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Texas - December, 2012

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• Texas Can't Stop Federal Defunding Of Women's Health Program
• Title Co., Brokers Take $16.5M Hit In Real Estate Fraud
• Dallas Denies Keystone Unit's Floodplain, Park Drilling Bid
• Owner Of $50M Texas Resort Files For Bankruptcy
• Ski Co.'s $220M Suit Over Botched Resort Deal Tossed
• 5th Circ. Says US Botched $43M Medicare Fraud Calculation
• City Seals Can Be Trademarked, Houston Tells Fed. Circ.
• The Camel's Nose — EPA And LNG Export
• Ex-Provident Execs Say Client Alerts Sink Ponzi Scheme Case
• Nigeria's Oando To Pay $1.8B For ConocoPhillips' Assets
• Texas High Court Nixes $4.7M Pipeline Contract Judgment
• Arlington V. FCC Should Clarify Agency Deference
• Roofing Contractor Settles False Claims Suit For $3M
• PE Firm Sells Office Tower In Houston Energy Corridor
• Texas Court To Re-Examine Energy Co.'s Atty Privilege
• OneBeacon Must Defend Law Firm In Dish Malpractice Suit
• Atty Dodged Paying $8M After Joint Fen-Phen Work, Suit Says
• Houston Loses Bid To Revive Electricity Overbilling Suit
• El Paso Can't Duck Takings Suit Over Flood
• Covington Aids SandRidge On $2.6B Sale Of Permian Assets
• Texas Jury Determines Funai Infringed DVD Menu Patent
• Texas Lawmakers Told To Strengthen Railroad Commission
• Judge Slams Door On EEOC's Exxon Pilot Age Bias Suit
• EON Sues Apple, LG, Pantech Over Wireless Data Patents
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Landowners Challenge Eminent Domain In TransCanada Appeal
• Cleary Gottlieb Steers Warburg To Crossmark Acquisition
• Univision Dodges Dallas Attorney's Defamation Suit
• Developer Plans $100M Remodel For Dallas Office Tower
• FINRA Panel Orders Morgan Keegan To Pay $1.4M To Investor
• Navigating The 546(e) Safe Harbor Provision
• Texas DA Accused Of Retaliating Against Crime Lab Employees
• Transocean Says BP Win Would Exhaust Its Spill Coverage
• Drilling Co. Blames Buccaneer For Failed Oil Rig Venture
• Texas Lawmaker Sets Sights On Solar In Green Energy Proposal
• Crude Oil Trucking Co. Can't Stop Rival's Similar Designs
• BC Partners Faces WARN Class Action Over Texas Layoffs
• Texas No Longer 'Judicial Hellhole,' Tort Reform Group Says
• Texas Can Take Blocked Voter ID Law To High Court
• Texas DOT Seeks Trucking-Fee Hike As Energy Industry Booms
• Former BP Atty Joins Burleson As Litigation Partner
• ConocoPhillips Sells Algeria Unit For $1.75B To Pertamina
• Investcorp Pays $100M For 5 Texas Multifamily Properties
• 5th Circ. Upholds 7-Year Sentence In Dallas Bribery Scheme
• Texas Bill Floats New Mortgage Servicer Disclosure Rules
• Texas Bill Would Lift Mortgage Guaranty Liability Cap
• Energy PE Firm Buys $140M Stake In Texas American Partners
• Ex-NFL Player Urges High Court To Consider Benefits Spat
• Miss. Gov. Asks 5th Circ. To Uphold Noneconomic Damages Cap
• Aviva Beats Class Action Over Benefit Plan's Tax Claims
• FCA Suit Over L-3's Chopper Maintenance Gets Green Light
• US Approves $120M Construction Loan For Dallas Light Rail
• O'Quinn Law Firm Botched Silica Exposure MDL, Suit Claims
• Man Cops To Selling Fake Biofuel Credits In $42M Fraud
• Toys R Us Kiosks Copy Blockbuster Color Scheme, Suit Says
• Texas High Court Takes Up Medicaid Reimbursement Dispute
• Texas High Court To Review Rancher's Fight With XTO
• Texas High Court Will Rehear Malpractice Damages Dispute
• Texas Hospitals Scott & White, Baylor Plan Merger
• Jury Finds El Paso Businessman Guilty In Kickback Case
• Jury Clears Southern Union In $56M Suit Over Refinery Fire
• Texas High Court Will Hear Russian Trade Secret Theft Case
• Helix Lands $610M From Talos In Sale Of Gulf Energy Assets
• Judge Guts Counties' Filing Fee Suit Against Merscorp, BofA
• US Targets Vein Treatment's Marketing In FCA Suit
• 5th Circ. Reverses Barclays Fee Award In Asarco Ch. 11 Case
• Houston Gives Early Nod To $324M Marriott Hotel Project
• Ousted ISC Exec Can't Use Broker's Client Data, Court Rules
• Provident's Ex-CFO Indicted Over $485M Investor Fraud
• Tesoro To Pay $400M For Chevron Northwest Pipeline System
• TransCanada Beats Order Halting Keystone Work In Texas
• Plains Drops $125M On Eagle Ford Assets From Chesapeake
• Sprint Offers $2.1B For Remaining Clearwire Stake
• Mirant Successor Cries Perjury In $305M Oil Lease Suit
• Salvage Co. Says Diamond Killed $258M Rig Leasing Venture
• Nintendo, Sony, Others Targeted Over User Interface Patents
• Dallas Newspaper Says Time's Up For City To Release Emails
• 5th Circ. Won't Apply E-Privacy Law To Cellphone Search
• BreitBurn Pays $190M For Permian Oil, Gas Properties
• Antitrust Suits Against Priceline, Hilton, Others Combined
• US Pays Asarco $15M To End Neb. Superfund Cleanup Dispute
• Germany Brings In $1.4B For Commercial Real Estate Firm TLG
• Planned Parenthood Sues Over Texas Funding Exclusion
• TransCanada Must Halt Keystone Work On Texan's Land
• Gastar Says HCC, Axis Should Cover Mare Investment Suits
• Horizon Health Opens Texas Poaching Trial Against Ex-Execs
• Noble Execs Duck Parts Of Nigerian Oil Rig Bribery Suit
• KDC Gets Nod For $1.5B Mixed-Use Project Outside Dallas
• Texas AG Says Austin's Building Permits Limit Likely Void
• Is The EEOC Messing With Texas?
