wells Fargo, Others Say Forced Bankruptcy Suit Lacks Facts
• Blue Cross Says $66M Underpayment Suit Lacks Specifics
• Whole Foods Drops Slogan Suit Against Vitamin Shoppe
• Ex-Navy Contractors To Pay $14M To End CERCLA Suit
• Chesapeake Launches $130M Suit Over Failed Oil, Gas Venture
• Texas Awards $1B Contract For Houston Beltway Expansion
• Gardere Picks Up Tax Specialist From Locke Lord
• Texas To Encourage Fracking Fluid Recycling With New Rules
• Mortgage Servicers Lose Bid To Pare Texas Records Fee Suit
• ConocoPhillips Shakes Cleanup Suit Over Contractor Work
• Interthinx Beats CoreLogic Real Estate Appraisal IP Claims