• Complaint In Oil Rig Patent Row Can Continue, Judge Says
• Oil Trader Ordered To Pay $2.6M For Scamming Clients
• $305M Oil Lease Suit Time-Barred, Castex Investors Say
• JC Penney Bar Code Ads Spark Patent Infringement Suit
• Schlumberger Says Rival Hiding From Drilling Patent Diputes
• Heelys Abandons PE Sale Plan After $63M Sequential Offer
• 5th Circ. Says Greeks Sat On Paddle Trademark Case Too Long
• Equant Says It's Not Liable For $108M In Back Rent
• Nucor, Others Can't Escape Steel Co.'s Boycott Suit
• Noble Execs Can't Shake FCPA Nigerian Bribery Suit
• Texas Judge Won't Delay Kickback Suit During Criminal Probe
• Verizon Workers Can't Stop $7.5B Pension Plan Transfer
• Fund Not Liable For $100M RE Project Guarantee, Court Says
• Judge Checks Out Of $15M Loan Row Against Host Hotels
• No Immediate Appeal For Ex-ArthroCare Execs In SEC Suit
• Apple, Others Face New Wi-LAN Suits Over Wireless Patents
• 5th Circ. Backs HHS Policy Restricting DSH Payments
• A Snapshot Of The New USPTO Dallas Office
• Austin Votes To Ease Parking-Space Minimums For Businesses
• Tesco Oil Drilling Tool Patents Ruled Invalid
• Helium Deal Not Breached In Plant Closure, Texas Court Says
• Oil Field Appraiser Can't Sink Securities Fraud Suit
• FDIC Gets $900M Guaranty MBS Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Austin Rejects 3-Month Delay For $90M Hotel Project Vote
• Texas Atty Sentenced To 3.5 Years For Bribing State Judge
• Judicial Commission Needn't Produce Records, Texas AG Says
• KBS Adds To Houston Holdings With Office Tower Buy
• Sovereign Immunity Analysis In Subscription Credit Facilities
• 10 Vitro Affiliates Pushed Into Bankruptcy
• TransCanada Eminent Domain Cases May Prompt Policy Reform
• Chesapeake Gets New Trial In $115M Oil Lease Battle
• Developer Wants $10M Verdict In Mexico Hotel Dispute Tossed
• Bickel & Brewer Axed From Contract Row Over Insider Bribes
• DaVita Says Ex-Nurse Fired For Bad Attitude, Not FCA Claims
• HMOs Needn't Pay When 3rd-Party Cos. Fail, Aetna Tells Court
• Simpson Thacher Aids PE Pair In $713M TPC Buyout
• SAExploration's GC Barred In Contract Suit, Texas Court Says
• Shackelford Seeks Arbitration In Ex-Partner's Payout Row
• Parkway Properties To Pay $125M For Houston's Phoenix Tower
• 2 Austin Boutique Firms Combine Forces
• Texas Cancer Center Not Immune From Lead Dust Liability
• Andrews Kurth Snags Baker Botts Securities Trial Attorney
• Storage Tank Co. Fights Sanctions In Texas Fuel Spill Row
• Atty Convicted Of Bribing Judge Gets Mail Fraud Count Nixed
• Beware Interaction Of Federal, State Criminal Sentences
• Thompson & Knight Faces New Hurdle In Malpractice Case
• Citgo Denied $40M Insurance Claim On Enviro Suits
• Texas Judge OKs $66M Award In Hospital Investor Suit
• Southern Union Owes $19M For Plant Fire, Insurers Tell Jury
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• EEOC, Paper Mill Co. Resolve Hostile Workplace Suit
• Saputo Shells Out $1.45B For Dean Foods' Dairy Co.
• 5th Circ. Lets Liberty Off Hook In Drilling Coverage Suit
• Mirant Claims Stay Put In Castex $300M Mineral Deal Row
• Innospec Drops $745M Bid To Acquire TPC Group
• BT Blocked From Moving Patent Fight With Comcast
• Takeaways From Del. Encore And Auriga Rulings